JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

EPIDEMIOLOGIST IV

{Communicable Disease}

Department of Public Health

Number of Positions: 1

(additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $103,176.00/Year

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on 03/12/2025

Mission: CDPH works with communities and partners to create an equitable, safe, resilient and Healthy Chicago.

Under general supervision, performs professional work of the most complex nature typically requiring the application of advanced research and analysis methods and supervises lower-level epidemiologists, and performs related duties as required

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

· Collaborates with CD Program leadership on program wide planning and strategy

· Guides team of Epidemiologists in use of various software programs, conducts one on ones with supervised staff and assign tasks/duties

· Provides Epi support related to data summaries during outbreak management

· Conducts complex analyses of epidemiological, healthcare, and disease prevention data and prepares related reports

· Research information on epidemiological, healthcare, and disease prevention issues for inclusion in reports

· Recommend new programs or changes to existing disease intervention programs to reduce morbidity and mortality rates

· Supports grant writing, monitoring and reporting grant deliverables

· Participate in local, state and other meetings/conferences to represent CDPH

· Works with City departments to create and maintain shared databases on health-related issues

· Supervises lower-level epidemiologists conducting research of epidemiological, healthcare, and disease prevention data and the preparation of tables, graphs, and data summaries for inclusion in reports

· Supervises the design and administration of surveys to collect and report epidemiological, healthcare, and disease prevention data

· Oversees the development, maintenance, and quality of major epidemiological, healthcare, and prevention databases including information (e.g., vital records, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS statistics) used in conducting research

· Collaborate with outside public health agencies, local organizations, and universities to share information relative to epidemiology, healthcare, and disease prevention

· Uses various software programs (e.g., SAS) to generate complex data summaries, tables, charts, and graphic displays or to perform difficult manipulation of data, as needed

Perform related duties as required.

Work Location:

Chicago Department of Public Health

1340 S. Damen Avenue

Chicago, IL, 60608

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday

8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

THIS POSITION IS EXEMPT FROM CAREER SERVICE