Senior Epidemiologist

Are you ready to make a difference in the community by innovating and modernizing public health surveillance activities? Do you enjoy conducting disease surveillance, advanced data analytics, and complex disease reporting? Join our team and utilize your epidemiologic and leadership skillsets! 

As a Senior Surveillance Epidemiologist, you will serve as a subject matter expert on the collecting, managing, and reporting of communicable disease data in Maricopa County, including, but not limited to, case- and lab-based surveillance data, as well as hospitalization, death, and other public health data. You will advance public health surveillance capacity; create data reports and provide actionable information for decision-makers, stakeholders, and the public; and support communicable disease, environmental-related illness, and emergency preparedness and response programs. Key responsibilities will include conducting routine communicable disease surveillance, participating in enhanced surveillance activities during large-scale events and public health responses, and leading a team of epidemiologists in the collection, analysis, management, interpretation, and reporting of public health data. 

Join a team with a purpose! Apply today! 

About Us

Come work for Maricopa County Department of Public Health, the 3rd largest health jurisdiction in the U.S.! MCDPH’s mission is to increase the quality of life for our residents by collaborating with the community to develop and implement strategies, programs, and services addressing the emerging and changing needs of public health. We aim to serve Maricopa County residents with a focus on impact and a data-driven approach to our work. We value our staff's unique skills and differences, as well as the varied experiences and disciplines we represent. Together, we are working towards our vision of creating a healthy, thriving Maricopa County for all.

 Proud to Offer

• Work with a greater purpose

• Tuition reimbursement

• Exceptional work-life balance, with hybrid and alternative work schedule options

• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County

• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents

• Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center, Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families

• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave

• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive

• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring a 12% per paycheck contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1

• Want to learn more about the County’s Qualifying and Compensation Philosophy? Follow this link to learn more! Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ

We Require

• Three years of experience performing epidemiological or statistical analysis

• Master’s degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, or a closely related public health field

• A combination of post-secondary education and/or job-related experience may substitute for the minimum qualifications on a year-for-year basis 

Job Contributions

• Supervises and leads a team of surveillance epidemiologists, guiding project development, execution, and completion

• Provides subject matter expertise and technical assistance on communicable disease surveillance, surveillance system design, data quality, and epidemiologic methods

• Leads routine and enhanced surveillance activities to support situational awareness, trend monitoring, and the early identification of emerging public health concerns for a variety of communicable diseases, including respiratory, gastrointestinal, and vaccine-preventable diseases

• Designs, maintains, and trains epidemiologists in the use of disease surveillance systems, data collection tools, and data management processes

• Uses statistical software, such as SAS or R, to analyze public health data and conduct complex epidemiologic analyses, evaluations, and statistical reports

• Supports the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of surveillance standards, protocols, and data governance processes, including data request fulfillment

• Serves as a subject matter expert in survey design, sampling methodology, and complex survey analyses using tools like REDCap or similar

• Develops protocols, policies, guidance documents, presentations, training materials, and reports to promote best practice in surveillance, data management, and epidemiologic methods

• Collaborates with local, state, regional, and national-level partners to maintain and improve public health surveillance systems, data quality, and situational awareness

• Participates in emergency preparedness exercises, contributes to enhanced surveillance activities, and responds to incidents of public health significance, as assigned 

Working Conditions

• Position is typically office or administrative work and is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions

• Ability to exert up to 10 lbs. occasionally or negligible weights frequently; sitting most of the time

• Valid Arizona driver’s license is required upon hire

• Within one month of hire, all employees will be required to provide evidence of immunity or receive immunizations for vaccine-preventable illnesses for any position within the Maricopa County Department of Public Health; required immunizations include MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Tdap (whooping cough and diphtheria), Varicella (chickenpox), and annual Influenza; some positions require a Hepatitis B vaccine and/or a Tuberculosis test