*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

A research opportunity is available with the Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), within the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the major operation components of the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC works to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

The selected participant will be trained on division policy, partnership and communication activities as they relate to violence prevention on DVP’s Policy and Partnerships Team (PPT). This team provides policy and partnership leadership to promote DVP public health violence prevention intervention strategies to maximize violence prevention programmatic efforts through synthesizing, translating, and applying policy, partnership and communication principles targeted to specific audiences including partners and policy makers.

Under the guidance of a mentor, the participant will be trained on general policy, partnership, and communication activities within DVP. These activities may include:

• Legislative tracking and analysis: The participant will benefit from being trained on tracking and analyzing legislation related to violence prevention.
• Partnership Strategy: The participant will benefit from being trained on how the Division of Violence Prevention Policy & Partnership Team develops and implements a partnership strategy for building relationships with both governmental and non-governmental partners. The participant will learn how to plan meetings, and both respond to and disseminate strategies to our partners.
• Outreach Plan: The participant will benefit from being trained on how to develop and implement a communications and partnership outreach plan to extend and enhance continued reach of the division’s technical packages, as well as monitor uptake and impact. The participant will be trained on how to develop 1-page fact sheets for specific partners to include evidence-based strategies and interventions pulled from the technical packages.
• Congressional Strategy: The participant will benefit from being trained on how the Division of Violence Prevention develops and implements a congressional strategy to support violence prevention. The participant will be trained on how to gather and analyze information to inform congressional engagement.
• Foundation Strategy: The participant will benefit from being trained on how the Division of Violence Prevention has built a long standing relationship with the CDC Foundation. The participant will be trained on how to prepare a creative cutting-edge proposal for projects to expand the divisions work in violence prevention.
• Public Inquiries: The participant will benefit from being trained on how the Division of Violence Prevention Policy & Partnership Team receives and responds to approximately 600 inquiries each year. The participant will be trained on how to triage, respond to, and catalog inquiries
• Partnerships Communications: The participant will benefit from being trained on how to plan and prepare division products and publications notifications for partners, including communication plans, messages, and partner announcements.
• Team Organization: The participant will benefit from being trained on how to contribute to keeping a team running smoothly via meeting planning, relationship building, and taking advantage of attending seminars and brown bags, and how to organize team resources.

If you have questions, send an email to ORISE.CDC.NCIPC@orau.org. Please include the reference code for this opportunity (CDC-NCIPC-2021-0037) in your email.