Qiddiya Investment Company
Director, Public Health and Community Engagement
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 22/11/2026
Job overview
Date posted
08/10/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 40,000 - 50,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Director
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
22/11/2026
Job description
Qiddiya City has no public health function yet, and this Riyadh-based director is hired to build one from the ground up. A five-year public health strategy comes first, backed by policies, standards, thresholds and intervention triggers that protect residents, employees, contractors and visitors. National health priorities and Ministry of Health requirements need translating into practical rules for the city. Disease surveillance systems across Qiddiya assets and contracted healthcare providers fall under your design, and you chair the outbreak control team when investigations are needed. Contact tracing, vaccination requirements, notifiable disease reporting and recommendations on closing venues during incidents are all part of the brief. Occupational health standards for employees, contractors and service providers also need setting, along with monitoring of contracted provider performance. Community health engagement covers the Qiddiya Life Saver Program, lay-responder initiatives and a Public Access Defibrillator network plan. Leading the public health team, managing budgets and representing Medical Operations with government authorities and healthcare providers complete the role. A Master of Public Health or equivalent and at least 10 years of post-qualification public health practice, including outbreak response and building a public health plan or program from the beginning, are required, along with working Arabic and English.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Qiddiya's five-year public health plan
- Establish the public health policy framework, standards, thresholds and intervention triggers
- Translate national health priorities and Ministry of Health requirements into practical policies for Qiddiya City
- Build population health profiles, risk assessments and public health data models
- Advise the Executive Director on long-term strategy, resources, partnerships and public health priorities
- Design and oversee disease surveillance systems across Qiddiya assets and contracted healthcare provider locations
- Enforce compliance with notifiable disease reporting requirements
- Lead outbreak investigations and chair the outbreak control team
- Oversee contact tracing, disease prevention and vaccination requirements
- Recommend venue or asset closures during public health incidents
- Report and escalate to relevant health authorities through effective working relationships
- Define the environmental health information required from internal and external partners
- Set occupational health standards for employees, contractors and service providers
- Specify health surveillance requirements for roles with specific exposure or physical demands
- Clarify responsibilities across occupational health, public health and clinical service delivery
- Embed occupational health requirements within contracted healthcare services
- Verify that contracted providers deliver services to agreed standards
- Direct the Qiddiya Life Saver Program and wider lay-responder initiatives
- Plan the Public Access Defibrillator network, including coverage, placement, governance and expansion
- Shape the community health engagement approach for residents, employees and visitors
- Measure the effectiveness and value of community health programs
- Manage and develop the public health team
Experience & skills
- Hold a Master of Public Health or an equivalent postgraduate qualification in public health
- Possess an occupational health qualification or recognised equivalent (preferred)
- Offer field epidemiology training or an equivalent applied epidemiology certification (preferred)
- Bring a minimum of 10 years of post-qualification experience in public health practice
- Demonstrate proven experience developing a public health plan, policy framework or program from the beginning
- Show practical experience in disease surveillance, outbreak investigation and outbreak response
- Work effectively across multiple organisations where responsibilities and authority are shared
- Know Saudi Ministry of Health regulations and notifiable disease requirements (preferred)
- Contribute experience in mass-gathering, events or visitor-focused public health (preferred)
- Write policy and executive documents suitable for regulatory review
- Negotiate and influence across government, healthcare and internal stakeholders
- Communicate with working proficiency in both Arabic and English