State Epidemiologist Jobs in Nebraska (NOW HIRING)

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Hiring Agency:
Health & Human Services - Agency 25
Location:
Lincoln, NE
Hiring Rate:
$32.269
Job Posting:
JR2026-00028796 Syndromic Surveillance Epidemiologist I - Public Health (Open)
Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):
09-01-2026
Job Description:
Join our dynamic public health team as an Epidemiologist I, where you will work with a talented team to lead public health surveillance activities within the Epidemiology Unit. In this role, you'll use your expertise to monitor disease trends, identify health issues, and develop data-driven initiatives to improve the health of Nebraskans.
This position is responsible for entry-level planning, designing, and conducting health surveillance, including activities such as data collection, data analysis, and performing epidemiologic investigations. Positions at this level take direction from a senior-experienced epidemiologist.
Additionally, positions at this level assist and support other program staff to complete state required activities, grant deliverables, and assist in the writing of grant applications.
Examples of Work:

• Conducts routine epidemiologic functions of surveillance, data collection, data analysis, and assistance in epidemiologic investigations.
• Assists with outbreak or disease outcomes response - includes case investigations, contact tracing, working with external individuals, reviewing datasets.
• Assists in the onsite reviews of facilities and procedures.
• Interviews patients, health care providers, and others involved.
• Assists in the collection of data from local agencies or other health entities.
• Uses main data set and generates basic surveillance data (demographic frequencies, other basis statistics).
• Performs data review and analysis - uses main data set in analysis, provides basic findings to senior epidemiologist roles, implements new or revises statistical analysis code, and supports evaluation efforts.
• Provides basic statistical analysis on up to 3 datasets and provides basic data management skills including data cleaning, standardization, and secure storage of the data. Has basic understanding and coding skill of statistical analysis software, such as R, SQL, SAS, STATA.
• Conducts literature reviews and assists in the preparation of reports from analysis of data, literature reviews, and other health and scientific information.
• Assists in grant writing or reporting to grants- includes participating in writing grant applications and other funding proposals.
• Participates in pulling data and resources together for grant applications. For regular reporting to grantors or funders, pulls basic data elements together, and drafts sections of reports.
• Provides basic education of grant or program topics area to community members.
• Takes direction of grant activities and deliverables from senior epidemiologist and implements activities. Activities may include educational sessions with community members/coalitions, reviewing and providing basic data management and analysis, assists in the preparation of reports.
• Attends training sessions to increase skill sets, participates on internal and external committees and workgroups related to program area, etc.

Requirements/ Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 4 years of experience working in data analysis, statistics, & interpretation of data in a health subject area OR Master's Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 2 years of related experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Master's Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 4 years of related experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of: Epidemiological principles and practices related to the surveillance, investigative techniques, proper prevention and control techniques for diseases, infections and non-communicable conditions; knowledge of data to be collected and analyzed, statistical tools, epidemiological study methodologies and protocols; Nebraska regulations, policies, and statutes involving reportable diseases, infections and non-communicable conditions; and basic understanding of statewide surveillance system structures and operations.
Skill in: Basic skills in SAS, R, or similar statistical analysis software ; basic skills in SQL, Power BI, ArcGIS or similar data management and data visualization tools; identifying appropriate statistical or epidemiologic analysis depending on data collection, data elements, and outcomes to be measured; convey complex models, methods, results, and interpretations to a wide variety of people (both technical and non-technical); using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches; reading comprehension; active listening.
Ability to: Independently design, develop, and implement basic epidemiological systems, models, and studies; conduct analytical review of data including collection methods; work with health care professionals and a variety of other partners; analyze health data; prepare studies and reports including responding to data requests; explain and defend studies and recommendations.
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