The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1 billion and launched more than 1,000 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 140 countries last year.

CDCF Seeks to develop a sustainable surge COVID-19 workforce to support the Division of Immunization in the Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services at the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau for Public Health.

This position travels the assigned region to conduct site audits in vaccination sites, to include offices, clinics, hospitals, distribution hubs and Local Health Department offices and others identified. It also involves completion of required CDC data input, paperwork and audits.

Must be able to travel 50-60 miles per day in personal vehicle

Responsibilities

• Participate in ongoing training from the CDC.
• Ensure all required site visits are completed in a timely matter.
• Coordinate with other Quality Assurance Specialists to ensure all sites throughout West Virginia are audited.
• Perform site visit to include looking at patient charts, refrigerator and freezer, certificates of calibration, review paperwork, answer questions and training. Audits must comply with policies and procedures regarding confidential information and data security for the handling of sensitive client information and protected health information.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a health science, behavioral science or closely related field and two years of health-related experience which included researching, collecting, and analyzing data and statistics, developing objectives, protocols, providing health education services to target groups or the general public, and/or investigation and prevention of communicable or chronic diseases; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualification

• Must have valid driver’s license and access to personal vehicle.
• Must has experience protecting confidentiality and privacy of data.

Job Highlights

• Salary Range: $63,508, Exempt
• Duration of Opportunity: End Date 07/31/2022
• Position Type: Grant Funded
• Remote/Hybrid/Onsite: Hybrid
• Full Suite of Benefits Offered

Notice to Applicants:

The CDC Foundation requires all employees to be fully vaccinated* for COVID-19 as a condition of employment effective November 22, 2021. All offers of employment after that date are contingent upon proof of full-vaccination status as a part of the pre-employment process.

• Fully vaccinated is defined as follows: At least two weeks have passed since receipt of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, or the second dose of the either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech two-dose vaccines.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.