Unintentional injury Subject Matter Specialist

Guidehouse Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse seeks an Unintentional Injury Subject Matter Specialist to support CDC and other federal public health agencies. The role requires deep expertise in unintentional injury prevention, epidemiology, surveillance, and program strategy, offering senior scientific leadership for complex public health initiatives.

The candidate will translate scientific evidence into actionable recommendations for federal leaders and work with multidisciplinary teams to implement injury prevention

Qualifications

• Master's degree in public health, epidemiology, injury prevention, behavioral or social science, medicine, clinical science, environmental health, or another applicable discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant professional experience in unintentional injury prevention.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert scientific, technical, and programmatic consultation on unintentional injury prevention, injury epidemiology, surveillance, prevention science, and related public health initiatives.
• Lead and supervise literature reviews, environmental scans, evidence syntheses, and other analyses to inform programs and decisions.
• Translate findings into actionable recommendations for federal public health leaders and stakeholders.
• Guide strategy and implementation across multidisciplinary teams to advance injury prevention priorities.

Skills

Public health

Injury prevention

Epidemiology

Surveillance

Strategic leadership

Education

Master's in public health

Job description

Job Family :

Operational Effectiveness

Travel Required :

Up to 10%

Clearance Required :

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do :

Guidehouse seeks an Unintentional Injury Subject Matter Specialist to support the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal public health agencies. The successful candidate will be a recognized public health and injury prevention expert with extensive experience in unintentional injury prevention, epidemiology, surveillance, research, program strategy, and implementation.

This individual will provide senior scientific, technical, and strategic leadership for complex public health initiatives focused on preventing unintentional injuries and reducing associated morbidity, mortality, and disparities. The role will serve as a trusted advisor to federal leaders, researchers, public health professionals, and multidisciplinary stakeholders by translating scientific evidence and programmatic data into actionable strategies, recommendations, and improvements.

The role requires deep expertise in applying scientific evidence to public health practice, assessing complex programs and organizational environments, guiding strategy and implementation, and coordinating multidisciplinary efforts to advance injury prevention priorities.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide expert scientific, technical, and programmatic consultation on unintentional injury prevention, injury epidemiology, surveillance, prevention science, and related public health initiatives.
• Conduct and provide senior oversight for literature reviews, environmental scans, evidence syntheses, and other scientific analyses to inform public health programs, strategies, and decision-making.
• Lead and support development of scientific manuscripts, technical reports, white papers, executive briefings, presentations, and other scientific and programmatic products.
• Assess current‑state programs, organizational capabilities, processes, services, and operating environments and develop evidence‑based recommendations for future‑state models, strategies, and improvements.
• Inform the development and implementation of injury prevention strategies, program priorities, and scientific and technical support services.
• Translate scientific, epidemiologic, programmatic, and operational findings into actionable recommendations for federal public health leaders and other decision‑makers.
• Lead and facilitate implementation of organizational, programmatic, and operational change initiatives, including development of implementation approaches, roadmaps, stakeholder engagement strategies, and measures of success.
• Coordinate multifaceted program areas and develop integrated strategies for delivering scientific, technical, analytical, and programmatic products and support services.
• Establish structures, frameworks, and approaches that enable multidisciplinary teams to effectively execute individual components of complex programs and projects.
• Build and sustain collaborative cross‑functional structures capable of providing a broad range of scientific and subject matter support services.
• Provide technical oversight for the development of scientifically rigorous, high‑quality deliverables within established timelines.
• Provide senior oversight across multiple client engagements, programs, or interconnected workstreams while establishing an overarching vision and maintaining alignment with client priorities.
• Serve as a senior advisor and collaborate with federal agencies, state and local health departments, academic institutions, research organizations, professional associations, and other public health stakeholders to advance injury prevention priorities.
• Provide thought leadership in injury prevention, epidemiology, public health strategy, and prevention science while fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary scientific and programmatic teams.

What You Will Need :

• Master's degree in public health, epidemiology, injury prevention, behavioral or social science, medicine, clinical science, environmental health, or another applicable scientific, medical, technical, or public health discipline.
• Minimumof12yearsofrelevantprofessionalexperienceinunintentionalinjurypreventio...