Public Health Analyst Jobs

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Public Health Analyst. This position is a part of multidisciplinary team that will assist health department(s) with their work in identifying, investigating, monitoring, and reporting associated infections. This position collaborates with teams and individuals to create infection prevention strategies.

Job Highlights:

• Position Title: Public Health Analyst
• Salary: $80,000 plus benefits
• Position End Date: 7/31/2024
• Location: Remote

Qualifications:

• Strong quantitative data analysis skills and experience working with SAS, SPSS, STATA, Oracle, Python, R or a similar statistical software package
• Master’s degree in public health, the social sciences, or a related field and minimum of 1 year of relevant experience or bachelor’s degree in public health, the social sciences or related field and minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Experience in data collection and analysis, and developing written materials with actionable recommendations

Responsibilities:

• Independently designs health data projects and assists other program staff to develop, conduct, and evaluate data system studies
• Produce reports for the purposes of monitoring disease trends to analyze and interpret such data in support of efforts to prevent and respond to COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases as allowable through the funding source
• Manipulate and analyze project-related datasets using SAS, Oracle, Python, R or other statistical applications; create or provide data sets and subsets for specific analyses; and transfer data as imports or downloads between different systems to facilitate data analysis
• Lead and prepare business requirements for implementation of projects related to system design enhancements for the NJ Disease Surveillance System, CDRSS, enhancements for NoviSurvey projects, or assisting with the CDS' portion of establishing a Master Patient Index function
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders across agencies on joint initiatives
• Support data integration projects utilizing data from public health sources including EDRS, CDRSS, and NJIIS
• Participate in the planning, development, implementation, and/or maintenance of new or enhanced systems
• Participate in project-related meetings, perform gap analysis, and prepare change requests for updates needed in CDRSS
• Support related projects and ensuring timely submission of deliverables

Special Notes:

• This position is Remote or located in New Jersey based on candidate. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.
• This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and New Jersey Health Department in order best support the State of New Jersey in their public health programming.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R.

• 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.