Public Health Data & Investigations Lead

Prince George's County Government; Capitol Heights (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Prince George's County Government seeks a Senior Data Support Specialist in the Behavioral Health Division to supervise investigation activities, manage data and support disease control efforts across the county.

This professional role requires a Bachelor's in science, 3 years of public health investigative work with at least 1 year in lead responsibilities, and the ability to explain laws and regulations to staff and the public.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with a major in or a minimum of thirty (30) semester credits in one of the biological physical and/or social science.
• Three (3) years' experience in Public Health investigative work of which one (1) year must have included lead responsibilities.
• Any equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience may also be considered.
• Please note there is no equivalency for the required supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Exercising the full range of supervisory duties and responsibilities over subordinate positions as defined in the Personnel Law Section 16 102(59).
• Monitors/coordinates the investigative activities of subordinate staff in order to ensure that unit operations are managed efficiently and effectively.
• Leads and oversees all BHD/LBHA data analysis, data management and data visualization county-wide.
• Data reporting and program evaluation.
• Approves course of action for the most difficult and complex cases.
• Explains and interprets laws, regulations and standards for subordinates and the general public.
• Prepares/supervises the preparation of summary reports and correspondence of a difficult nature which provide indices of morbidity and mortality; calculates rates and prevalence of disease and determines its impact on the community based on statistical inference.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Data analysis

Data visualization

Report writing

Statistical inference

Education

Bachelor's degree in science

Job description

Prince George's County Government seeks a Senior Data Support Specialist in the Behavioral Health Division to supervise investigation activities, manage data and support disease control efforts across the county.

This professional role requires a Bachelor's in science, 3 years of public health investigative work with at least 1 year in lead responsibilities, and the ability to explain laws and regulations to staff and the public.