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Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
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 organization. Visit www.cdc.gov
What You'll Do
- →The Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), provides executive leadership and strategic direction for CDC's national efforts to prevent chronic disease, reduce disability and premature death, and promote population health.
- →The incumbent serves as a principal advisor to CDC leadership, guiding the development and implementation of scientific, public health, and operational strategies; overseeing complex prevention, surveillance, research, and health promotion programs; and ensuring that organizational priorities, resources, and performance are aligned with agency goals.
- →The Director advances scientific innovation through intramural and extramural research, promotes evidence-based public health practice, and ensures the highest standards of scientific integrity, quality, and program effectiveness.
- →The Director collaborates with domestic and international partners, including federal, state, local, and global public health organizations, academic institutions, and professional associations, to address critical public health challenges and improve health outcomes.
- →The incumbent serves as a nationally recognized expert and spokesperson on chronic disease prevention and health promotion, providing scientific consultation, leading strategic initiatives, and representing CDC before government leaders, stakeholders, and public health partners.
- →The position also provides leadership for a large multidisciplinary workforce, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, diversity, and accountability in support of CDC's mission.
Requirements
- ✓This position has a positive education requirement.
- ✓Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit transcripts or a list of applicable courses with their application package.
- ✓This also applies to status applicants who are applying to a position in a different occupational series than they are currently or were previously appointed.
- ✓Applicants who do not submit their transcripts (or list of applicable course work) will be evaluated based on the information provided in their application package (and/or resume) along with their responses to a self-certification question asking if they meet the basic qualifications listed in the vacancy announcement.
- ✓Those deemed tentatively qualified will be referred for consideration.
- ✓If selected, applicants will be required to provide an official transcript prior to the final job offer.
- ✓If the official transcript does not support the educational requirements of the position, the applicant will be 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 Education.
- ✓For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.
- ✓FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.
- ✓You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program.
- ✓It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
- ✓For more information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
Job ID: cc9de859-4793-4639-a7a1-d2aec6a02c5f
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