Health Scientist Vacancy at The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the major
operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services.
CDC is the nation's health protection agency, working 24/7 to protect
America from health and safety threats, both foreign and domestic. CDC
increases the health security of our nation.
Armed with a budget of only $10 million and fewer than 400 employees,
the agency’s early challenges included obtained enough trucks, sprayers,
and shovels necessary to wage war on mosquitoes.
CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish
our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health
information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous
health threats, and responds when these arise.
We are recruiting to fill the position of fill:
Job Title: Health Scientist
Job Announcement Number: HHS-CDC-OM-15-1482372
Location: Nigeria
Position Information: Full Time
Department: HHS CDC Center
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Job Summary
Who May Apply:
- Current HHS Federal employees with career or career-conditional
appointments in the competitive service, displaced HHS Federal employees
requesting special priority selection consideration under the Career
Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) and PHS Commissioned Corps Officers.
- This vacancy is also being announced concurrently with vacancy
announcement HHS-CDC-OD-15-1482373 under competitive procedures. Please
review that announcement to see if you are eligible for consideration
under competitive procedures.
- announcement will be used to fill positions in various
geographical locations. This announcement can also be used to recruit
for positions that will require a detail to an International
Organization such as the World Health Organization, UNICEF, etc.
- PHS Commissioned Corps Officers interested in performing the
duties of this position with the Commissioned Corps may apply online to
this announcement. Candidates will be referred as (CC) personnel and not
as candidates for conversion to a permanent career or
career-conditional appointment.
- Note: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.
- CDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Duties
As a Health Scientist you will:
- Serve as a recognized agency authority or consultant for health
programs and conducts scientific research to develop a national
system(s) to monitor public health capacity and performance overseas.
- Conduct major statistical studies or continuing projects that
represent an important segment of the center's primary investigative
program.
- Collaborate on projects/studies and coordinate efforts, as
appropriate, with other program staff, other CDC Centers, other federal
agencies, state, local and international health agencies, and private
and non-private organizations.
- Identify and analyze public health issues and their impact on
scientific operations that are critical to the public health community
at large.
- Analyze epidemiologic investigation data utilizing new methodologies or existing techniques that have been extensively revised.
Qualifications Required
Basic Qualifications:
- Must possess a full 4-year course of study in an accredited
College or University leading to a Bachelor's or Higher Degree with
major study in an academic field related to the Health Sciences or
Allied Sciences appropriate to the work of the position.
- In addition to meeting the basic qualification requirements, applicants must meet the specialized experience as stated below.
Minimum Qualifications:
- GS-13: Applicants must possess at least one
year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade
level in the Federal Service. 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 experience
planning, conducting, and analyzing scientific studies or surveys
related to public health programs.
- GS-14: Applicants must possess at least one
year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade
level in the Federal Service. 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 experience
providing scientific leadership in formulating, developing, implementing
and evaluating scientific studies or surveys related to public health
programs.
Foreign 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.
- Click here for more information on how foreign education is evaluated.
How you will be Evaluated:
- Once the application process is complete, a review of resume and
supporting documentation will be made and compared against your
responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are
qualified for this job. If, after reviewing your resume and or
supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated
your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for
this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or
omissions may affect your eligibility.
- Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and other Characteristics):
- Ability to provide direction and guidance for scientific studies.
- Skill in oral communication.
- Ability to conduct scientific studies using innovative methodologies and technologies.
- Skill in written communication.
- Ability to work with multi-disciplinary officials or groups.
Remuneration and Benefits
Other Information
Overseas Assignments:
- Overseas assignments are for two years. The assignment may be extended based on the needs of the agency.
- Upon completion of the overseas assignment, CDC employees on
temporary promotion/reassignment will be placed in accordance with CDC
placement procedures. Subsequent employment for all others for CDC
positions must be through the appropriate competitive process or special
employment program hiring authorities.
- This position is eligible for special pay allowances (e.g., post differential, housing, relocation, etc.)
- Citizens or permanent residents of the host country are not eligible to be considered.
- Current permanent status CDC employees will be processed using
the appropriate temporary promotion or other temporary assignment
authority for permanent employees of CDC. The selectee will have
statutory return rights to their permanent CDC position title, series
and grade once the overseas assignment is completed.
- Other current permanent status HHS employees will be hired on a
term appointment. There are no statutory return rights. Subsequent
employment for CDC positions must be through the appropriate competitive
process or special employment program hiring authorities.
- Additional information on living and traveling abroad may be
found at:
http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?ontent_id=184&menu_id=78
- Immunizations are required and will be administered by the CDC before relocating overseas.
- To work overseas for the CDC, the selectee will need to obtain
security and medical clearances before being cleared to report to the
overseas duty station. Continued employment will be subject to
submission of all documentation necessary to obtain the medical and
security clearances (including documentation for any accompanying
dependents), within thirty (30) business days and obtaining the security
clearance within six (6) months of the initial appointment. Please note
the inability to secure the clearances necessary for overseas duty will
result in the termination of the appointment to the position.
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- Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service Click here for more information
Application Deadline 11:59 PM (EST) on Tuesday, March 01, 2016
How to Apply
Qualified and interested candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Application Steps
- To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational
questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required
Documents section below.
- To begin, click Apply Online
to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow
the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting
documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
- Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
- It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
- To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS
account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application
Status link and then select the more information link for this position.
The Details page will display the status of your application, the
documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency
has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take
several hours to clear the virus scan process.
- To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS
account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You
must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS
account or your application will be incomplete