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Job opening: Laboratory Quality Management Specialist (Direct Hire)

Salary: $104 008 - 135 209 per year
City: Atlanta
Published at: Oct 25 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
As 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. Join our team to use your talent, training, & passion to help CDC continue as the world's premier public health organization. Visit www.cdc.gov

Duties

As a Laboratory Quality Management Specialist (Direct Hire), you will: Develop and coordinate standard operating procedures to document management of quality throughout the life cycle of infectious diseases laboratories processes. Participate in ongoing analyses and tracking/trending of nonconforming events and suggest actions to resolve them. Provide training to quality managers, laboratory staff, senior scientists, and laboratory support staff. Prepare and submit reports of findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Ensure quality management practices are incorporated across the full spectrum of laboratory operations including diagnostic testing, surveillance testing, basic research, applied research, translational research, product development and product production. Document processes, develop standardized procedures, and developing standardized templates, forms, job aids and work instructions applicable for a wide range of laboratory applications. Develop criteria and methods for evaluating quality accomplishments and trends.All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: Must have a Degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Must have a Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. 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 next lower grade level, which must include the following experience: in ensuring laboratory quality management requirements such as, standard operating procedures and protocols are in place, maintained, and meet appropriate regulatory requirements. 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

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the education requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

Contacts

  • Address NCIRD-MENINGITIS AND VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES BRANCH 1600 CLIFTON RD NE ATLANTA, GA 30333 US
  • Name: CDC HELPDESK
  • Phone: (770) 488-1725
  • Email: [email protected]

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