The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal institute within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIOSH is a research agency that focuses on the study of worker safety and health, and empowering employers and workers to create safe and healthy workplaces. A priority at NIOSH is to develop new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health and to transfer that knowledge into practice. To do this, NIOSH conducts work-related research and makes recommendations to prevent worker injury and illness. The work done at NIOSH impacts every segment of the American workforce.
Position
This position is in the Field Research Branch, Division of Field Studies and Engineering (DFSE), located at the NIOSH location in Cincinnati, OH. This full-time Epidemiology fellowship is a temporary appointment that lasts two years but may be extended. The fellowship appointments are non-status, non-permanent appointments. Salary will be based on education and experience and is eligible for benefits and is based on OPM requirements. Relocation expenses are not provided.
Job Description
The successful applicant will work with a multidisciplinary team of researchers, and other occupational health scientists conducting epidemiological research. The fellow will provide consultation on, and application of, statistical theories, techniques and methods in gathering, analyzing, interpreting and reporting quantified information pertaining to the causes and effects of health and disease conditions, for example cancers, and focused on identifying, analyzing, and reporting on emerging public health issues as they relate to occupational safety and health. The fellow will draw upon a comprehensive knowledge of statistical techniques such as statistical analysis, quantitative analytics, forecasting and predictive analytics and data science methods to evaluate the contribution of potential risk factors to health outcomes, particularly as they relate to cancer.
Duties
The fellow will be responsible for the following:
Assesses the adequacy and quality of data used in analyses and explains the methods, results, and relevance to the health issue under study.
Applies skills in statistical methods to evaluate the contribution of numerous potential risk factors to the health outcome of interest, such as cancer related to occupational safety and health exposures.
Performs analyses and evaluations to determine the suitability and adequacy of data collected, and adapts procedures independently as needed.
Provides scientifically advice and consultation in the development and implementation of procedures, methods, and strategies for obtaining and using scientific data; relevant to major health risks in the areas such as cancer.
Prepares comprehensive reports relating to data science methodology for public health surveillance and related applications.
Prepares materials for presentations to scientific staff and health officials and health-related organizations and makes presentations to a variety of audiences.
Qualifications
Basic Education Requirement: All applicants must meet the basic requirements under A or B to qualify for applying to a position under series 1530.
A. Degree: that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.
Agency Required Qualifications
In addition to the basic education requirement, applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a scientific field.
In addition to meeting the above requirements, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service.
Note: Degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
A highly qualified candidate must have a solid background in the following:
A Ph.D. in Mathematics or Statistics appropriate to the position
Experience in occupational safety and health practice and research
Experience in cancer research with focus on occupational exposure
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Analytic skills and extensive knowledge of statistics
This position has an education requirement: Upon request, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades). Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package; however, official transcripts will be required prior to receiving an official offer. Failure to submit transcripts or indicated college courses information will cause loss of consideration for this position.
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: https://jobs.cdc.gov/index.htm.
Conditions of Employment
Both US citizens and non-US citizens are eligible to apply.
Non-US citizens meeting the above degree and specified specialized experience requirements are eligible for noncompetitive appointments under this appointing authority. Citizens of countries on the Non-Aligned list (including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria) are ineligible for this appointment. Citizens of countries that have been determined by the U.S. Secretary of State to be State Sponsors of Terrorism will not be able to obtain a security clearance to work at CDC and should not be considered for this appointing authority.
Successful completion of a background investigation.
Up to 10% domestic travel may be required.
Required Documents
Applicants must submit the following:
Resume or Curriculum vitae (cv)
Cover letter - explaining relevant work experience and education
Unofficial transcript(s)
Contact information for three references (one personal, two professional)
How to Apply:
NIOSH Recruitment at NIOSHJobs@CDC.gov by 11:59 PM EDT Friday, January 3, 2025. Please list the position you are applying to in the subject line of the email.
EEO Policy
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
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