Workforce Services

Building partnerships to enhance the nation’s public health workforce

Connecting You with Qualified Health Professionals

We know from experience how challenging it is to recruit, hire and retain skilled public health professionals. By leveraging your health department's funding and CDC Foundation's expertise in identifying top talent to support a broad range of public health initiatives like data modernization, evaluation, program management and more we can work together to strengthen your jurisdiction's capacity to drive meaningful impact in your communities. Contact workforcerequests@cdcfoundation.org to get started.

Workforce Descriptions

The positions below represent the variety of roles our team can help you fill. Contact us at workforcerequests@cdcfoundation.org to discuss your needs—even if you don’t see a specific position listed here.

Access to & Linkages with Clinical Care

  • Nurse Manager
  • Nutritionist
  • Medical Consultant
  • Nurse Abstractor Health Program Specialist
  • Linkage to Care Coodinator

Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention

  • Chronic Disease Epidemiologist
  • Comorbidity Coordinator
  • Crisis Stabilization Centers Coordinator
  • Drug Intelligence Officer
  • Overdose Coordinator

Environmental Public Health

  • Safety Officer
  • Environmental Health Specialist
  • Environmental Investigator
  • Site Compliance Reviewer
  • Foodborne and Waterborne Disease Coordinator

Infectious/Communicable Disease Control

  • Communicable Disease Investigator
  • Infectious Disease Program Coordinator
  • Infection Preventionist
  • Informatics Epidemiologist
  • Epidemiologist

Laboratory Sciences

  • Bioinformatician
  • Health Scientist
  • Lab Clerk
  • Lab Manager
  • Laboratory Microbiologist

Maternal, Child & Family Health

  • Health Educator
  • Care Coordinator
  • Outreach Specialist
  • Community Health Worker
  • Immunization Support Specialist

Program Administration, Grants Management, Finance

  • Learning Director
  • Emergency Preparedness Planner
  • Public Health Accreditation Manager
  • Program Evaluator
  • Budget Analyst

Information Technology and Data Modernization

  • Data Analyst
  • Data Systems Project Manager
  • Informatics Specialist
  • Information Systems Manager
  • Data Visualization Specialist
A collage of many public health workers who were part of the CDC Foundation's workforce efforts

 

The CDC Foundation Advantage

  • A Name in Public Health
    We are a nonprofit with deep experience in public health and collaborating with health department.
     
  • Proven Hiring Capability
    We’ve filled over 6,000 positions in the public health sector since 2021.
     
  • A Flexible and Fast Full-Service Solution
    We take the burden of recruitment off your shoulders by leveraging our national network to quickly identify top candidates for your open roles. From developing job descriptions and managing requisitions to screening candidates and scheduling interviews at your convenience, we handle every aspect of the hiring process.
     
  • Career Development and Benefits
    We offer competitive salaries, benefits and professional development opportunities to secure the most qualified talent.

 

Partner Perspective
 

“Our partnership with the CDC Foundation continues to be crucial in enhancing our staffing and response capabilities… At the Illinois Department of Public Health, our partnership with CDC Foundation is more than a contract for services. It’s an alliance to better serve the people of Illinois.”

– Dr. Sameer Vohra, Director, Illinois Department of Public Health

 

Examples of Our Workforce Team in Action

Supporting a Tribal Health Department

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Communicators: Speaking the Same Language

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