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Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.

Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to active-duty Public Health Service (PHS) officers of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps

Duties

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP) seeking a motivated officer to serve as Environmental Health Scientist (O-5 Billet/Non-Supervisory). The PHS officer selected for this assignment will serve as a scientist in the evaluation of maritime environmental public health issues and health hazards.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Conduct operational sanitation inspections of cruise ships and produces a report of public health violations and recommendations.
• Design, oversee, implement, and conduct major scientific surveys/studies or projects Identify and analyze environmental public health issues and their impact on operations
• Develop and or use innovative methodologies and techniques
• Provide technical advice and assistance to national, state and local health agencies and to other organizations
• Provide technical assistance and consultation

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must meet USPHS Commissioned Corps basic readiness.
• Must not have any current or pending adverse actions
• May be subject to a Background Investigation.
• May be required to obtain at least a Secret or higher-level clearance.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements

A 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. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/) at the time the degree was obtained.

Qualifications and Skills

The position requires qualifications and skills to include specialized experience. Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the position which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position to include:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CC-O4 billet grade level to include experience investigating gastrointestinal illness and other infectious disease outbreaks and providing public health recommendations and oversight to control ongoing outbreaks and preventing future outbreaks.

Education

A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION:

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For more information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

Salary: Please note that the salary is dependent on factors such as officer's rank, years in service, and location of duty station.

Relocation expenses are authorized per Joint Travel Regulations (JTR).

CDC is the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health. For more than 70 years, we’ve put science into action to help children stay healthy so they can grow and learn; to help families, businesses, and communities fight disease and stay strong; and to protect the public’s health.

Mission: CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

CDC increases the health security of our nation. As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats and responds when these arise.