Subject Matter Specialist

Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver individual and group technical assistance within the assigned specialty.
• Develop practical guidance, implementation tools, presentations, training resources, and technical products.
• Help recipients identify barriers, select appropriate strategies, and strengthen implementation plans.
• Support webinars, office hours, workgroups, partner calls, site visits, and learning communities.
• Identify emerging evidence and promising practices relevant to DNPAO strategies.
• Document technical-assistance needs, services, outcomes, challenges, and recommendations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree.
• Experience: At least 8 years of directly relevant applied experience in the designated specialty, including technical assistance, implementation support, training, stakeholder engagement, and development of practical tools or guidance. Experience working with public health recipients, community partners, or CDC-funded strategies is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to produce accurate, timely, and high-quality work in a multidisciplinary, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication, collaboration, organization, judgment, and client-service skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting CDC, HHS, another federal health agency, a public health recipient network, or a comparable mission-focused organization.

Core Competencies