Public call for application of candidates for field supervisors, interviewers and health care professionals

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia  in the period October 5th to December 30th 2019 conducts the “Health Survey of the Population of Serbia 2019”. The Survey will be conducted according to organizational and methodological instruction using the laptops, questionnaires and direct contacts with persons in the households.   

A total of 152 candidates will be engaged in the survey, of which 10 candidates will be engaged as field  supervisors *, 71 candidates as interviewers and 71 as health care professionals.

*Note: Field supervisors are selected from the applied interviewers after the training s performed (testing is planned).

According to the methodology applied in this survey, the field part of the survey will be realized as team work - 71 teams will be created. Each of them consists of two members – an interviewer and a health care professional. 

The list of cities / municipalities in which teams are created can be seen - here.   

General conditions that the candidate must meet:

• a citizen of the Republic of Serbia;
• adult/ mature and able to work;
• acquired at least a four-year secondary education;
• unemployed (in the period from October 1st to December 30th, 2019) or a beneficiary of old-age pension; *
• that (in the period from October 1st to December 30th, 2019) he/ she is not employed on the basis of a contract on performing temporary and occasional jobs, a contract on professional training and specialization;
• that he/ she has not been convicted - proven by a certificate issued by the Ministry of the Interior (not older than 6 months)
• that no criminal proceedings have been initiated against him/her and that no investigation has been initiated - proven by a certificate issued by the basic courts (not older than 6 months)

Special conditions that a candidate for an interviewer must meet:

• computer skills (MS Office, internet) – candidates’ testing is provided, and it is of the elimination nature 

Special conditions that a candidate for a health care professional must meet:

• diploma of secondary / higher / high education in the field of health

The Agreement on temporary and occasional jobs is concluded with the selected candidates.

* Important note: The beneficiary of family pension with the status of the insured, by concluding a contract on temporary and occasional jobs may be suspended for the payment of family pension for the duration of the contract in accordance with Article 117 of the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance (“Official Gazette of RS” - No. 34/03, 64/04 - US, 84/04 - ST Law, 85/05, 101/05 - ST Law, 63/06 - US, 5/09, 107/09, 101/10, 93/12, 62/13, 108/13, 75/14, 142/14, 73/18).

Citizens who wish to participate in the Health Survey of the Population of Serbia, as interviewers / health care professionals, are invited to apply to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia in the period from September 2nd to 8th, 2019.

Interested candidates can apply exclusively by filling in the electronic application - here

In addition to the application for the public invitation, the candidate is obliged to personally sign and scan the Statement on providing accurate data - here, which should be sent by e-mail to the address EHIS@stat.gov.rs

Candidates for whom, upon inspection of the requested document, it is established that they do not meet the general conditions defined by the public call, will be excluded from the further procedure, and candidates for whom it is determined that they submitted the incorrect data, will be re-scored.

In case the candidates achieve the same number of points per application, the candidates with higher number of points obtained in the interview will have the advantage. 

The tasks of the interviewers and health care professionals, as well as the procedure for their selection can be seen – here

The rank list of candidates (for interviewers and health care professionals), with total number of points earned per application, as well as the list of candidates who are invited for testing and the interview, will be published on September 9th, 2019 on the Office's website.