Field Interviewers are responsible for:
- Traveling frequently to selected locations to recruit study participants
- Making in-person contact with selected respondents to discuss the study, answer questions, and obtain participation
- Collecting confidential information and administering standardized questionnaires
- Communicating regularly with project team and local program staff to identify and conduct program evaluation activities throughout the data collection cycle
- Monitoring local program recruitment progress for new cohorts, contacting potential study participants by phone, virtual meetings, or in-person
- As needed, conduct in-person recruitment at local program recruitment events
- Supporting survey participation through in-person field data collection
- Completing participant recruitment and data collection using project provided tablet
- Contacting participants and providing reminders for follow up surveys
- Accurately documenting all activity and interactions with study participants throughout all phases of study participation
- Independently managing administrative duties, including participating in conference calls and completing online trainings
- Transmitting data as scheduled
- Assuming full and legal responsibility for use and care of project-issued equipment
- Safeguarding any participant incentives, issued equipment, or project materials against damage, loss, or theft
- Assuming responsibility for and carefully tracking all participant incentives
- Submitting timely and accurate Time & Expense reports
- Virtually attend scheduled meetings with other members of the project team
- Administering a screening interview and recruiting respondents for a longer main interview, if selected
- Maintaining regular access to a reliable wireless internet connection in your home for project work
- Meeting weekly with supervisor via Zoom
Requirements:
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Must be at least 21 years old at the time of employment
- Must possess High School Diploma or GED
- Possess effective communication skills through speech and listening
- Fluency in English through reading, writing, and speaking
- Available for entire training and data collection period
- Able to successfully complete training
- Must have a valid driver's license and reliable personal automobile available for business use
- Comfortable using RTI issued tablet, laptop and other associated equipment
- Access to password-protected Wi-Fi connection for data transmissions and administrative responsibilities
- Able to keep project information confidential
- Willingness to work in various types of weather conditions and after dark
- Able to travel overnight within Michigan (Saginaw, Benton Harbor, Detroit, and Lansing), as needed to non-local Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP) programs requiring evening data collection
Preferred Qualifications for Ideal Candidates
- Prior experience working with young adults
- Prior experience working in the field of violence prevention and child and family well-being
- Prior data collection experience
- Flexible availability, including occasional evening and weekends conducting in-person recruitment at local program recruitment events as scheduled
- Ability to facilitate survey participation when study participants are available
- Positive, self-motivated, curious, and enjoy interacting with people from culturally-diverse backgrounds
- Effective time, schedule, and workload management skills to meet set deadlines
- Computer skills, namely email and internet proficiency
- Be comfortable working in unfamiliar areas
Req Benefits: RTI International employees receive: competitive compensation, flexible work schedule (offering great work/life balance!), access to an employee discount program, and reimbursable travel time & mileage. RTI International Field Interviewers also get the opportunity to make a difference in their local community as well as an opportunity to work for a company named by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces 2023!
Compensation: $21 / hour
Additional Details : September 24, 2024