Summary 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 Responsibilities Major Duties: As the alter ego to the Center Director, the Principal Deputy Director provides executive leadership, direction, planning, coordination, and strategic vision to the Center on policies, activities, and operations in the scientific management of center programs. Provides scientific guidance and leadership to international, national, state and/or local government agencies, universities, health related organizations, private and public foundations, and professional associations, in activities to improve critical public health problems/issues. Provides scientific advice and consultation as a nationally or internationally recognized consultant and expert on critical problems in the scientific specialty field. Directs special projects involving medical, technical, and scientific matters of interest to the CDC and HHS. Provides medical and scientific leadership, direction, and advice on policies and improvements to implement for health-related activities for hazardous substances, hazardous waste sites and chemical releases. Performs advisory services to the director and other senior staff on the development, support, application, standardization, and integration of public health policies and programs. Serves as scientific advisor to the Center Director, and other senior staff, on science issues in public health, medical science, epidemiology, biostatistics, economics, behavioral science, and related disciplines, which are frequently complex or controversial and often involving analyses and assessments resulting in policy decisions along with CDC's relationships with other U.S. governmental agencies - Federal, state and local, as well as international governments and domestic and international non-governmental organizations. Serves as a supervisor and manager with joint authority over the substantive programs, missions, and functions of the Center. Contributes to and oversees research findings that markedly impact significant public health programs, processes, and procedures. Contributes to and oversees expert-quality formal and informal reports that address vital issues, multi-functional studies and analytical approaches, expert-level findings and cogent, substantive recommendations that are primarily used as the basis for key executive-level management decisions. Represents the Center with CDC leadership at all levels and with external partners to ensure that the organization is consistent with Agency goals and are meeting planned accomplishments. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organizational and operations objectives for the organization. Establishes, reviews, and/or revises policies, procedures, mission objectives on a wide range of scientific, environmental, health, and emergency response. Directs the preparation of briefing documents, issue analysis, legislative proposals, and other documents required for the coordination of Division plans with the goals and objectives of the Center and CDC. Provides guidance in redirecting program commitments on a priority basis. Evaluates reports by analyzing facts and performing appropriate research and prepares detailed responses. Handles strategic change matters and works to create and maintain effective working relationships with others. Develops and implements strategies and plans for meeting national program objectives. In the absence of the Center Director, serves as Acting Director. Represents the Director on various committees and represents on all programmatic, budgetary, and operational matters with full authority of the Director. Requirements Conditions of Employment Background and/or Security Investigation required. In accordance with Executive Order 12564 of September 15, 1986, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is A Drug-Free Federal Workplace. This position may require a Drug Test and be subject to Random Drug Testing. The position may require the submission of a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and be subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing upon hiring. If required to submit to urinalysis, the appointment to the position will be contingent upon a negative test result. Qualifications Current federal employees must be at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or above to be considered for this position. Basic Qualifications for RF-0601: Applicants must possess a degree with a major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (external link) at the time the degree was obtained. In addition to the basic qualifications requirement, a Ph.D. in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position is required. Candidates must show clear evidence of specialized experience. Specialized experience is that which is directly related to the position and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position, such as senior-level managerial experience coordinating scientific public health programs in the areas of public health research, behavioral science, epidemiology, surveillance, data science, biostatistics, policy or program implementation, and evaluation. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education 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. 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 such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program, or that full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications. Additional Information Positions may be available in multiple locations across the United States, or eligible for telework and remote work opportunities, based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Workplace Flexibilities Policy. The executive level compensation package is commensurate with qualifications and experience and may result in a higher salary than reflected above. This position is located in the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta, Georgia. This position is also being announced under vacancy announcement number HHS-CDC-RF-24-12376795. Applicants must apply to both vacancy announcements to receive consideration for both occupational series. Please carefully read the qualifications requirements in both vacancy announcements. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT/FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE CDC Financial Disclosure: HHS fosters a work environment committed to government ethics. Through its ethics program, HHS seeks to prevent conflicts of interest on the part of executive branch employees. A conflict-free HHS allows its public servants to make impartial decisions based on the interests of the public when carrying out governmental responsibilities, to serve as good stewards of public resources, and to loyally adhere to the Constitution and laws of the United States. As an executive branch employee, you will be subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct and the criminal conflict of interest statutes. An introduction to federal ethics will be available during orientation. You must complete the remainder of your initial ethics training during your first three months at HHS. Further details on this will be provided during orientation. You might be required to a file a public or confidential financial disclosure report within 30 days of your appointment. You will receive formal notification if a disclosure report is required. This can require information such as recent sources of income, financial interests you hold, and outside activities you participate in, as well as similar information from a spouse or any dependent children. If you have questions, please contact the Deputy Ethics Counselor or Ethics Coordinator for your office, which you can find here: https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/ogc/contact-ogc/agency-deputy-ethics-counselors-and-ethics-coordinators/index.html