Public Health Workforce Analyst

Position Highlights:

POSITION TITLE: Public Health Workforce Analyst

LOCATION: Hybrid (in office 1 day/week)

POSITION END DATE: 06/30/2025

SALARY:  $85,000 (maximum, commensurate with experience)

OVERVIEW

The CDC Foundation seeks a Public Health Workforce Analyst to support the collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of department-wide workforce data. The Public Health Workforce Analyst will work on numerous cross-departmental teams to perform analyses aimed at understanding the state of recruitment, retention, training, and other workforce characteristics that can inform departmental and workforce development strategies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Analytical

•Proficiency with statistical software such as SAS or R, and proficiency with Excel.

•Proficiency with basic analytical procedures including but not limited to: generating frequency distributions, calculating summary statistics, producing cross-tabulations, performing group-wise comparisons, etc.

•Proficiency with mixed-methods research including surveys, focus groups, content analysis, and analysis of administrative and observational data.

•Strong data management skills and experience cleaning, transforming, and preparing complex datasets for analysis through activities such as feature engineering, joining datasets, combining and aggregating datasets, filtering observations, and other advanced data management functions necessary for analysis.

•Strong analytical skills and ability to analyze large datasets

•Ability to draw conclusions from analytical results, relate analytical results to organizational processes, and work with collaborators to make recommendations related to those results.

•Experience identifying appropriate measures for evaluating business problems, and recommending approaches to evaluation within the constraints of available data.

•Experience communicating complex analytical findings to lay audiences through written reports and presentations.

•Experience in conducting needs assessments and gap analyses, and in conducting organizational assessments especially regarding workforce development or training.

•Experience with program evaluation and impact assessments, especially related to workforce development or training.

•Understanding of how social and structural inequities impact outcomes across intersecting lines of identity and power, and experience conducting analyses that can identify and address the resulting disparities.

•(Note that there is not an expectation that advanced statistical procedures will be necessary in this role. Advanced statistical procedures refers to procedures such as machine learning, predictive analytics, regression modeling, and other similar techniques)

General Technical

•Strong general computer skills.

•Proficiency with MS Office including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, Forms, and OneDrive.

•Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive data.

•Experience developing web-based surveys with various question formats, data validation, and branching logic.

•Experience developing and using project management tools, including workplans, tracking tools, and reporting.

Organizational

•Strong organizational skills and time management skills, and ability to manage competing priorities.

•Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills and ability to work with diverse groups of stakeholders on a broad range of topics.

•Ability to innovate and work creatively to achieve objectives while navigating policy and technical constraints.

•Ability to work as part of a team, agreeing to shared goals and community norms while working within their role to advance the team's work.

•Ability to independently identify role-appropriate projects which add value to the organization and advance the priorities of the unit.

•Ability to contribute to cultivating a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the supervision of the Public Health Workforce Evaluation Manager, this role will support a broad range of workforce analysis and evaluation activities to guide department-wide workforce development strategies. Responsibilities will include:

•Perform workforce analyses to contribute to regular reporting on workforce structure, recruitment, retention, and employee experience.

•Conduct ad-hoc evaluations and analyses of staff-facing programs, trainings, and other activities as requested.

•Maintain robust and well-organized documentation of analytical projects, including: Data files, documentation of analytical procedures, analysis files, reports, and presentations

•Work with colleagues across the department to understand a broad range of programs and processes and serve as a subject-matter expert on efforts related to workforce analyses.

•Work with the other members of the Workforce Development Unit to understand the Department’s Workforce Development Plan and conduct evaluations and analyses related to its action items. 

•Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Public Health Workforce industry research and state and national initiatives related to Public Health Workforce.

•Serve as project manager for evaluation and analytic projects that require coordinating multiple interested parties and collaborators and disparate data sources, for which information is decentralized.

Special Notes: 

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and MA DPH in order to best support the State of Massachusetts in their public health programing.

This position is currently a hybrid position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.  

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. 

About the CDC Foundation

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. Learn more at www.cdcfoundation.org.

About the Massachusetts Department of Public Health:

The mission of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MA DPH) is to prevent illness, injury, and premature death, to assure access to high quality public health and health care services, and to promote wellness and health equity for all people in the Commonwealth. We envision a Commonwealth in which all people enjoy optimal health. Massachusetts ranks among the healthiest of states according to comparative analyses, but we face numerous challenges, including chronic and infectious disease, substance abuse, violence, preventable hospitalizations, and health disparities.

MA DPH coordinates programs and policies to address specific diseases and conditions and offer services to address the needs of vulnerable populations. We also develop, implement, promote, and enforce regulations and policies to assure that the conditions under which people live are most conducive to health and enable people to make healthy choices for themselves and their families. We license health professionals, healthcare facilities and a variety of businesses that impact public health. We operate the state laboratory and four public health hospitals. We monitor health status and manage vital records including births, marriages and deaths. We educate people about public health issues and work closely with local boards of health and community partners to identify and solve public health problems. More information can be found at: MA Department of Public Health