Health Scientist at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

SummaryAs a global leader in public health & health promotion, CDC is the agency Americans trust with their lives. In addition to our everyday work, each CDC employee has a role in supporting public health emergency management, whether through temporary assignments to emergency responses or sustaining other CDC programs and activities while colleagues respond.

_Job Announcement Closes: 03/12/2024_

DutiesAs a Health Scientist, you will: - Design, oversee, implement, and conduct major scientific surveys/studies or projects to identify and solve public health problems. - Identify and analyze public health issues and their impact on operations that are critical to the public health community at large. - Search, synthesize and interpret information relevant to public health. - Review and analyze studies and projects assessing major and or sensitive public health issues in order to make recommendations for processes, procedures and /or policies related to public health programs, practices and research. - Lead collaboration on programs/projects/studies and coordinates efforts, as appropriate, with other program staff, other CDC Centers, Institutes and Offices, other federal agencies, national, State and local health agencies, and private and non-profit organizations, etc.

QualificationsAll qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position.

Minimum Qualifications:

To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level, which must include the following experience: identifying and analyzing public health issues and their impact on public policies and/or scientific studies or surveys.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): - Collaboration / Partnering - Customer Service - Data Analysis and Interpretation - Data and Information Synthesis - Data Collection - Decision Making - Diversity - Needs Assessment (2) - Oral Communication - Problem Solving - Program Evaluation - Program Management - Public Health Knowledge - Research (2) - Research Translation - Results Driven - Written Communication

_Salary: $109,278-$142,065 per year_