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We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for professionals experienced in public health, epidemiology, surveillance, health policy, program evaluation, population health, and structured public-health workflow review.

This role supports current and upcoming remote consulting opportunities focused on structured public health review, surveillance documentation, program evaluation materials, health policy analysis, grant and reporting workflows, outbreak documentation, and high-quality project execution. Selected professionals will apply their public health expertise to review realistic public-health scenarios, evaluate documentation requirements, prepare structured written outputs, and support accurate, evidence-based public-health workflow tasks.

Key Responsibilities

Professionals in this role may contribute to:

Epidemiology, Surveillance & Outbreak Review

• Review public-health scenarios involving surveillance summaries, outbreak write-ups, epidemiologic data, health assessment reports, and monitoring documentation
• Evaluate surveillance and outbreak materials against source data, public-health requirements, reporting expectations, and defined review criteria
• Support structured review of epidemiology workflows, disease monitoring materials, public-health datasets, and investigation summaries
• Identify missing information, documentation gaps, data inconsistencies, and expected public-health review outcomes

Health Policy, Program Evaluation & Population Health

• Review scenarios involving health policy briefs, program evaluations, community health initiatives, population-health materials, and health-services research outputs
• Evaluate program materials against stated goals, public-health indicators, source documents, implementation requirements, and reporting criteria
• Support structured review of community health programs, environmental health materials, occupational health documentation, and policy analysis workflows
• Prepare clear written explanations for public-health decisions based on source materials and verifiable criteria

Grants, Reporting & Public-Health Data Workflows

• Review grant applications, cooperative agreement materials, federal reports, program documentation, and public-health administrative records
• Support structured review of materials connected to Esri ArcGIS, Google Maps Platform, SAS, MATLAB, Socrata, Esri ArcGIS Hub, or similar public-health data systems
• Translate public-health workflows into clear task documentation, review criteria, and structured written outputs
• Maintain accuracy, consistency, and professional judgment across submitted work

Ideal Profile

Strong candidates may have:

• 3+ years of experience in public health, epidemiology, surveillance, health policy, health-services research, program evaluation, population health, community health, environmental health, occupational health, or related public-health roles
• Experience in one or more areas such as outbreak investigation, surveillance reporting, program management, grant administration, cooperative agreements, federal reporting, community health programs, or public-health policy
• Familiarity with tools and systems such as Esri ArcGIS, Google Maps Platform, SAS, MATLAB, Socrata, Esri ArcGIS Hub, public-health dashboards, open-data portals, or similar analytical platforms
• Comfort reading and preparing public-health artifacts such as surveillance summaries, grant applications, program evaluations, health-assessment reports, policy briefs, outbreak write-ups, and reporting materials
• Strong analytical thinking and written communication skills
• Ability to translate public-health workflows into clear, structured task documentation

Educational Background

• A degree or professional background in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, health administration, environmental health, occupational health, population health, or a related field is helpful
• MPH, PhD, DrPH, biostatistics training, GIS training, or equivalent public-health experience is highly relevant
• Equivalent practical experience in public-health programs, health departments, surveillance, program evaluation, or public-health data review is also highly relevant

Nice to Have

• Experience at a federal health agency, state or county health department, academic school of public health, population-health organization, public-health nonprofit, or research institution
• Familiarity with epidemiologic surveillance, outbreak response, public-health reporting, cooperative agreements, grants management, community health assessment, or health policy workflows
• Experience preparing or reviewing surveillance summaries, policy briefs, outbreak reports, program evaluations, health assessment reports, grant materials, or federal reporting documents
• Biostatistics, GIS, SAS, MATLAB, ArcGIS, public-health analytics, grants, or program evaluation experience is helpful
• Strong attention to detail in data-heavy, policy-heavy, and documentation-based public-health environments

Why This Opportunity

• Apply public health and epidemiology expertise to structured remote project work
• Contribute to high-quality surveillance review, program evaluation, health policy analysis, and public-health documentation
• Work on flexible, project-based assignments aligned with your public-health background
• Use your public-health judgment in a focused, detail-oriented review environment
• Remote structure with competitive hourly compensation

Contract Details

• Independent contractor role
• Fully remote with flexible scheduling
• Part-time commitment depending on project availability
• Competitive rates between $50–$75 per hour depending on expertise
• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or adjusted depending on scope and performance
• Work will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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