Project Manager

Goldbelt Professional Services provides scientific, technical, and administrative support for public health missions. The Project Manager will coordinate and manage infectious disease, emerging pathogen, and wastewater surveillance projects, synthesize evidence, facilitate expert reviews, track deliverables, and prepare project status reports and risk assessments.

Responsibilities:

• For each pathogen, synthesize available evidence related to shedding, transmission, environmental persistence, and public health action for wastewater surveillance
• Facilitate reviews with SMEs and respond to feedback on each document
• Track progress of 40+ pathogen summaries through review process
• Experience with EndNote strongly preferred
• Experience with CDC clearance process
• Responsible for the coordination and completion of infectious disease, emerging pathogens, and wastewater projects
• Coordinate all aspects of projects, organizes meetings, decision documentation, products, and outputs. Projects include technical assistance, coordination of scientific technical assistance by CDC in jurisdictions, analyses, and capacity monitoring
• Maintains deadlines; monitors and summarizes progress of project
• Prepares reports for branch, division, and center management regarding status of project
• Support assessments and analyses of project risks and document efforts
• Develop, coordinate, design and administer projects, including meetings, agendas, minutes, and task

Requirements:

• Proven ability to work effectively with a diverse set of government and commercial stakeholders on technical contracts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, leadership, teamwork, management, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to derive solutions to complex problems
• Strong command of Microsoft Office Applications (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)
• Excellent judgement and decision making, with strong analytical skills; business intuition and business acumen
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Public Health, Project Management, or related public health field
• Experience developing quality assurance plans and compliance documentation
• Experience developing and maintaining SharePoint sites. Experience with Adobe suite, Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with EndNote strongly preferred
• Previous experience working with the CDC is desired to understand the culture and environment
• Master's degree in business administration, Public Health, Management, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in project or program management. Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Previous experience with federal government agencies; preferably with CDC