Senior Public Health Informatics Analyst (Health Scientist)

Overview

Tanaq Support Services (TSS) delivers professional, scientific, and technical services and information technology (IT) solutions to federal agencies in health, agriculture, technology, and other government services. TSS is a subsidiary of the St. George Tanaq Corporation, an Alaskan Native Corporation (ANC) committed to serving Federal customers while also giving back to the Tanaq native community and shareholders.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Public Health Informatics Analyst (Health Scientist) to provide scientific, technical, and programmatic support to our Federal Government customer in advancing poliovirus containment objectives through the effective application of public health informatics, data analytics, systems thinking, and program evaluation methodologies.

The Senior Public Health Informatics Analyst (Health Scientist) serves as a subject matter expert responsible for integrating public health program requirements with data-driven solutions, supporting evidence-based decision-making, and enhancing the effectiveness of containment-related activities through analytical tools, reporting systems, technical guidance, and stakeholder engagement strategies.

This role functions as a bridge between program operations, scientific objectives, and informatics solutions to ensure effective use of information assets in support of our customer’s mission.

This is a remote short-term assignment (expected to last around 23 weeks) based in the United States.

Responsibilities

Public Health Informatics and Program Support

• Provide scientific and technical support to our Federal Government customer leadership in the implementation and oversight of poliovirus containment activities.
• Collaborate with program staff, technical experts, containment facilities, and external partners to identify programmatic, operational, data, and reporting requirements.
• Apply public health informatics principles to support program monitoring, compliance activities, technical oversight, and decision-making.
• Analyze operational, programmatic, and technical information to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and improvement strategies.
• Support implementation of internationally recognized containment standards, guidance, and operational requirements.
• Facilitate collaboration among multidisciplinary stakeholders to address complex public health and technical challenges.
• Coordinate technical working groups, stakeholder meetings, and collaborative initiatives supporting containment objectives.
• Track project activities, deliverables, milestones, risks, assumptions, and dependencies.

Data Management, Analytics, and Informatics

• Collect, manage, integrate, validate, and analyze data from multiple technical, operational, and public health sources.
• Design and implement data collection methodologies, reporting frameworks, performance measures, and monitoring approaches.
• Develop dashboards, visualizations, reports, and analytical products that support program oversight and executive decision-making.
• Apply quantitative and qualitative analytical methods to assess operational performance, program effectiveness, and implementation outcomes.
• Develop and maintain electronic data collection tools, surveys, forms, databases, and reporting systems.
• Perform data quality assessments and recommend corrective actions to improve data completeness, consistency, and reliability.
• Generate evidence-based recommendations to improve program performance, stakeholder engagement, technical activities, and containment operations.
• Support system testing, process validation, simulation activities, and evaluation efforts associated with containment programs and related initiatives.

Scientific Review and Technical Guidance Development

• Review, analyze, and synthesize scientific literature, technical reports, policy documents, guidance materials, and historical program records.
• Develop technical guidance, implementation tools, policy support documents, standard operating procedures, and training materials.
• Support interpretation and implementation of containment standards and technical requirements.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen methodologies, operational processes, information management practices, and program effectiveness.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of technical reports, presentations, guidance documents, briefing materials, and communication products.
• Develop recommendations and corrective action strategies to address identified issues, risks, and performance gaps.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

• Serve as a liaison among customer personnel, containment facilities, public health organizations, international partners, contractors, and technical experts.
• Facilitate communication and information sharing among stakeholders to support program implementation and technical coordination.
• Develop briefing materials, executive summaries, reports, presentations, and knowledge-sharing resources.
• Present technical findings and program updates to leadership, technical working groups, and stakeholder audiences.
• Support development and delivery of training sessions, workshops, and technical assistance activities.