What are the responsibilities and job description for the Epidemiologist position at 22nd Century Technologies, Inc.?
Job Title: Epidemiologist
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Shift Time: Day
Hours/Week: 37.5 hrs/week On-Site position
Pay rate: $30.00/hr. on w2 without benefits
Location: 710 James Robertson Parkway 7th Floor Andrew Johnson Tower Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Must-Have:
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a doctoral degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, statistics, or health informatics.
- Five years of work experience in epidemiology.
Roles and Responsibilities:
The preferred candidate will have an MPH or PhD with significant experience in public health, overdose surveillance, or health data analysis.
The ideal candidate should also demonstrate:
- Epidemiologist 1 will play a key role in advancing overdose surveillance and strengthening the statewide multidisciplinary overdose working group.
- This includes the development of new surveillance tools and analytic briefs to assist partners in making data-driven decisions for overdose prevention and response.
- The position will also facilitate the working group meetings by coordinating monthly continued learning opportunities to internal and external stakeholders.
- Facilitate the Overdose Working Group, including:
- Organizing and leading monthly meetings.
- Structuring meetings to include data trends, expert presentations, and partner updates.
- Coordinating subject matter expert presentations on overdose-related research and evidence-based interventions.
- Develop and implement new surveillance tools to support overdose response efforts, including:
- Creating monthly analytic briefs highlighting linked data, emerging substances, and trends among marginalized communities.
- Designing interactive dashboards and visualizations to enhance accessibility and interpretation of overdose data.
- Expand the working group's reach and engagement, including:
- Increasing participation from regional epidemiologists and local health partners.
- Working with OIA's Data Governance (DG) team to determine how internal data trends can be aggregated and shared publicly.
- Support the planning and execution of an annual in-person working group meeting, which will include:
- Partner updates, success stories, and program spotlights.
- Evaluation of the working group's impact and overdose data utility.
- Coordinating travel for Hal Rogers working group participants.
- Provide timely data analysis and visualization support to TDH leadership, program staff, and external partners.
- Document processes and methodologies to ensure reproducibility and transparency.
The preferred candidate will have an MPH or PhD with significant experience in public health, overdose surveillance, or health data analysis.
The ideal candidate should also demonstrate:
- Proficiency in R or SAS (SQL experience preferred).
- Proficiency in a data visualization software, such as Tableau or R.
- Experience working with large datasets and developing analytic briefs.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
- Experience facilitating meetings, coordinating stakeholders, and engaging multidisciplinary partners.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment.
About our Company: -
22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000 people including 600 Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies’ delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115 Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80 commercial clients.
Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.
“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and “US Citizens & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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