Public Health Officer

About the role

Project HOPE, an international NGO, is recruiting a Public Health Officer for its Gaza Response program, reporting to the Health and Nutrition Program Manager. The officer supports the design, implementation and monitoring of public health interventions in a context of active conflict, displacement, damaged infrastructure and heightened risk of communicable disease outbreaks. The position contributes to disease surveillance, outbreak preparedness and response, health promotion and coordination with local health authorities and health cluster partners. It is advertised contingent on award, with no formal offer until funding is confirmed.

Key responsibilities

• Support public health surveillance systems, including disease monitoring, outbreak detection and response coordination, and contribute to early warning systems and epidemiological analysis.
• Collect, verify and report health data from clinics, mobile teams and community outreach activities.
• Provide technical support to health facilities and mobile health teams, and help implement infection prevention and outbreak management protocols.
• Help develop and share health education and risk communication materials for affected communities.
• Support monitoring and evaluation of public health activities and prepare technical health reports and public health updates.
• Take part in Health Cluster meetings and coordinate with local health authorities and partners.
• Support training of health workers and community teams, and contribute to vaccination campaigns and health promotion.
• Support risk assessments and ensure safeguarding, protection mainstreaming and accountability to affected populations are built into programming.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Community Health or a related field.
• 3-7 years of experience in public health programming or disease surveillance.
• Experience in humanitarian or emergency health settings strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of communicable disease control, outbreak response and health promotion.
• Ability to work under pressure in high-risk, resource-constrained environments.
• Strong coordination, communication and documentation skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally; may be required to work in hardship conditions.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in conflict-affected or hardship contexts such as Gaza.
• Familiarity with WHO public health guidelines, Sphere standards and humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
• Experience collaborating with INGOs and local health authorities in emergency response.
• Training in epidemiology, outbreak investigation or emergency public health response.