At a glance
Read about careers within CDC's National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP), the work we support, and available positions.
Make a Difference
Do you want a rewarding career with generous benefits and the opportunity for advancement—all while preventing the spread of HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB)? Do you want to serve on the front lines of the nation's fight to end the HIV epidemic? Do you want to improve the health of America's communities most affected by these infections?
If the answer is "yes," then continue reading to learn about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). NCHHSTP is committed to achieving a future free of HIV, hepatitis, STDs, and TB, with the goals to reduce incidence of infection, morbidity and mortality, and health disparities. Current opportunities can be found through USAJOBS.gov.
We offer a wide range of careers, including jobs in public health, medical epidemiology, research, data science, infectious disease prevention, information technology, business and public policy, data management, and communications. Interventions developed by NCHHSTP support the actions of policy makers, scientists, physicians, teachers, and others entrusted with safeguarding the health of fellow Americans.
Examples of our work includes:
- Improving infectious disease outcomes and linkages to care, particularly in disproportionately affected communities.
- Partnering with federal, state, and local partners to end the HIV epidemic and reduce HIV transmission.
- Working to combat STDs, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis.
- Disease surveillance and responding to outbreak investigations.
If you believe in NCHHSTP's vision for a future free of HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB, consider joining our team.
Life at NCHHSTP
NCHHSTP supports employees in their personal and professional growth with lifelong learning and support. We provide a variety of tools to highly qualified employees who want to broaden their experience, expand the scope of their current expertise, and advance their careers within CDC. Throughout the year, the Center and its divisions host a number of events that offer staff a chance to learn new job skills and develop tighter bonds with team members. These include:
- Free leadership and skill-building seminars/webinars
- Networking opportunities with senior NCHHSTP leaders
- On-demand training and career resources
- Healthiest CIO (Centers/Institutes/Offices) annual fitness challenge
NCHHSTP is a unique and forward-thinking Center that helps employees balance the demands of life and work. Our employees enjoy a variety of benefits among the best offered in the private and public sectors, including:
- Comprehensive medical and retirement benefits
- Thrift savings plans, flexible spending accounts, and other tax incentives
- Generous pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and periodic performance-based pay increases
- Annual leave for vacation and personal use, paid sick leave and other leave programs, as well as paid federal holidays
- Family-friendly leave policies with flexibility for birth or adoption of a child, care of a sick family member, or care of yourself in response to a serious health condition or emergency
- Childcare and lactation educational support
- Limited situational telework
To explore the benefits of working at NCHHSTP, visit CDC's benefits page or Careers Careers at CDC.
Stories from current and former NCHHSTP employees
Learn more about NCHHSTP through the experiences and individual perspectives of current and former NCHHSTP employees.
I Am CDC - Brandy Maddox
I Am CDC - Cindy Castaneda
How to apply
This series of helpful videos introduces potential NCHHSTP job applicants to careers in government service and provides tips for standing out during the interview process.
- USAJOBS Two-Page Resume Webinar
- How to Apply for Federal Jobs
- What are Special Hiring Authorities?
- Writing Your Federal Resume
- As of September 27, 2025, all federal resumes are restricted to two pages in length. See guidance here.
- What Happens to My Resume When It's Sent to the Hiring Official?
Career paths
The federal government offers several unique hiring paths
- Schedule A is a special (excepted) hiring authority that allows federal agencies to non-competitively appoint persons with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities. While being eligible for a Schedule A appointment will help you in the noncompetitive process, it does not guarantee job placement.
- USPHS Commissioned Corps is one of the nation’s uniformed services — a branch committed to the service of health. Officers advance our nation’s public health, serving in agencies across the government, as physicians, nurses, dentists, veterinarians, scientists, engineers and other professionals.
- Fellowship, internship, training, and volunteer opportunities for students and professionals are available at CDC. Many of these opportunities provide invaluable experience and potentially offer clear cut paths to exciting careers with CDC.
- Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) form a foundation for public health. CDC aims to foster educational excellence, establish a pathway to basic STEM literacy for all students, and inspire the next generation of STEM learners to pursue public health careers.
Find job opportunities in NCHHSTP & Get Help
NCHHSTP confronts the root causes of the nation's most prevalent infectious diseases by improving linkages to care among the nation's most affected communities. Search for current opportunities on USAJOBS.
If you need assistance in the application or hiring process to accommodate a disability, contact the HHS Human Resources Office at OHR-General-Inquiries@hhs.gov.