Public Health Analyst

Overview

Goldbelt Professional Services specializes in providing expert resources for Public Health missions including scientific, technical, and administrative support from junior staff to high-level subject matter experts. Research and data driven, Goldbelt Professional Services’ experts create solutions customized to the client’s needs. 

Summary:

Goldbelt Professional Services, LLC is seeking a  Public Health Analyst to work within the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This position will support a wide range of administrative tasks for the NCIRD business service needs. This work will be performed at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Roybal Campus in Atlanta, GA. The CDC is the nation's premier health promotion, prevention, and preparedness agency. The  Public Health Analyst will report to Goldbelt Professional Services leadership to ensure the execution of timely, high-quality deliverables for the client.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide consultation services to the CDC to manage reporting requirements, including developing the communication slides that are presented at the incident manager’s (IM) meeting and other meetings of similar nature.  
• Manage tracking spreadsheets for all materials in clearance.  
• Provide additional support for clearance triage, tracking, and follow-up to ensure clearance requests reach the appropriate members of the team in a timely manner.  
• Participate in calls to identify themes and hot issues for the upcoming week and coordinate with other team members across the task force to ensure relevant communication content is included with themes that are presented at the IM meeting for the upcoming week.  
• Maintain team’s staffing roster and roll on/roll off dates.  
• Run web, social media metrics reports and share with task force (TF) leadership and other stakeholders as necessary.  
• Screen emails for critical event-specific emails that require attention from TF leadership or other team leads (emails may include event updates, reporting requests, and clearance requests).  
• Provide consultation services to the CDC leadership with responses to communication inquiries that are presented to the TF.  
• Attend TF or response meetings, as appropriate to the response, takes notes for TF leadership, and disseminate notes as directed.  
• Communicate daily with the TF Communication Leadership with updates and status of documents that require attention and action.  
• Liaise with other teams within the TF or other TFs as needed.  
• Provide consultation services to the CDC with communication clearance coordination; be familiar with response-specific clearance processes as well as key clearance terminology.  
• Ensure the timeliness, consistency, and accuracy of all information.  
• Participate in post-response meetings and contribute to reports and other feedback mechanisms as appropriate.  
• Work with the team and respective stakeholders to revise documents, processes, etc. based on feedback and reports. 

Qualifications

Necessary Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrated work of project coordination, planning, and project management. 
• Experience reading and interpreting research and statistical data to support public health work.  
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.  
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.  
• Must be professional and polished with a high degree of flexibility and initiative.  
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, as well as exceptional interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet time-sensitive deadlines, juggle multiple projects, and fulfill ad hoc requests simultaneously.  
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to work independently in fast-paced, dynamic, and demanding environment. 
• Ability to manage relationships professionally with individuals at all levels, including staff and external partner organization contacts. 
• Ability to demonstrate diplomacy and work professionally and collegially with a highly educated, scientific customer base that is under pressure and in the public eye every day. 
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently, be solution-oriented, motivated, and committed to customer and company success. 
• Ability to handle a variety of constituencies, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a complex environment while balancing multiple competing priorities. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in Public Health, Health Education, Epidemiology, or a related field. 
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience.  
• Clinical or public health background with experience communicating, coordinating, and working with public health programs.   
• Expertise in project management tools and software, including but not limited to: Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, and SAS or similar statistical tools.  
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication in interpersonal exchanges. 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines. 
• Ability to obtain and maintain CDC Clearance.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working with the CDC is highly desired to understand the culture and environment. 
• Experience with Health Communications. 
• Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Education, or related field. 
• 1-3 years of relevant work experience with a Master’s degree. 

Pay and BenefitsAt Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred savings options, supplementary benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.