Clarification from the agency

Open to CDC/ATSDR Current Permanent Career/Career-Conditional Employees.

As a Lead Public Health Analyst (Policy) you will:

• Perform independent policy research, and or policy evaluation, as well as other programmatic activities to further organization's goals and objectives.
• Analyze and develop input for complex and highly visible actions such as legislation, executive directives, and departmental policy issuances.
• Develop policy guidance documents.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with organization and other key partners including national and international organizations.
• Manage processes for the establishment and tracking of the organization's goal setting efforts and responsible for comprehensive strategic plan.
• Prepare Congressional testimony, policy documents, briefings, reports, summaries, responses to requests for information, and other substantive documents.
• Serve as the Team Lead, ensuring that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work.
• Other duties as assigned

Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Background Investigation may be required.
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• Travel, transportation, and moving expenses will be paid: No
• Bargaining Unit Position: No
• Drug Screening Required: No
• Research position: No
• Promotion potential: No
• Supervisory position: No
• Time in grade (TIG) must be met within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
• CDC Financial Disclosure -OGE form 450 Holding ourselves to a higher standard; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inspires public confidence in its trust responsibilities and mission by maintaining high ethical principles. This position is subject to the confidential financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Therefore, if selected, you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest and your prospective position with the agency. This Information will be required annually.
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
• Public Trust/Moderate Background Investigation (5) is required.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications for Lead Public Health Analyst (Policy) GS-0685-14:

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 level of difficulty and responsibility in the Federal service as defined in the next paragraph.

Specialized experience is experience at or equivalent to 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 in analyzing, tracking, and writing briefs, policies and/or recommendations relating to public health issues.

Documenting Experience: In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the percentage of times the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the application process is complete, a review of the 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 and rated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

• Collaboration / Partnering
• Creativity/Innovation
• Customer Service
• Data Synthesis
• Decision Making
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Networking and Partnership Development (2)
• Oral Communication
• Organizational Systems Awareness
• Performance Management
• Policy Analysis and Support
• Problem Solving
• Project Management (2)
• Public Health Information Dissemination
• Results Driven
• Technical Credibility