4. Expert in Respiratory Tract Infections/Surveillance Unit, ECDC, Stockholm, Sweden

ECDC is looking for somebody to perform the following tasks among others: To assist in planning and coordinating the centre’s activities in the area of surveillance of respiratory diseases, especially Legionnaires’ disease, to contribute to coordination, general operation, continuous evaluation and improvement of the surveillance system for respiratory diseases, to contribute to activities to integrate national laboratory capacity for respiratory diseases, to contribute to collection, validation, analysis, interpretation and reporting of surveillance data on respiratory diseases, etc.
Next to ECDC’s formal requirements, candidates should have at least 5 years of professional experience in positions relevant to the duties outlined in the job description, proven technical experience of surveillance of infectious diseases at national and/ or international level, proven experience in using statistical and analytical epidemiological methods, proven skills in communicating scientific information to the authorities, scientists as well as to a wider audience, etc.

Deadline for applications is 19/07/2010

More information in the attached vacancy