Job description

COVID-NET Data Analyst

NEW MEXICO /STATE FUNDED ELC PROGRAMS – NEW MEXICO - ELC / CONTRACT
The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1 billion and launched more than 1,000 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 140 countries last year. Learn more at www.cdcfoundation.org.

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Data Analyst who will plan, develop, and conduct data analysis of various efforts including investigations, surveillance, and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implement methods of disease control. Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and prepares epidemiologic reports. This position works to promote and protect the health and safety.

Job Highlights:

• Position Title: COVID-NET Data Analyst
• Location: Remote
• Position End Date: 12/31/22
• Salary: $72,000 plus benefits

Qualifications:

• Minimum of one (1) year of full-time, professional work experience with data cleaning, data management and statistical analysis.
• Proficiency in use of data analytics and visualization software (e.g., SAS, ArcGIS, SPSS, SQL, STATA, R, Tableau) as well as Microsoft Office, Excel pivot tables
• Ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficiency in navigating computer systems; ability to learn new data systems quickly and to comply with data integrity and security to safeguard all personal identifiable information
• Highly motivated and organized with the ability to work well in teams and independently on multiple simultaneous projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with ability to be efficient and consistently deliver high-quality work under time constraints.
• Ability to demonstrate a professional, positive attitude and work ethic

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics, Public Health, or related field
• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Full life cycle activities of data analytics to include requirements and design, data cleaning, developing analysis and reporting capabilities, linking databases and data sets.
• Continuously monitoring performance and quality control plans to identify improvements in models; and complete related tasks to ensure proper implementation.
• Perform basic data management, data cleaning and statistical analysis using SAS, R, or other statistical programming language on infectious disease data to complete data extracts.
• Produce and analyze reports for the purposes of monitoring disease trends and providing timely data in support of infectious disease surveillance and to inform the public.
• Collaborate with agency and external groups providing public health surveillance support and data & analytics support for priority infectious diseases.
• Effectively communicate technical and general information regarding infectious disease data to a variety of audiences including agency leadership, policy makers and public health professionals.
• Develops other databases and train frontline staff on as-needed basis.

Special Notes:
This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and New Mexico Department of Health in order to best support the State of New Mexico in their public health programming.

• This position is currently a remote position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.

The CDC Foundation requires all employees to be fully vaccinated* for COVID-19 as a condition of employment effective November 22, 2021. All offers of employment after that date are contingent upon proof of full-vaccination status as a part of the pre-employment process.
*Fully vaccinated is defined as follows: At least two weeks have passed since receipt of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, or the second dose of the either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech two-dose vaccines.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $72,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Proficiency in data analytics and visualization software: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote

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