Connecticut Careers Trainee (Health Care Professional) Target Class: Epidemiologist 1

Connecticut Careers Trainee (Health Care Professional) (35 Hour)

Target Class: Epidemiologist 1 | Hybrid

Recruitment #250114-1991HC-001

Location

Hartford, CT
 

Date Opened

1/16/2025 12:00:00 AM

Salary

$47,708 - $64,547/year (See introduction for additional information)

Job Type

Open to the Public

Close Date

1/24/2025 11:59:00 PM

The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH), is currently seeking enthusiastic and driven candidates to apply for the position of Connecticut Careers Trainee (Health Care Professional), Target Class of Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases) (35 Hour). The individual hired into this position will report directly to the Epidemiologist 4 in the Office of Public Health Workforce Development. This individual will assist in the design, collection, analysis, and reporting of evaluation and performance metrics for public health workforce development activities at DPH, local health departments, non-profit agencies, and academic public health programs.

This Connecticut Careers Trainee Program is a developmental program designed to help people obtain the experience necessary to qualify for the designated target class of Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases). The Connecticut Careers Trainee Program is for a minimum of 1 year to a maximum of 3 years and is based on how long it will take the candidate to meet the experience and training requirement of Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases). Candidates must possess the general experience of the target class, Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases), at the conclusion of the developmental program. The experience is: five (5) years of experience in a responsible technical or professional capacity in epidemiological investigations.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Office: Office of Public Health Workforce Development  
• Location: Hartford
• Schedule: Full-time, first shift, thirty-five (35) hours per week. Typical work schedule of Monday through Friday. There is opportunity for an alternate (flexible) work schedule and working remotely in accordance with State policies.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

SALARY INFORMATION    

Additional salary information can be found here. 

As a Connecticut Careers Trainee (Health Care Professional) (Target Class: Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases), you will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties:     

ABOUT US 

The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state. 

DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.