CDC FOUNDATION Request for Proposal Support for the Public Health AmeriCorps Program: Career Development Webinar Series
Date Issued: 8/18/23
Date Response Due: 9/16/23
SUMMARY OF REQUEST
The CDC Foundation seeks a contractor to develop and host a series of career development
webinars to support CDC Foundation’s CDC-funded project, Support for the Public Health
AmeriCorps Program: Education Award. The contractor will: 1) create content outlines for 10-15
career development webinars 2) coordinate with CDC Foundation and partners to develop a
webinar schedule and support outreach activities 3) host all webinars and provide technical
support to participants and 4) send all recorded webinars and final reports to CDC Foundation.
A. BACKGROUND AND NEED
The CDC Foundation’s CDC-funded project, Support for the Public Health AmeriCorps Program:
Education Award, provides funding to support Public Health AmeriCorps (PHA) and its grantees,
host sites and members. CDC Foundation project activities will improve grantee management
and supervision of members, as well as teach PHA members more about public health and
provide opportunities to network in the field. This project aims to increase the overall impact of
PHA on the public health workforce.
Public Health AmeriCorps is a new AmeriCorps program that is creating and uplifting the next
generation of the public health workforce, with support from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). Together, PHA and CDC are supporting the recruitment, training, and
development of the next generation of public health leaders who will be ready to respond to the
nation’s public health needs. PHA has two main goals: 1) address public health needs of local
communities by providing support in state and local public health settings and advancing more
equitable health outcomes for underserved communities and 2) create pathways to good quality
public health-related careers through onsite experience and training, with a focus on recruiting
AmeriCorps members who reflect the communities in which they will serve.
To support PHA’s second goal, CDC Foundation will host two virtual career fairs to help PHA
members network with other public health professionals and to provide career opportunities
CDC Foundation they can pursue after their year of service is complete. There are currently a mix of 7,000 fulltime and part-time member positions funded across the country. To prepare PHA members for the career fairs, CDC Foundation will support the creation and implementation of a career
development webinar series.
CDC Foundation is seeking a contractor to design and implement a career development webinar series. The contractor will be responsible for creating and hosting 10-15 webinars for Public Health AmeriCorps members to help them prepare for two virtual career fairs, learn about public health education opportunities and hear more about various careers in public health. The webinars could include, but are not limited to, resume writing tips, interview preparation, writing an elevator pitch, and/or sharing examples of public health careers.
B. SCOPE OF WORK
The purpose of this request for proposal (RFP) is to identify a contractor to design and
implement a career development webinar series.
The activities involved include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Coordinate content creation for 10-15 career development webinars that are each 30-60
minutes in length. Webinars would include topics like:
- Interview prep
- Resume writing (federal and non-federal)
- Perfecting an elevator pitch
- Examples of careers in public health
- Choosing and applying to a bachelor’s program in public health
- Choosing and applying to a graduate program in public health
- Contractor is allowed to outsource content to a subject matter expert(s), as needed, for
- the webinars
- Provide content outlines for CDC Foundation approval for each webinar
- Coordinate with CDC Foundation and partners on final webinar topics and presentation
- timeline
- Support outreach activities and manage webinar registration
- Host webinars live, if requested, and answer participant questions. All webinars will be
- recorded
- Ability to make webinars interactive with discussion questions, worksheets and/or
- opportunities to interact is preferred
- Provide technical support to participants
- Provide all webinar recordings to CDC Foundation
- Be able to host large webinar groups (~1000 participants) and coordinate breakout
- rooms
- Attend regular planning and update meetings with CDC Foundation and partners
Deliverables/Expectations:
- Host 10-15 webinars for Public Health AmeriCorps, with coordination from CDC
Foundation
- Provide all webinar recordings to CDC Foundation
- Data analytics report of all hosted webinars
- Bi-weekly meetings with CDC Foundation team
- Monthly progress reports
- Periodic detailed financial reports on expenditures
- Final narrative report
