Policy Analyst

The mission of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) prevent injury, overdose, suicide, and violence across the lifespan through science and action. NCIPC is challenged with quickly implementing new priorities while continuing to execute its core public health mission and responding to new and emerging threats, such as the opioid public health emergency and community violence. NCIPC seems support to execute these activities.

The Contractor shall perform support services, such as analysis of public health programs and policies, planning, written responses to inquiries, and effective summarizing of public health interventions and outcomes, as well as CDC’s investments, for CDC leadership, policy-oriented audiences, and partners.

The contractor shall perform the following services:

• Respond to requests for information and analysis regarding DOP programs, investments, and issue areas that may originate from a variety of sources (e.g. Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, HHS, other agencies, the CDC Office of the Director, and others) and are transmitted to DOP principally (but not exclusively) through the NCIPC Office of the Director. Also respond to requests for information and analysis regarding DOP’s programs, investments, and issue areas from the DOP Director, partners, CDC stakeholders, and the public. Gather information in consultation with DOP program and technical experts, provided needed analysis, and write succinct responses that provide requested information and analysis.
• Support the DOP Office of Policy, Planning, and Partnerships by serving as an analyst for designated planning, policy, and partnership functions. Also, serve an analyst in working with specific and designated branches and programs within DOP. Attend branch and program meetings in order to stay informed regarding programs, investments, outcomes, and issue areas. Manage requests for information and analysis for designated branches and programs, and designated functions.
• Collaborate with scientific, program, and communications subject matter experts within the Division in working toward programmatic goals. This includes carrying out specific programmatic projects as designated by the Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Partnerships and the Policy Team Lead in support of DOP’s mission and current goals.
• Support the Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Partnerships, Division Director, and Policy Team Lead by preparing information for and participating in partner briefings and meetings by phone and in-person, and providing logistical support (such as scheduling, notetaking, and follow-up activities.)
• Support the DOP Office of Policy, Planning, and Partnerships by developing and producing written information for policy-oriented audiences, including briefing documents, talking points, and other materials for use in meetings, updates for CDC and HHS leadership, Congressional briefings, and presentations.
• The Contractor shall actively participate in weekly team meetings and team retreats and shall provide information about their current activities and contribute to discussion of strategies for addressing DOP’s priority health issues through public health strategies, and the team’s overall approach.
• The Contractor shall attend national conferences and program meetings for issue areas of responsibility in order to stay current with the latest information regarding health problems and public health strategies and interventions. The Contractor shall provide support to CDC staff and Division leadership such as assisting with presentations, talking points, note-taking, conference booth management, and other tasks as part of CDC staff participation in national conferences and program meetings. The Contractor shall provide logistical support, notetaking, organization, and other aspects of effective delivery of CDC-supported sessions during national conferences and program meetings.
• Execute services with high quality and under pressing time constraints and meet all deadlines as outlined by the requestor.
• Regularly report status on work tasks via weekly or bi-weekly check-in meeting with the Policy and Partnerships Team Lead (other their designee).

• Masters–level graduate degree in relevant field preferred (MPP, MPH, MPA, MA, MS) or equivalent
• Strong writing skills and experience synthesizing information into short written documents
• Prior experience in program or policy analysis
• Prior work in Injury Prevention is preferred
• Knowledge of public health preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required
• Advanced communications and professional work skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, and interact collaboratively across teams, programs, branches, divisions, and center
• Ability to work in a diverse, flexible, deadline driven, government environment
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Preferred 1-2 years’ experience in health policy

Preferred Qualifications
• Sound understanding and use of policy analysis principles
• Experience developing and implementing policy plans
• Experience managing complex projects

PCI Federal Services (PCIFS) and its subsidiaries is an equal-opportunity employer. PCIFS does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation or identity, Veterans or Disability status.

Preference may be extended to qualified Native American Indian candidates

in accordance with applicable federal law.