Public Health Job Opportunities

Research Consultant II/BRFSS Coordinator

Deadline: 5/18/16

Utah Department of Health is seeking a Research Consultant/BRFSS Coordinator. The purpose of the position is to act as a survey research studies coordinator for the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Survey Center.  The UDOH has conducted the Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in-house for almost 30 years.  In that time the Survey Center has grown in order to complete increasing numbers of BRFSS surveys and to conduct the surveys on cell phones.  At the same time, the Survey Center has taken  on additional survey research projects for other programs in UDOH.  The incumbent will act Utah BRFSS Coordinator and be required to participate in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in all aspects of the BRFSS survey including grant application, budget, data collection, data analysis and data reporting.  The incumbent will be responsible for developing other survey projects for UDOH programs.  The incumbent will also need to be able to analyze and effectively communicate the results of research data in a variety of formats, including on the Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health (IBIS-PH) website.

Visit the Utah State jobs website here, and enter BRFSS into the key word search.

 

In order to be considered for an interview for these positions, you will need to apply on-line at https://statejobs.utah.gov.  If you have not done so already, you will need to create a job seeker account.