This job is open to:

Federal employees - Excepted service - Current excepted service federal employees.

Clarification from the agency - This announcement is open to all 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's, Office of Health Equity (OHE), Office of Minority Health (OMH) is seeking a motivated PHS officer to serve as Health Scientist (O-6 Billet) Supervisory . The PHS officer selected for this assignment will serve as a recognized agency authority or consultant for health programs and conducts scientific research to develop a national system (or) system to monitor public health capacity and performance at local, state and national levels.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Serving as a recognized expert in health sciences for the agency
• Developing policy and objectives, appraising programs, and initiating requirements for health science studies
• Analyzing epidemiologic investigation data utilizing new methodologies or existing techniques that have been extensively revised.
• Providing technical advice to state and local health agencies and to various other health-related organizations
• Consulting with epidemiologists, statisticians, and public health professionals concerning on-going and established studies or other projects
• Developing and prepares bibliographies that identify critical issues and areas for future research.
• Serving as a Project Officer on grants, cooperative agreements and contracts
• Planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a current active-duty PHS officer of the USPHS Commissioned Corps
• 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

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-O5 billet grade level as a consultant for health programs conducting scientific research to develop a national system to monitor public health capacity and performance at local, state, and national levels.

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 where applicable 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.