Public Health Analyst

Public Health Analyst 

Atlanta Department of Health and Human Services 

Summary

This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Global Health (CGH), Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP), Office of the Director (OD), Atlanta, Georgia.

CDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Responsibilities

As an Public Health Analyst (Policy & Issues Management) you will:

• Conduct public health policy and issues management activities.
• Perform projects to analyze public health legislation, regulations, executive directives, and Departmental policy issuances.
• Analyze public health problems, issues, or program requirements that may be unstable or complex.
• Solve unusual problems in performing analytic duties involving administrative or support issues.
• Conduct extensive research including the review of data from public health literature and other sources.
• Develop materials to explain public health programs to the general public and to specific groups including Congressional staff, legislative committees and subcommittees, state policy makers, Departmental and other executive branch officials, and other groups interested in specific program activities.
• Assist in developing the organization's short and long-range goals, and also assists in program evaluation and the measurement of program outcomes.
• Communicate with key collaborators on matters of policy, research, and program activities.
• Conduct environmental scanning of relevant developments in the realm of global health security.
• Perform projects to analyze public health legislation, regulations, executive directives, and Departmental policy issuances.
• Analyze public health problems, issues, or program requirements that may be unstable or complex.
• Develop materials to communicate and explain public health policies, programs and priorities to the general public and to specific groups including Congressional staff, legislative committees and subcommittees, state policy makers, Departmental and other executive branch officials, and other key collaborators groups interested in specific program activities.
• Support development of program policy, goals, budgetary planning/justification and supporting documents and materials including responses to requests for information from CGH, CDC, HHS, White House, or Congress, on behalf of the Division.
• Engage in partnership development and maintenance of critical policy partnerships.
• Coordinate and manage high level visits for domestic and international meetings and events

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

None

• Job family (Series)

0685 Public Health Program Specialist

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Background Investigation may be required.
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• Travel, transportation, and moving expenses will be paid: No
• Bargaining Unit Position: Yes
• Drug Screening Required: No
• Research position: No
• Promotion potential: No
• Supervisory position: No
• Time in grade (TIG) must be met within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
• Public Trust/Moderate Background Investigation (5) is required.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level of in the Federal service as defined in the next paragraph.

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 conducting public health legislative analysis, policy research, issues management and program evaluations.

Documenting Experience: In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the percentage of times the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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