Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
Company: PCI Professional Services LLC
Role summary
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity is a role at PCI Professional Services LLC in Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-09-01. Experience level: 10+.
- Job title
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
- Company
- PCI Professional Services LLC
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Category
- Hospitality
- Experience level
- 10+
- Date posted
- 2026-09-01
Here's a fantastic opportunity to contribute your deep knowledge in nutrition, physical activity, and obesity to important projects. This role offers a chance to make a real impact, with the company seeking dedicated professionals who can offer their expertise to support key initiatives.
Job description
Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Position Status: Contingent upon contract award.
Position Summary
Serve as a senior technical authority in one or more DNPAO strategy areas and provide evidence-informed consultation, technical assistance, product review, training, and strategic guidance to CDC, recipients, and partners. This role supports DNPAO’s need for highly specialized expertise across food service guidelines, produce prescription and food-is-medicine programs, physical activity access, healthier food access, Early Care and Education, Family Healthy Weight Programs, breastfeeding, Tribal populations, arthritis, and related policy, systems, and environmental strategies. SMEs may support the consultant network, recipient technical assistance, trainings, evidence reviews, policy and program guidance, and scientific or practice-oriented products.
Key Responsibilities
Provide specialized consultation, technical assistance, and strategic recommendations in assigned DNPAO priority areas.
Review scientific, programmatic, policy, training, and communication products for accuracy and relevance.
Support the network of specialized consultants and match expertise to recipient needs.
Guide adaptation of strategies for diverse populations, settings, and implementation contexts.
Lead or contribute to trainings, presentations, workgroups, site visits, and partner engagements.
Contribute to evidence reviews, technical guidance, reports, tools, frameworks, and dissemination products.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Master's degree.
Experience: At least 10 years of directly relevant experience in the proposed specialty, including senior advisory or technical leadership responsibility. Experience supporting evidence-based public health strategies, recipient or practitioner technical assistance, scientific or policy products, and federal, state, local, Tribal, territorial, community, or national partners is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to produce accurate, timely, and high-quality work in a multidisciplinary, deadline-driven environment.
Strong written and verbal communication, collaboration, organization, judgment, and client-service skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience supporting CDC, HHS, another federal health agency, a public health recipient network, or a comparable mission-focused organization.
Core Competencies
Public service orientation; technical credibility; cultural responsiveness; collaboration; clear communication; accountability; adaptability; quality focus; sound judgment; and the ability to work effectively with CDC staff, recipients, partners, subcontractors, and subject matter experts.
PCI Federal Services (PCIFS) and its subsidiaries is an equal-opportunity employer. PCIFS does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation or identity, Veterans or Disability status.
Preference may be extended to qualified Native American Indian candidates
in accordance with applicable federal law.