This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. This announcement will close at 11:59 PM, on the day that 50 applications have been received or the closing date of the announcement, whichever comes first
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Supervisory Health Scientist, you will: Provides executive leadership and overall direction for Division programs and operations. Plans, coordinates, manages, and evaluates Division activities; establishes short- and long-term goals, program strategies, operating policies, and priorities; evaluates.
Directs subordinate supervisors, team leaders, professional staff, and contractors and exercises responsibility for workforce planning, performance management, staffing, employee development, and resolution of complex personnel matters. Determines the allocation and effective utilization of human and financial resources, oversees significant program resources, and ensures organizational and operational requirements are achieved.
Provides leadership for the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of complex public health data, surveillance, and technology modernization initiatives. Collaborates with scientific and technical experts across multiple disciplines to establish program goals, policies, priorities, and strategies that strengthen public health data capabilities and advance national public health objectives.
Provides authoritative advice and guidance to senior leadership on public health policy, research, programmatic direction, and emerging issues. Establishes and maintains partnerships with Federal, State, local, national, and international public health, medical, academic, and other organizations; coordinates research, legislative proposals, policies, program issues, and resources; and represents Division and agency interests with key stakeholders.
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 and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov.
This position is with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $156451 – $197200/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-23.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-21 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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