Total 107 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Athens, Georgia

As a Supervisory Epidemiologist (Data Science) you will:

• Design, plan and, initiate epidemiologic studies, surveys, and investigations.
• Provide epidemiologic advice and/or assistance in the resolution of technical problems and issues that include significant barriers to program or project delivery.
• Consult and collaborate utilizing statistical, data science, artificial intelligence (e.g., machine learning), and public health professionals in the collection, linkage, processing, coding, classification, and analysis of public health surveillance, research and administrative health data.
• Assist in monitoring data quality issues and collaborate with informatics and information technology professionals to develop automated systems and tools to process, clean, and verify data integrity.
• Serve as a nationally and internationally recognized expert, providing scientific advice and consultation on solutions to critical problems that require creativeness in generating new hypotheses, approaches, and standards.
• Provides leadership in designing, coordinating, and maintaining information technology (IT) project goals, objectives, and priorities.
• Supervise staff and assign work; and make decisions on work problems presented by subordinate staff personnel or contractors.

This is a career ladder progression position; the duties described below are at the GS-11 level. If selected at a grade below GS-11, the incumbent will serve in a developmental capacity, wherein the work is less complex in nature and the supervisor, or a senior level employee provides specific instruction and guidance. At the GS-11 grade level, the incumbent:

• Independently conducts a wide variety of onsite safety and health inspections and investigations of mining operations as applicable, mills, preparation plants and related facilities.
• Prepares written reports of inspections and investigations, issuing citations and orders for violations found during examinations.
• Promotes safety and health among mine operators and workers by directing and participating in safety and health training programs, meetings, demonstrations, mine rescue competitions, and related activities.
• Provides technical advice and guidance to mine operators to help them solve problems and comply with mine safety and health requirements.
• Assists mine operators in the planning of modifications to improve and/or correct deficiencies in the operation such as selecting and installing new equipment and changing materials or methods.
• Promotes safety and health among mine operators and workers by directing and participating in safety and health training programs, meetings, demonstrations, mine rescue competitions, and related activities.
• Serves as a MSHA representative and information source on mine safety and health.
• Testifies at judicial hearings regarding notices of violations and orders of withdrawal.

Work Environment: The incumbent inspects and/or investigates both surface and underground mining operations as applicable, which is a very hazardous and stressful work environment surrounded by a high risk of exposure to potentially dangerous situations. In addition to the characteristically dark, wet, and cramped environment, underground mines contain noxious gases and fumes, and the danger of potentially explosive dust or gases, electrical fires, roof falls, and exposure to radiation.

As a Lead Research Microbiologist you will:

• Serve as a Team Leader.
• Lead the team in: identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialization; making adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks; and ensuring that each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product.
• Serve as a senior scientist and nationally recognized technical authority in viral diagnostics.
• Plan, prioritize, initiate, design, conduct, coordinate, direct, lead basic and apply research studies, particularly as related to development of novel diagnostics for virus families that cause diseases of humans.
• Provide consultation and advice to the agency in areas of personal research expertise.
• Participate in the development of policy and educational documents and on review and advisory panels.

• Serves as an Inspector General (IG), Chief of Assistance and Investigations, with responsibility for responding to requests for IG assistance, conducting investigations, and planning and executing site visits.
• Evaluates and assesses overall operations of organization by reviewing assistance and investigation activity in such areas as resource utilization, military leadership, training, compliance with regulations and directives, and business practices.
• Prepares report of findings, and develops briefing or executive summary for presentation to the Commander, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, and senior leaders in HQ ARCYBER.
• Serves as the liaison between DoDIG, DAIG, Combatant Command IGs, USCYBERCOM, ACOM/ASCC/DRU IGs, NETCOM, 7th SC(T), 335th and 311th SC(T) IG subordinate commands in discussing issues relevant to the IG functional responsibilities.
• Analyzes and reports on ARCYBER’s state of economy, efficiency, systemic weaknesses, discipline, and morale for the Commanding General.
• Conducts investigations into complaints, allegations of fraud, improper conduct, and other situations where individuals assert they have been wronged by a DoD system or that a system is not functioning as required or designed.

As a Physician Public Health you will:

• Generate new hypotheses and develop new concepts, methods, and strategies for obtaining and using data on the major medical and health risks associated with various scientific public health programs.
• Conceive, plan, evaluate, coordinate and implement activities related to research programs, projects, etc. that will assist in achieving the goals of the agency and/or CC/CO/CIO utilizing information provided from the entire scientific and medical community as well as from other components of the agency.
• Serve as a liaison with other CDC organizational units, State and local public health officials, and other federal and non-governmental agencies, to achieve desired public health objectives.
• Serve as scientific/medical consultant for assigned grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with State and local health departments, community-based organizations, and other governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations.
• In support of CDC/ATSDR public health research and analyses, performs non-clinical duties involving the evaluation of medical research or the identification of causes or sourcesof diseaseor disease outbreaks.

As a Health Education Specialist you will:

• Design and implement innovative health education strategies to enhance efforts to effectively educate the affected populations, their families and health care providers on public health surveillance, prevention, and intervention.
• Conduct needs assessments to identify educational priorities and needs among diverse audiences interested in public health education.
• Provide expertise, leadership, consultation, and technical expertise and assistance to grantees and contractors in planning, implementing, and evaluating appropriate materials for health education programs.

As a/an Biologist you will:

• Provide expert scientific advice, consultation and leadership in designing, coordinating and maintaining scientific project goals, objectives and priorities within a CIO and/or CDC/ATSDR and in the general public health community.
• Implement scientific policies and procedures on biological science practices and principles.
• Serves as an expert, providing scientific biological advice and consultation on solutions to critical problems that require creating new approaches, and standards to be used within the applicable CIO.
• Supervise a small contingent of positions. Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work, when necessary.

As a IT Project Manager, you will:

• Provide overall planning, coordination, and direction in the establishment and accomplishment of project goals.
• Accomplish special tasks, studies, and requirements in support of CDC's mission.
• Coordinate effort to implement changes to achieve maximum overall systems performance and effective use of information management resources.
• Perform a variety of advisor and consulting duties.

As an IT Project Manager you will:

• Provide overall planning, coordination, and direction in the establishment and accomplishment of project goals.
• Accomplish special tasks, studies, and requirements in support of CDC's mission.
• Coordinate effort to implement changes to achieve maximum overall systems performance and effective use of information management resources.
• Perform a variety of advisor and consulting duties.

As an Equal Employment Specialist you will:

• Assist the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program Manager in managing the ADR activities related to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint processing, administrative and negotiated grievance procedures, as well as early intervention.
• Conduct ADR services, to include mediations and facilitated discussions, review case materials, identify underlying interests, and explore creative solutions.
• Keep updated on mediation practices, legal requirements, and relevant industry trends; and evaluate innovative dispute resolution models and techniques
• Design, develop, and deliver a variety of training and continuous skills improvement programs in such areas as: equal employment opportunity, Anti-harassment, reasonable accommodation, mediation, conflict resolution, and team building.
• Conduct data analysis, summarize findings, and prepare reports or updates of program accomplishments, status of reaching targets, goals or objectives.

At the entry level of this position, you will:

• Provide oversight and direction of Quality Assurance program and implementing Quality Management Plan.
• Consult with Superfund Emergency Management Division program staff and field teams to provide scientific expertise and advice on complex chemistry and quality assurance related issues.
• Coordinate the organization’s internal and extramural Quality Assurance audits.
• Act as a Project Officer, Contracting Officer’s Representative for grants, contracts, or other instruments.

When entering a Federal job at a grade level lower than the highest promotion potential level, you may be promoted to more complex duties and work more independently, as your career progresses.  NOTE:  Career ladder promotions are not automatic, and all eligibility and qualifications requirements must be met in order to progress to the next grade level.

You will spend less than 25% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.

As a Instructional Systems Specialist you will:

• Design, implement, and evaluate state-of-the-art informational and instructional products; and apply the principles of performance problem analysis and instructional systems technology, as well as technology-based techniques, to develop, validated instructional products as requested.
• Use authoring tools such as Captivate and Lectora to develop e-learning courses that are 508 compliant.
• Plan, coordinate, and develop components of instructional design materials, based on the findings of occupational analysis.
• Determine the requirements for specific courses and their relative priority in view of time and resources available, projected schedules, and relationship to the objectives of the total training program; specifies the time and emphasis given each unit or module of study in terms of training objectives and continuity; consults with subject matter experts to coordinate and integrate the types and capabilities of instructional method materials, and media.

As an Epidemiologist, you will:

• Identify and analyze public health issues and their impact on public policies or scientific studies or surveys.
• Provide scientific advice and technical assistance to various public, private, and/or nonprofit health and/or health-related agencies and organizations for specific complex programs or issues where the type of resources provided, and/or the impact on communities is extensive so program needs require the application of advanced scientific and technical methods and practices.
• Assist in the writing of comprehensive statistical and analytic report from major studies or continuing projects that require the use of sociological behavioral science, demographic, and/or epidemiologic analytic techniques and evaluation, and application of the latest technology.
• Participate in the syntheses of social science and epidemiologic data to be applied toward designing effective prevention programs and practice guidelines.

As an Epidemiologist you will:

• Identify and analyze public health issues and their impact on public policies or scientific studies or surveys.
• Provide scientific advice and technical assistance to various public, private, and/or nonprofit health and/or health-related agencies and organizations for specific complex programs or issues where the type of resources provided, and/or the impact on communities is extensive so program needs require the application of advanced scientific and technical methods and practices.
• Assist in the writing of comprehensive statistical and analytic report from major studies or continuing projects that require the use of sociological behavioral science, demographic, and/or epidemiologic analytic techniques and evaluation, and application of the latest technology.
• Participate in the syntheses of social science and epidemiologic data to be applied toward designing effective prevention programs and practice guidelines.

As a Health Scientist you will:

• Serves as the principal advisor and directs and oversees multi-functional program activities involving a broad and complex range of public health programs that are operated domestically or abroad
• Serves as senior advisor and management coordinator of national and international scientific public health program activities.
• Participates with the director and shares in the responsibility for planning, evaluating, and managing the programs of the Division.
• Serves on review committees, study groups, public health task groups, or comparable groups' delegated responsibility for reviewing and developing public health policies, procedures, and guidelines as they relate to programs.
• Participates in projects and program evaluations assuring that periodic reviews are accurate and timely.
• Serves as a special projects officer and conducts comprehensive research, review, and analyses on a wide variety of public health programs to provide a wide variety of complex staff papers that address complex multi-functional issues.
• Serves as a leading authority and integrates knowledge and experience of public health programs and policies to provide guidance on cross cutting procedural and multilayered and multifaceted policy issues to other components of the agency and other governmental agencies; resolve problems, modify procedures; develop and interpret complex policies to meet new and novel conditions; and defend public health policies before representatives of other governmental agencies, State and local governments, private industry, academia, consumer organizations, Congress, and the scientific community.
• Supervises a small contingent of positions.