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Public health careers extend far beyond traditional roles, with exciting opportunities in tech, communications, behavioral science, and entrepreneurship that offer both impact and excellent compensation.
The roles explored in this episode include:
- UX designers in health tech creating intuitive tools while ensuring clinical accuracy
- Digital health communications specialists managing online campaigns and combating health misinformation
- Behavioral science consultants designing programs to change health behaviors
- Public health data storytellers turning complex statistics into compelling visual narratives
- Global health logistics coordinators ensuring medical supplies reach their destinations
- Infection prevention and control practitioners reducing healthcare-associated infections
- Policy analysts working in non-governmental organizations and think tanks
- Corporate social responsibility managers with health focus leading community investment
- Humanitarian health coordinators working in crisis zones
- Public health entrepreneurs creating innovative health solutions independently
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to PH Spotlight, a community for you
to build your public healthcareer with.
Join us weekly right here, andI'll be here too your host,
sujani Siva from PH Spot.
Hey there, and welcome toanother episode of the PH
(00:22):
Spotlight podcast, where weshare stories, inspiration and
guidance to help you build yourdream public health career.
I'm your host, ujani Siva, andtoday's episode is a super fun
one.
It's a little bit differentbecause I'm going to be kind of
using my computer as I'm talkingto you just to read out real
(00:45):
world examples of really cooljobs that you may not have
considered in public health.
So we are going beyond thetypical career paths that you
know traditionally public healthprofessionals have taken on,
like an epidemiologist or a youknow, public health promoter,
(01:07):
community worker and we're goingto be exploring 10 public
health jobs that you may nothave considered, and so these
are roles that you may haveheard of, you may not, or maybe
you didn't even realize could bepart of the public health world
, and I think it's just so coolthat we have a lot of these new
(01:28):
areas of work where publichealth can be applied, and I
hope that this episode kind ofinspires you to think beyond the
traditional roles and perhapsexplore some of these and to
make this like very actionable,I'm going to be sharing like
real job postings that are openright now so you can go ahead
(01:52):
and explore them on your own aswell, and I just hope, because I
prepared these notes a coupleweeks ago, that the links are
still active, so you'll see me,or maybe even hear me, clicking
through some of the links thatI've saved for myself, so it
should be a fun episode, okay?
So, whether you're exploring anew direction or just curious
(02:18):
about what's out there, I thinkthis episode is just going to be
packed with ideas and resourcesfor your next move.
So let's dive in.
The first job is a public healthUX designer, so UX is short for
user experience, so userexperience design is very much
(02:39):
part of public health now.
So think about health apps,online vaccine portals or even
mental health platforms thatwe're seeing, and what a UX
designer can do is ensure thatthese tools are easy to use and
accessible right from a userpoint of view, and somebody that
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comes with that public healthknowledge and that background
could be like an excellentcandidate for this role versus
somebody who is just a UXdesigner.
So the real world kind of jobor example that I pulled out is
actually from Apple and Apple ishiring a UX designer for their
(03:24):
health division, and as a UXdesigner in health, the
individual will be working onmaking health tools intuitive
and user centered.
So when I open up this posting,it was posted on March 26, 2025
.
And so what it says on theposting is that Apple is looking
(03:46):
for a user experience designerwith experience in health to
join our cross-functional team,contributing to the development
of innovative, user-centered andclinically sound features and
products for our health-focusedinitiative.
This role focuses on distillingclinical needs into
understandable, approachablepatterns and systems that
enhance the user experiencewhile ensuring adherence to
(04:09):
clinical guidelines.
And then obviously they havethe description qualification
bachelor's degree plus acombination of six years is what
they're looking for.
And then obviously there's asection on preferred
qualifications like a master'sdegree, additional experience
(04:43):
and the base pay range for thisrole is between $17 kind of not
common in public health right tobe able to earn upwards of
$200,000.
So this is a cool one If itsounds interesting to you,
definitely look into kind ofuser experience designer type
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roles in that public healthspace.
Second one we're going to lookat is a digital health
communications specialist, right.
So this isn't your typicalcomms role, but rather think of,
like social media campaigns,digital storytelling or even
working with influencers tocombat health misinformation.
(05:24):
Storytelling or even workingwith influencers to combat
health misinformation.
And the real world examplewe're going to look at is from
Cook County Health and they arehiring a digital marketing
communications specialist topromote their programs and to
connect with communities online.
And so here it says the digitalmarketing communication
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specialist position at the CookCounty Department of Public
Health is designed to align withthe department's mission and
vision.
So I'm going to actually skipover a little bit about the
intro of Cook County.
And then it goes on to say thatthe specialist will focus on
(06:09):
providing accurate, culturallyand linguistically responsive
information related to COVID-19and health disparities.
The position will lead variousdigital marketing efforts,
including managing emailcampaigns, web content, social
outreach.
And then there's a largeparagraph explaining this.
The requirements againbachelor's degrees what they're
(06:32):
looking for In more of thosetraditional comms spaces so
bachelor's degree incommunications, journalism,
public relations, marketing orrelated fields.
So if you feel like your publichealth degree helped you
develop some of thosecommunication skills, definitely
(06:53):
apply, even if you don't havethat traditional communication
or marketing degree degree.
Unfortunately, this one doesnot provide salary information,
but I will say that I think thisspecific role was posted
(07:15):
several months ago.
So while I'm giving these realworld examples, part of it is
also for you to get familiarwith some of the job titles that
are out there and then go offto look for similar roles for
positions that are currentlyactive.
(07:35):
Okay, so this was in thedigital health communication
space.
Number three behavioral scienceconsultant.
So if you love psychology,psychology and kind of like that
, behavioral economics, thenthis is definitely an area that
you should explore and look into.
What these individuals do isthat they design programs that
(07:57):
help people change behavior,right, so think, maybe,
improving diet or quittingsmoking, increasing vaccine
uptake.
And the real world kind ofexample we're going to look at
is a senior behavioral scienceconsultant at a company named
(08:20):
Concentrix, and so I'm justopening it up right now as we
speak, and, um, this role, likethe other two that we've talked
about, is based in the us, um,pay range of about 7373,000 to
(08:44):
$110,000 a year.
And, yeah, just going throughkind of what the role.
So this role specifically islooking for a short-term kind of
contractor role and some of theresponsibilities they list out
(09:10):
is owning and executing thedelivery of projects, delivering
workshops, co-creating nudges,using client insights and sound
behavioral science principles.
Produce literature reviews andNot too much information on
(09:46):
exactly what the role does.
Um, there's more informationabout the company itself.
Um, so you know, like Imentioned, um, it's just nice to
have some of these titles inmind so that when you are
searching for jobs you can lookup those jobs.
So that was behavioral scienceconsultant.
Job number four is a publichealth data storyteller.
(10:09):
So you know, in general, a datastoryteller essentially takes
numbers and then turns thosenumbers into compelling visual
stories that drive policy andpublic understanding.
And I think this role, you know, is growing really fast.
With all the misinformation,disinformation, it's really
(10:29):
important for people in publichealth to be able to tell those
stories in public health, to beable to tell those stories, and
so, if you are interested inthis field, there are lots of
roles and they are typically,you know, like data analyst type
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roles with storytelling skills,and like health tech or
nonprofit sectors, and if thatseems to be an area that you're
interested in, definitely lookup those keywords.
Like you know, storyteller,data storyteller, and the role
that I found is at aorganization called murmuration,
(11:15):
which amplifies the power ofcivic engagement, and they were
looking for a data journalist.
So Murmuration is anot-for-profit organization,
also based in the US, and thisrole in general is a data
(11:35):
journalist role.
Role in general is a datajournalist role Somebody who's
part scientist, part storyteller, who loves pulling threads in a
data set until they revealsomething unexpected and then
can't wait to tell the worldabout it.
It says that a person in thisrole will play a critical role
in surfacing fresh insights fromcomplex data sets, working with
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research and data teams totranslate those insights into
sharp, relevant, compellingstories that help people better
understand the civic, politicaland social world around them.
So if this seems to be an areaof interest for you, definitely
look up data storyteller as akeyword to find similar roles.
As a keyword to find similarroles, another role that you may
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want to consider is a globalhealth logistics coordinator,
and this is for somebody who is,like, very strong in the
operations side of things, right, like you want to work in the
health space, but your strengthand your interests are in
operations think like supplychain.
So in this specific example oractually, you know, just like
(12:47):
another example could beensuring medical supplies and
vaccines get to where they needto go, especially in emergencies
, and we're thinking about moreof like a international health
or global health type of role.
This role specifically is for alogistics coordinator, like the
example that I found to supporthumanitarian health missions,
uh, with medicine demand, um.
(13:08):
So just opening up the role,and this is based in uh, um,
it's an international role basedin the syrian arab republic and
job description under thesupervision of the general
(13:37):
coordinator, you define, planand implement all supply and
logistics activities, whileensuring budget compliance and
respect of protocols andprocedure, and you're
essentially leading and managingthe logistics team.
So, as I mentioned, it's kindof somebody who has that
background knowledge ofinternational health, global
health but then workingspecifically in that logistics
area.
The role itself that I found isfrom Médecins du Monde.
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It is a contract role and agross monthly salary of about
3,300 euros, and it looks likethe role is based kind of in the
field.
So that was job number five.
Halfway through, I really hopesome of these have been like
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eye-opening for you and you'rethinking, wow, like I did not
even think about kind of lookingat roles in these areas or
these types of organizations.
So job number six maybe alittle bit more common and you
may be more aware of this one,but interestingly, I did
(14:50):
recently talk to someone andthey had absolutely no idea this
was a role that they couldexplore with their background.
So, you know, I thought I'd addthis one infection prevention
and control practitioner, andthis obviously became very
visible, like a role that becamevery visible during COVID-19.
But it's always been like acrucial piece of work in
hospitals and long-term carefacilities.
(15:10):
And the example that I found,based in canada, at one of the
hospitals here grand riverhospital they were hiring for an
infection control practitionerto help reduce health care
associated infections.
Uh, yep, I'm still able to pullup the posting and, and in
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summary, the role reports to ahub lead and you're essentially
building capacity in infectionprevention control.
You are providing support toimplement some of those
practices and let's see ifthey've given salary information
(15:54):
.
No, so we don't have salaryinformation on this one, but it
is a role that's fairly commonand you can search for infection
prevention, control orinfection control practitioner
comes up and this is a role thatin Canada at least I know,
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there is a certification thatgoes along with it.
So you might want to explorethat a little bit further.
Job number seven public healthpolicy analyst, but a
non-governmental role.
So I think the governmentalroles are a bit more common
right in public health policy,but there are other areas where
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you could kind of take thoseskills and apply them to
non-governmental organizationsas well as think tanks and
industry organizations.
They all hire policy analysts.
For example, here in canada,the egg farmers of canada
they're hiring a policy analystfocused on agricultural health
policy.
The northern policy instituteis another one that's hiring
(17:06):
support for rural health carepolicy.
So definitely look up publichealth policy analyst roles, but
outside of government.
Okay, the next role, numbereight, is a corporate social
responsibility manager with ahealth focus.
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So corporate socialresponsibilities, or CSR for
short, are teams and companieswho often lead health focused
community programs, and I thinkthis is a really great way to
apply public health skills inthe corporate world.
So you know, again moving awayfrom these traditional public
health roles that we are oftenkind of exposed to, and this is
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one of those roles where youcould kind of see how your
background in public healthcould be applied in more of a
corporate world.
So Molina Healthcare is hiringa CSR manager to lead national
health investment strategies.
This was again posted a littlewhile ago, about five months ago
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, salary ranging from $73,000 to$170,000.
I know it's a huge range butkind of gives you a sense of the
type of salary.
So for this specific roleCorporate Social Responsibility
Manager they're responsible forleading and executing the
national community reinvestmentstrategy aimed at improving the
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health and well-being ofdisadvantaged population.
This role involves managingcorporate philanthropy
initiatives, partnerships,public affairs, strategies to
enhance brand reputation,support business growth, in
alignment with Melina's mission.
So I think we've often heard ofthat corporate social
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responsibility that bigbusinesses have and if there is
a health angle to it, I thinkit's also a great place for us
with the public healthbackground to perhaps see if our
skill sets and our experienceare valued there and we can
contribute something in thoseareas.
Number nine is a humanitarianhealth coordinator.
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So typically theseprofessionals would work in
emergency response, often ininternational crisis zones,
coordinating health programs andworking under pressure.
So let's see this one examplethat I have here is working in
Jordan to support crisisresponse and it's a humanitarian
(19:38):
coordinator at the UnitedNations Population Fund, and so
here you're essentiallyassisting the country office in
the planning, coordination,implementation of humanitarian
interventions, including rapidassessments, resource
mobilization, staffing andtechnical areas of intervention.
As I mentioned, this is basedin Jordan.
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They're looking for about sevenyears of relevant experience.
But again, you know, if youdon't have exactly what they've
listed, it's still worthapplying, showing, of course, on
your resume how you are able tokind of fulfill the need that
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they have.
So it should be like an easyyes for hiring managers to look
at your resume and go, okay,they don't have exactly what
I've listed, but I could see howthis person is a good fit for
this role, so that's what youwant them thinking.
So that was number nine andnumber 10.
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One of my favorites is a publichealth entrepreneur, which is
essentially you starting yourown thing.
Public health entrepreneurs arecreating everything from
consulting agencies to onlinehealth platforms to culturally
tailored wellness programs,right so, public health
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entrepreneurship essentially youstarting your own thing.
But there's always a way tokind of step into it a little
bit by looking at areas that youmay eventually want to go into
on your own.
So one example is Salt LakeRegional Health Center is hiring
(21:28):
a digital health advisor.
That it's a role that supportstech enabled innovation advisor,
that it's a role that supportstech enabled innovation, and it
ends up being a great kind ofstepping stone and inspiration
for somebody who's perhapsthinking about their own idea in
that tech space, right?
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So, even if you're not ready tojump into public health
entrepreneurship today, havingthat goal in the back of your
head and then applying to rolesthat are relevant to the area
that you'd one day want to gointo is also a great strategy.
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Our 10 jobs that arenon-traditional and potentially,
you know, overlooked by us inpublic health because we're so
exposed to those traditionalroles.
And so, just to recap, welooked at number one, a UX
designer, digital healthcommunication specialist.
Number two, then number threewas a behavioral science
consultant.
Number four, data storyteller.
Number two, then number threewas a behavioral science
consultant.
Number four, data storyteller.
Number five, global healthlogistics coordinator.
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Number six, infection controlpractitioner.
Number seven was anon-government policy analyst.
Number eight was a corporatesocial responsibility manager.
Number nine, humanitarianHealth Coordinator.
And then number 10, a PublicHealth Entrepreneur.
So I really hope one or more ofthese sparked your curiosity
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today.
These roles are essentiallyproof that public health is
everywhere and there are so manyways to make a difference.
So your challenge this weekthat I'm going to be leaving you
with is to choose one role andresearch that role.
Research organizations that arehiring for that role, read job
description and think of whetherthese are some areas that you'd
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like to explore now, maybe inthe future, and even connect
with individuals who are perhapsin that field right now just to
learn more about it, who areperhaps in that field right now
just to learn more about it.
And if you find somethingexciting as a result of this
episode and because we kind oflike sparked a curiosity,
definitely message me or tag PHSpy.
I'd love to hear what you'reexploring.
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miss an episode and definitelyshare it with a friend who is
thinking about their next movein public health.
And we also have our membershipcommunity, the public health
career club, where you can meethundreds of different public
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(24:11):
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And in addition to that, at phspot we host weekly events, we
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(24:34):
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in joining.
And once again, thank you forjoining me today on this episode
.
Until next time, keep growing,keep dreaming and keep building
your dream public health career.
Welcome to PH Spotlight, a community for you
to build your public healthcareer with.
Join us weekly right here, andI'll be here too your host,
sujani Siva from PH Spot.
Hey there, and welcome toanother episode of the PH
(00:22):
Spotlight podcast, where weshare stories, inspiration and
guidance to help you build yourdream public health career.
I'm your host, ujani Siva, andtoday's episode is a super fun
one.
It's a little bit differentbecause I'm going to be kind of
using my computer as I'm talkingto you just to read out real
(00:45):
world examples of really cooljobs that you may not have
considered in public health.
So we are going beyond thetypical career paths that you
know traditionally public healthprofessionals have taken on,
like an epidemiologist or a youknow, public health promoter,
(01:07):
community worker and we're goingto be exploring 10 public
health jobs that you may nothave considered, and so these
are roles that you may haveheard of, you may not, or maybe
you didn't even realize could bepart of the public health world
, and I think it's just so coolthat we have a lot of these new
(01:28):
areas of work where publichealth can be applied, and I
hope that this episode kind ofinspires you to think beyond the
traditional roles and perhapsexplore some of these and to
make this like very actionable,I'm going to be sharing like
real job postings that are openright now so you can go ahead
(01:52):
and explore them on your own aswell, and I just hope, because I
prepared these notes a coupleweeks ago, that the links are
still active, so you'll see me,or maybe even hear me, clicking
through some of the links thatI've saved for myself, so it
should be a fun episode, okay?
So, whether you're exploring anew direction or just curious
(02:18):
about what's out there, I thinkthis episode is just going to be
packed with ideas and resourcesfor your next move.
So let's dive in.
The first job is a public healthUX designer, so UX is short for
user experience, so userexperience design is very much
(02:39):
part of public health now.
So think about health apps,online vaccine portals or even
mental health platforms thatwe're seeing, and what a UX
designer can do is ensure thatthese tools are easy to use and
accessible right from a userpoint of view, and somebody that
(03:00):
comes with that public healthknowledge and that background
could be like an excellentcandidate for this role versus
somebody who is just a UXdesigner.
So the real world kind of jobor example that I pulled out is
actually from Apple and Apple ishiring a UX designer for their
(03:24):
health division, and as a UXdesigner in health, the
individual will be working onmaking health tools intuitive
and user centered.
So when I open up this posting,it was posted on March 26, 2025
.
And so what it says on theposting is that Apple is looking
(03:46):
for a user experience designerwith experience in health to
join our cross-functional team,contributing to the development
of innovative, user-centered andclinically sound features and
products for our health-focusedinitiative.
This role focuses on distillingclinical needs into
understandable, approachablepatterns and systems that
enhance the user experiencewhile ensuring adherence to
(04:09):
clinical guidelines.
And then obviously they havethe description qualification
bachelor's degree plus acombination of six years is what
they're looking for.
And then obviously there's asection on preferred
qualifications like a master'sdegree, additional experience
(04:43):
and the base pay range for thisrole is between $17 kind of not
common in public health right tobe able to earn upwards of
$200,000.
So this is a cool one If itsounds interesting to you,
definitely look into kind ofuser experience designer type
(05:03):
roles in that public healthspace.
Second one we're going to lookat is a digital health
communications specialist, right.
So this isn't your typicalcomms role, but rather think of,
like social media campaigns,digital storytelling or even
working with influencers tocombat health misinformation.
(05:24):
Storytelling or even workingwith influencers to combat
health misinformation.
And the real world examplewe're going to look at is from
Cook County Health and they arehiring a digital marketing
communications specialist topromote their programs and to
connect with communities online.
And so here it says the digitalmarketing communication
(05:48):
specialist position at the CookCounty Department of Public
Health is designed to align withthe department's mission and
vision.
So I'm going to actually skipover a little bit about the
intro of Cook County.
And then it goes on to say thatthe specialist will focus on
(06:09):
providing accurate, culturallyand linguistically responsive
information related to COVID-19and health disparities.
The position will lead variousdigital marketing efforts,
including managing emailcampaigns, web content, social
outreach.
And then there's a largeparagraph explaining this.
The requirements againbachelor's degrees what they're
(06:32):
looking for In more of thosetraditional comms spaces so
bachelor's degree incommunications, journalism,
public relations, marketing orrelated fields.
So if you feel like your publichealth degree helped you
develop some of thosecommunication skills, definitely
(06:53):
apply, even if you don't havethat traditional communication
or marketing degree degree.
Unfortunately, this one doesnot provide salary information,
but I will say that I think thisspecific role was posted
(07:15):
several months ago.
So while I'm giving these realworld examples, part of it is
also for you to get familiarwith some of the job titles that
are out there and then go offto look for similar roles for
positions that are currentlyactive.
(07:35):
Okay, so this was in thedigital health communication
space.
Number three behavioral scienceconsultant.
So if you love psychology,psychology and kind of like that
, behavioral economics, thenthis is definitely an area that
you should explore and look into.
What these individuals do isthat they design programs that
(07:57):
help people change behavior,right, so think, maybe,
improving diet or quittingsmoking, increasing vaccine
uptake.
And the real world kind ofexample we're going to look at
is a senior behavioral scienceconsultant at a company named
(08:20):
Concentrix, and so I'm justopening it up right now as we
speak, and, um, this role, likethe other two that we've talked
about, is based in the us, um,pay range of about 7373,000 to
(08:44):
$110,000 a year.
And, yeah, just going throughkind of what the role.
So this role specifically islooking for a short-term kind of
contractor role and some of theresponsibilities they list out
(09:10):
is owning and executing thedelivery of projects, delivering
workshops, co-creating nudges,using client insights and sound
behavioral science principles.
Produce literature reviews andNot too much information on
(09:46):
exactly what the role does.
Um, there's more informationabout the company itself.
Um, so you know, like Imentioned, um, it's just nice to
have some of these titles inmind so that when you are
searching for jobs you can lookup those jobs.
So that was behavioral scienceconsultant.
Job number four is a publichealth data storyteller.
(10:09):
So you know, in general, a datastoryteller essentially takes
numbers and then turns thosenumbers into compelling visual
stories that drive policy andpublic understanding.
And I think this role, you know, is growing really fast.
With all the misinformation,disinformation, it's really
(10:29):
important for people in publichealth to be able to tell those
stories in public health, to beable to tell those stories, and
so, if you are interested inthis field, there are lots of
roles and they are typically,you know, like data analyst type
(10:51):
roles with storytelling skills,and like health tech or
nonprofit sectors, and if thatseems to be an area that you're
interested in, definitely lookup those keywords.
Like you know, storyteller,data storyteller, and the role
that I found is at aorganization called murmuration,
(11:15):
which amplifies the power ofcivic engagement, and they were
looking for a data journalist.
So Murmuration is anot-for-profit organization,
also based in the US, and thisrole in general is a data
(11:35):
journalist role.
Role in general is a datajournalist role Somebody who's
part scientist, part storyteller, who loves pulling threads in a
data set until they revealsomething unexpected and then
can't wait to tell the worldabout it.
It says that a person in thisrole will play a critical role
in surfacing fresh insights fromcomplex data sets, working with
(11:55):
research and data teams totranslate those insights into
sharp, relevant, compellingstories that help people better
understand the civic, politicaland social world around them.
So if this seems to be an areaof interest for you, definitely
look up data storyteller as akeyword to find similar roles.
As a keyword to find similarroles, another role that you may
(12:24):
want to consider is a globalhealth logistics coordinator,
and this is for somebody who is,like, very strong in the
operations side of things, right, like you want to work in the
health space, but your strengthand your interests are in
operations think like supplychain.
So in this specific example oractually, you know, just like
(12:47):
another example could beensuring medical supplies and
vaccines get to where they needto go, especially in emergencies
, and we're thinking about moreof like a international health
or global health type of role.
This role specifically is for alogistics coordinator, like the
example that I found to supporthumanitarian health missions,
uh, with medicine demand, um.
(13:08):
So just opening up the role,and this is based in uh, um,
it's an international role basedin the syrian arab republic and
job description under thesupervision of the general
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coordinator, you define, planand implement all supply and
logistics activities, whileensuring budget compliance and
respect of protocols andprocedure, and you're
essentially leading and managingthe logistics team.
So, as I mentioned, it's kindof somebody who has that
background knowledge ofinternational health, global
health but then workingspecifically in that logistics
area.
The role itself that I found isfrom Médecins du Monde.
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It is a contract role and agross monthly salary of about
3,300 euros, and it looks likethe role is based kind of in the
field.
So that was job number five.
Halfway through, I really hopesome of these have been like
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eye-opening for you and you'rethinking, wow, like I did not
even think about kind of lookingat roles in these areas or
these types of organizations.
So job number six maybe alittle bit more common and you
may be more aware of this one,but interestingly, I did
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recently talk to someone andthey had absolutely no idea this
was a role that they couldexplore with their background.
So, you know, I thought I'd addthis one infection prevention
and control practitioner, andthis obviously became very
visible, like a role that becamevery visible during COVID-19.
But it's always been like acrucial piece of work in
hospitals and long-term carefacilities.
(15:10):
And the example that I found,based in canada, at one of the
hospitals here grand riverhospital they were hiring for an
infection control practitionerto help reduce health care
associated infections.
Uh, yep, I'm still able to pullup the posting and, and in
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summary, the role reports to ahub lead and you're essentially
building capacity in infectionprevention control.
You are providing support toimplement some of those
practices and let's see ifthey've given salary information
(15:54):
.
No, so we don't have salaryinformation on this one, but it
is a role that's fairly commonand you can search for infection
prevention, control orinfection control practitioner
comes up and this is a role thatin Canada at least I know,
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there is a certification thatgoes along with it.
So you might want to explorethat a little bit further.
Job number seven public healthpolicy analyst, but a
non-governmental role.
So I think the governmentalroles are a bit more common
right in public health policy,but there are other areas where
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you could kind of take thoseskills and apply them to
non-governmental organizationsas well as think tanks and
industry organizations.
They all hire policy analysts.
For example, here in canada,the egg farmers of canada
they're hiring a policy analystfocused on agricultural health
policy.
The northern policy instituteis another one that's hiring
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support for rural health carepolicy.
So definitely look up publichealth policy analyst roles, but
outside of government.
Okay, the next role, numbereight, is a corporate social
responsibility manager with ahealth focus.
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So corporate socialresponsibilities, or CSR for
short, are teams and companieswho often lead health focused
community programs, and I thinkthis is a really great way to
apply public health skills inthe corporate world.
So you know, again moving awayfrom these traditional public
health roles that we are oftenkind of exposed to, and this is
(17:50):
one of those roles where youcould kind of see how your
background in public healthcould be applied in more of a
corporate world.
So Molina Healthcare is hiringa CSR manager to lead national
health investment strategies.
This was again posted a littlewhile ago, about five months ago
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, salary ranging from $73,000 to$170,000.
I know it's a huge range butkind of gives you a sense of the
type of salary.
So for this specific roleCorporate Social Responsibility
Manager they're responsible forleading and executing the
national community reinvestmentstrategy aimed at improving the
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health and well-being ofdisadvantaged population.
This role involves managingcorporate philanthropy
initiatives, partnerships,public affairs, strategies to
enhance brand reputation,support business growth, in
alignment with Melina's mission.
So I think we've often heard ofthat corporate social
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responsibility that bigbusinesses have and if there is
a health angle to it, I thinkit's also a great place for us
with the public healthbackground to perhaps see if our
skill sets and our experienceare valued there and we can
contribute something in thoseareas.
Number nine is a humanitarianhealth coordinator.
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So typically theseprofessionals would work in
emergency response, often ininternational crisis zones,
coordinating health programs andworking under pressure.
So let's see this one examplethat I have here is working in
Jordan to support crisisresponse and it's a humanitarian
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coordinator at the UnitedNations Population Fund, and so
here you're essentiallyassisting the country office in
the planning, coordination,implementation of humanitarian
interventions, including rapidassessments, resource
mobilization, staffing andtechnical areas of intervention.
As I mentioned, this is basedin Jordan.
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They're looking for about sevenyears of relevant experience.
But again, you know, if youdon't have exactly what they've
listed, it's still worthapplying, showing, of course, on
your resume how you are able tokind of fulfill the need that
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they have.
So it should be like an easyyes for hiring managers to look
at your resume and go, okay,they don't have exactly what
I've listed, but I could see howthis person is a good fit for
this role, so that's what youwant them thinking.
So that was number nine andnumber 10.
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One of my favorites is a publichealth entrepreneur, which is
essentially you starting yourown thing.
Public health entrepreneurs arecreating everything from
consulting agencies to onlinehealth platforms to culturally
tailored wellness programs,right so, public health
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entrepreneurship essentially youstarting your own thing.
But there's always a way tokind of step into it a little
bit by looking at areas that youmay eventually want to go into
on your own.
So one example is Salt LakeRegional Health Center is hiring
(21:28):
a digital health advisor.
That it's a role that supportstech enabled innovation advisor,
that it's a role that supportstech enabled innovation, and it
ends up being a great kind ofstepping stone and inspiration
for somebody who's perhapsthinking about their own idea in
that tech space, right?
(21:48):
So, even if you're not ready tojump into public health
entrepreneurship today, havingthat goal in the back of your
head and then applying to rolesthat are relevant to the area
that you'd one day want to gointo is also a great strategy.
(22:18):
Our 10 jobs that arenon-traditional and potentially,
you know, overlooked by us inpublic health because we're so
exposed to those traditionalroles.
And so, just to recap, welooked at number one, a UX
designer, digital healthcommunication specialist.
Number two, then number threewas a behavioral science
consultant.
Number four, data storyteller.
Number two, then number threewas a behavioral science
consultant.
Number four, data storyteller.
Number five, global healthlogistics coordinator.
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Number six, infection controlpractitioner.
Number seven was anon-government policy analyst.
Number eight was a corporatesocial responsibility manager.
Number nine, humanitarianHealth Coordinator.
And then number 10, a PublicHealth Entrepreneur.
So I really hope one or more ofthese sparked your curiosity
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today.
These roles are essentiallyproof that public health is
everywhere and there are so manyways to make a difference.
So your challenge this weekthat I'm going to be leaving you
with is to choose one role andresearch that role.
Research organizations that arehiring for that role, read job
description and think of whetherthese are some areas that you'd
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like to explore now, maybe inthe future, and even connect
with individuals who are perhapsin that field right now just to
learn more about it, who areperhaps in that field right now
just to learn more about it.
And if you find somethingexciting as a result of this
episode and because we kind oflike sparked a curiosity,
definitely message me or tag PHSpy.
I'd love to hear what you'reexploring.
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And don't forget to subscribe tothe PH Spy podcast so you never
miss an episode and definitelyshare it with a friend who is
thinking about their next movein public health.
And we also have our membershipcommunity, the public health
career club, where you can meethundreds of different public
health professionals who areworking in this field, who are
(24:11):
motivated to help each other, tojust build some community and
friendship.
And in addition to that, at phspot we host weekly events, we
have mentor sessions, we havesocial hours inside the
community really a place for youto grow your tribe, your, your
people, that you can lean on asyou navigate the field of public
(24:34):
health.
So check that out at phspaorgslash club if you're interested
in joining.
And once again, thank you forjoining me today on this episode
.
Until next time, keep growing,keep dreaming and keep building
your dream public health career.
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