Health Scientist (Program Evaluation) Id-2826

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 Posting Announcement Closes: 2/28/2024_

DutiesAs a Health Scientist (Program Evaluation), 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. - Develop and or use innovative methodologies and techniques. - Provide technical advice and assistance to national, state and local health agencies and to various other organizations. - Lead collaboration on programs/projects/studies and coordinate 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. - Communicate information to various audiences.

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: evaluating public health issues or health hazards, conducting systematic assessment of program or project inputs and outputs to determine its value or worth to improve the program.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): - Data and Information Synthesis - Needs Assessment (2) - Program Evaluation - Program Management - Public Health Knowledge - Research Translation

_SALARY RANGE $109,278-$142,065 per year_

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