Duties and Responsibilities

• Engage state Medicaid Offices and provide technical assistance for collaboration leveraging antibiotic use data to identify and implement antibiotic stewardship activities.
• Establish mechanisms that support connections and communication between state health departments working with Medicaid offices.
• Develop a toolkit on improving antibiotic use through engagement with Medicaid agencies highlighting data-driven outpatient antibiotic stewardship activities based on successful Medicaid examples, Medicaid data analyses, and quality metrics.
• Maintain regular communications and ensure coordination between CDC offices, state partners and other relevant stakeholders, including coordination of meetings.
• Draft scientific abstracts based on Medicaid antibiotic use data analyses and describing collaboration.
• Conduct monitoring and evaluation to establish targeted outcomes and measure progress.
• Participate in additional activities and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills Necessary

• Fluency in English (speaking, reading, writing)
• A master’s degree in public health or equivalent degree is required
• At least five years of public health experience preferred
• Experience in infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic stewardship required
• Experience working with state Medicaid programs, specifically AK, OR, MN, TN, CO, SC and NE, preferred
• Strong project management, organizational, interpersonal, and communication (verbal and written) skills are required
• Demonstrated ability to work independently at times as well as a member of a team
• Demonstrated effective diplomatic skills and the ability to work in close, supportive technical collaboration with individuals from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds as well as a range of public health partners and stakeholders, including international governmental and non-governmental organizations
• Proficient use of relevant computer programs including the MS Office standard suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Strong descriptive analytic skills and experience with antibiotic use data desired

About the CDC Foundation

• The CDC Foundation helps CDC save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. The CDC Foundation manages hundreds of programs each year impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.