EPIDEMIOLOGIST (50075436)

Job Role Summary

This full-time position is responsible for organizing and providing epidemiologic support to MCPHD and to collaborating organizations, including:

• Prioritizing projects and tasks to best address the departments' needs and fulfill the agency's mission
• Identifying needs for data, communicating with external agencies in order to secure data, developing and implementing data collection protocols, managing datasets, and providing data quality assurance
• Designing, conducting, and interpreting statistical analyses
• Designing program evaluations, creating evaluation sections for grant proposals, and conducting and supervising program evaluations
• Preparing and delivering reports and presentations on health issues and statistics for professional and lay audiences
• Collaborating with MCPHD staff and other organizations to assure the success of programs and projects
• Identifying needs for information to inform health related decisions
• Creating and supporting systems that make epidemiologic and other data-based information available

Essential Duties

Epidemiology Support: 80%

• Conduct health surveillance for Marion County as needed.
• Maintain the data providers’ engagement by assuring that their participation in public health surveillance provides them value.
• Meet with program staff to understand their information needs, and develop solutions to address those needs
• Prepare and deliver reports, data visualizations, and presentations on health issues and statistics for professional and lay audiences
• Establish data sharing agreements with external organizations.
• Evaluate and improve the quality of the data received, and improve our understanding and interpretation of the data.
• Attend and participate in national meetings and conferences as needed.
• Participate in public health emergency preparedness exercises and in the response to public health emergencies, as directed.
• Participate in a minimum of two H.O.P.E. events totaling a minimum of eight (8) hours annually.
• Other duties as assigned.

Associated Job Duties

Other Projects: 20%

• Design and oversee program evaluations.
• Develop results summaries and reports.
• Present results to staff, partner agencies, and the public.
• Prepare the evaluation section of program grant applications.

Qualifications

Education/Licensure/Certifications/Experience:

• A Master Degree in Public Health or related discipline. Concentration in Epidemiology preferred
• Experience with computerized data analysis and data management

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Experience analyzing health data, such as birth and death certificate data, preferred
• Demonstrate basic set of SAS skills before the end of the four month probationary period

Contacts

• MCPHD leadership and program staff
• Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) staff
• Community and hospital/health care groups
• Professionals in local and state public agencies
• National knowledge experts
• Interns and students

Working Environment

• This position requires the ability to engage in and/or out of state travel as needed, requiring a valid driver’s license
• Candidate must be currently able to legally work in the United States
• Position requires steady use of hands or fingers: 50%