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Duties

The incumbent will: Provide leadership, direction, and scientific advice on policies to integrate and improvements to implement for public health readiness and emergency response in support of the ORR Director. Provide scientific leadership and expertise in the development and execution of research projects, ensuring scientific soundness and technical feasibility. Conceive, plan, evaluate, coordinate, and implement activities related to readiness and response research programs and/or projects that will assist in achieving the public health readiness and response goals of the ORR, CDC/ATSDR and HHS using information provided from the entire scientific and medical community to include other components of the Center, Agency, Department, and other Federal Agencies. Perform assessments, make recommendations and approve public health readiness and response research study designs, analytical and experimental methods, data analyses, internal and external peer reviews, and abstracts of data and research findings. Provide expert-quality formal and informal reports that address vital issues, multi-functional studies and analytical approaches, expert-level findings and cogent, substantive recommendations that are primarily used as the basis for key executive-level management decisions. Establish standards of practice in collaboration with CDC/ATSDR scientists and external experts. Identify and analyze issues and their impact on public health readiness and response policies as they relate to CDC program areas. The Director will manage, oversee, and have full authority to execute the program budget, contracts, cooperative agreements and inter-agency agreements. The incumbent serves as a national and international subject matter scientific expert in the design and implementation of DRRS science and programs and participates in overall Division management responsibilities as they relate to providing a productive and creative programmatic climate within the Division. Serve as a subject matter expert for readiness and response science activities in support of CDC Center-led and Agency-level response activations. Represent CDC and collaborate with HHS in matters associated with readiness and response activities and exercises.

Requirements

• Background and/or Security Investigation required.

Qualifications

Current federal employees must be at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level to be considered for this position. Basic Qualifications for RF-0601: Applicants must possess a degree with a 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 (external link) at the time the degree was obtained. In addition to the basic qualifications requirement, a Ph.D. in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position is required. Candidates must show clear evidence of specialized experience. Specialized experience is that which is directly related to the position and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position, such as experience leading, directing, and managing a large public health program, such as scientific, public health, academic, non-governmental or other organization; while providing technical assistance to domestic and international partners on matters relating to the improvement of the generation; understanding, and use of readiness and response science to emergency preparedness, readiness and response activities. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit transcripts or a list of applicable courses with their application package. This also applies to status applicants who are applying to a position in a different occupational series than they are currently or were previously appointed. Applicants who do not submit their transcripts (or list of applicable course work) will be evaluated based on the information provided in their application package (and/or resume) along with their responses to a self-certification question asking if they meet the basic qualifications listed in the vacancy announcement. Those deemed tentatively qualified will be referred for consideration. If selected, applicants will be required to provide an official transcript prior to the final job offer. If the official transcript does not support the educational requirements of the position, the applicant will be considered ineligible for the position.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that:

• the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs
• such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program, or that full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

Contacts

• Address CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE-OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 1600 CLIFTON RD NE ATLANTA, GA 30333 US
• Name: CDC HELPDESK
• Phone: (770) 488-1725
• Email: [email protected]