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Director, Office of Public Health Da, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST) Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary As a global leader in public health & health promotion, CDC is the agency Americans trust with their lives. In addition to our everyday work, each CDC employee has a role in supporting public health emergency management, whether through temporary assignments to emergency responses or sustaining other CDC programs and activities while colleagues respond. Join our team to use your talent, training, & passion to help CDC continue as the world's premier public health organizion. Visit www.cdc.gov Learn more about this agency Summary As a global leader in public health & health promotion, CDC is the agency Americans trust with their lives. In addition to our everyday work, each CDC employee has a role in supporting public health emergency management, whether through temporary assignments to emergency responses or sustaining other CDC programs and activities while colleagues respond. Join our team to use your talent, training, & passion to help CDC continue as the world's premier public health organizion. Visit www.cdc.gov Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 07/02/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 2, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Atlanta, GA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $197,200 - $275,000 per year Pay scale & grade RF 00 Promotion potential 00 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0601 General Health Science Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
HHS-CDC-RF-26-1297440
Control number 871829200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This is an Excepted Service position under Title 42. Applicions accepted from all groups of qualified persons, including active-duty Public Health Service (PHS) officers. No previous federal experience is required. This appointment does not confer any entitlement to a position in the competitive service and may provide entitlement to Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeal rights. This vacancy announcement is open to U.S. Citizens only. Videos Duties Help The Director, Office of Public Health Da, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST), provides executive leadership and stregic direction for CDC's public health da, surveillance, epidemiology, informics, and da modernizion activities. The incumbent oversees the planning, management, and evaluion of complex nional programs and initiives th advance public health science, strengthen surveillance systems, improve da quality and interoperability, and support evidence-based public health decision-making. The Director collabores with senior CDC leadership to establish organizional priorities, guide resource investments, and develop long-range stregies th enhance the agency's public health impact and scientific excellence. The Director serves as a principal advisor and spokesperson on public health da and surveillance mters, fostering partnerships across federal, ste, tribal, local, territorial, academic, and internional organizions. The position provides leadership for CDC's Public Health Da Modernizion Initiive, promotes innovion in research and informics, ensures the highest standards of scientific integrity and da governance, and represents the agency on issues of nional significance. The incumbent also leads a large, multidisciplinary organizion, overseeing workforce development, operional performance, and collaborive efforts th improve public health outcomes and strengthen the nion's public health infrastructure. Requirements Help Conditions of employment
Security and Background:
If not previously completed, a background security investigion required. Appointment subject to successful completion of a background security investigion and favorable adjudicion.
E-Verify:
Documention presented for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
Direct Deposit:
All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of the announcement. A 2-year trial period may be required. Travel, transportion, and moving expenses may be paid. Drug Screening is required. Recruitment and/or relocion incentive may be authorized. Student loan repayment may be authorized. Qualificions Current federal employees must be or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or above to be considered for this position. Current active-duty PHS officers must have served or be serving in an O6 billet/position to be considered for this position. Basic Qualificions for RF-0601: Applicants must possess a degree with a major study in an academic field reled to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences approprie to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educional program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion (external link) the time the degree was obtained. In addition to the basic qualificions requirement, a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree in an academic field reled to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences approprie to the work of the position is required.
Additional Requirements:
In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, applicants must also possess the technical qualificions described below. Applicants whose experience does not clearly demonstre these qualificions deemed Not Qualified (NQ). Typically, experience of this nure is gained or above the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with ste or local government, the prive sector, or nongovernmental organizions. Candides do not need to provide narrive responses. However, the technical qualificions must be reflected within the candide's two-page resume. Technical Qualificions Ability to lead, manage, and coordine complex scientific and technical implemention and programmic efforts including overseeing the execution of public health da modernizion and surveillance activities. Highly specialized, cross-cutting experience with public health informion da and policy, collaboring with jurisdictional and prive partners and intergovernmental affairs. Experience to deal effectively with high-level government officials, foreign ministries of health, scientific and academic communities, nional and internional medical and health-reled organizions, community and non-governmental groups, U.S. and global media, and the internional public large. Demonstred ability to lead people toward meeting the organizion's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this qualificion is the ability to provide a workplace th fosters the development of others, facilities cooperion and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Demonstred ability to meet organizional goals and customer expections. Inherent to this qualificion is the ability to make decisions th produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculing risks. Demonstred ability to manage human, financial, and informion resources stregically. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Qualificions are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact des of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualificion determinions cannot be made when resumes do not include the required informion, failure to provide this informion may result in disqualificion. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.
Current or Former Political Appointees:
Agencies must seek prior approval from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position any level under the provisions of title 5, United Stes Code. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose th to the Human Resources Office. Failure to disclose this informion could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
Current or Former Political Appointees:
Submit SF-50. Educion This position has a positive educion requirement. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit transcripts or a list of applicable courses with their applicion package. This also applies to stus applicants who are applying to a position in a different occupional series than they are currently or were previously appointed. Applicants who do not submit their transcripts (or list of applicable course work) evalued based on the informion provided in their applicion package (and/or resume) along with their responses to a self-certificion question asking if they meet the basic qualificions listed in the vacancy announcement. Those deemed tentively qualified referred for considerion. If selected, applicants required to provide an official transcript prior to the final job offer. If the official transcript does not support the educional requirements of the position, the applicant considered ineligible for the position. College or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Educion Accredition page .
FOREIGN EDUCATION
Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the educion credentials have been deemed to be least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. educion program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For more informion, https://sites.ed.gov/internional/recognition-of-foreign-qualificions/ . Additional informion This position is loced in the Office of Public Health Da, Surveillance, and Technology, within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta, Georgia. The executive level compension package is commensure with qualificions and experience and may result in a higher salary than reflected above.
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT/FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE CDC
Financial Disclosure:
HHS fosters a work environment committed to government ethics. Through its ethics program, HHS seeks to prevent conflicts of interest on the part of executive branch employees. A conflict-free HHS allows its public servants to make impartial decisions based on the interests of the public when carrying out governmental responsibilities, to serve as good stewards of public resources, and to loyally adhere to the Constitution and laws of the United Stes. As an executive branch employee, you subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct and the criminal conflict of interest stutes. An introduction to federal ethics available during oriention. You must complete the remainder of your initial ethics training during your first three months HHS. Further details on this provided during oriention. You might be required to a file a public or confidential financial disclosure report within 30 days of your appointment. You will receive formal notificion if a disclosure report is required. This can require informion such as recent sources of income, financial interests you hold, and outside activities you participe in, as well as similar informion from a spouse or any dependent children. If you have questions, please contact the Deputy Ethics Counselor or Ethics Coordinor for your office, which you can find here: https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/ogc/contact-ogc/agency-deputy-ethics-counselors-and-ethics-coordinors/index.html 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/public financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Therefore, if selected, you required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-Form 450) or Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-Form 278) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest and your prospective position with the agency. This informion required annually. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
https://help.usajobs.gov/how-toIf applying online poses a hardship to you, you may submit your applicion by contacting CDCStaffing@hhs.gov. Reasonable Accommodion Policy Stement Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities where approprie. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should contact an agency representive CDCStaffing@hhs.gov. Requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Veteran's Preference Veteran's Preference does not apply to Title 42. Selective Service Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered or exempt from selective service see: https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants must meet the qualificion requirements as outlined above to be eligible for further considerion. You must provide detailed evidence of the experience, knowledge, skill, ability, and other personal characteristic requirements, and show how and when they were used. This evidence must include clear and concise examples th show level of accomplishment and degree of responsibility. Qualificion determinions based on the informion provided in your applicion and the requirements of the position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume (in pdf form only) - Must contain
NO MORE THAN 2 PAGES
of the following pieces of informion for each job entry listed in your employment history: Official position title Employer name/locion (city, ste) Start and End Des (including month and year) Pay plan, series, and grade (for federal service) Detailed list of duties and accomplishments Show relive permanent and/or volunteer work experience, educion, and training. The resume serves as the basis for qualificions determinions and must support the answers to the completed online assessment questions. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents Cover letter is optional. 2. Transcripts (if applicable): You may submit an unofficial transcript. An official transcript from an accredited educional institution is required if you are selected. 3. Current Federal Employees Documention (If Applicable) - You MUST submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form which shows your current grade. If you are applying for a higher grade, you MUST provide an SF-50(s) (or equivalent) which clearly demonstres you meet the 52-week time-in-grade requirement (e.g., Promotion with an effective de more than one (1) year, Within-Grade-Increase the highest grade held). 4. Former Federal Employees Documention (If Applicable) - You may submit a copy of your last SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form. 5.
USPHS Commissioned Corps:
Active-Duty PHS officer (optional) Lest duty stion/assignment Personnel Order (PHS-7063). Please remove your SSN where listed. For resume and applicion tips : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/documents/resume
NOTE :
Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to
Apply Help NOTE:
Resumes must not exceed 2 pages in length. For informion on resume length, : USAJOBS Help Center - Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the close de 07/02/2026 of this announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Please ensure th a personal email address is linked to your USAJOBS/login.gov account. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . To view the questionnaire, click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12974440 Agency contact informion
HHS HELPDESK ASKOHR
@hhs.gov Address
CDC-IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 1600
Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30333 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. When the vacancy announcement closes, an evaluion of your qualificions determined by a panel of experts. The most highly qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. You will receive notice via email once this process is completed (generally 4-8 weeks). If selected, you contacted with a job offer. Please ensure th your USAJOBS profile is setup with a personal email address prior to acceptance. Upon selection, if not already a Title 42 Distinguished Consultant, the individual selected may have his/her qualificions reviewed by a credentialing body before appointment to this position. The selected individual's applicion forwarded to the CDC Credentialing Committee for review and certificion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume (in pdf form only) - Must contain
NO MORE THAN 2 PAGES
of the following pieces of informion for each job entry listed in your employment history: Official position title Employer name/locion (city, ste) Start and End Des (including month and year) Pay plan, series, and grade (for federal service) Detailed list of duties and accomplishments Show relive permanent and/or volunteer work experience, educion, and training. The resume serves as the basis for qualificions determinions and must support the answers to the completed online assessment questions. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents Cover letter is optional. 2. Transcripts (if applicable): You may submit an unofficial transcript. An official transcript from an accredited educional institution is required if you are selected. 3. Current Federal Employees Documention (If Applicable) - You MUST submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form which shows your current grade. If you are applying for a higher grade, you MUST provide an SF-50(s) (or equivalent) which clearly demonstres you meet the 52-week time-in-grade requirement (e.g., Promotion with an effective de more than one (1) year, Within-Grade-Increase the highest grade held). 4. Former Federal Employees Documention (If Applicable) - You may submit a copy of your last SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form. 5.
USPHS Commissioned Corps:
Active-Duty PHS officer (optional) Lest duty stion/assignment Personnel Order (PHS-7063). Please remove your SSN where listed. For resume and applicion tips : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/documents/resume
NOTE :
Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to
Apply Help NOTE:
Resumes must not exceed 2 pages in length. For informion on resume length, : USAJOBS Help Center - Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the close de 07/02/2026 of this announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Please ensure th a personal email address is linked to your USAJOBS/login.gov account. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . To view the questionnaire, click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12974440 Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion
HHS HELPDESK ASKOHR
@hhs.gov Address
CDC-IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 1600
Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30333 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. When the vacancy announcement closes, an evaluion of your qualificions determined by a panel of experts. The most highly qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. You will receive notice via email once this process is completed (generally 4-8 weeks). If selected, you contacted with a job offer. Please ensure th your USAJOBS profile is setup with a personal email address prior to acceptance. Upon selection, if not already a Title 42 Distinguished Consultant, the individual selected may have his/her qualificions reviewed by a credentialing body before appointment to this position. The selected individual's applicion forwarded to the CDC Credentialing Committee for review and certificion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 07/02/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 2, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Atlanta, GA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $197,200 - $275,000 per year Pay scale & grade RF 00 Promotion potential 00 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
