Interviewer - Part Time

• Traveling frequently to selected locations to recruit selected respondents
• Making in-person and phone contact to locate respondents aged 58-96 to discuss the study, answer questions, and obtain participation
• Making in-person and phone contact with selected respondents to avert and convert refusals to participate
• Collecting confidential information and administering standardized questionnaires via phone and in-person lasting up to 150 minutes per interview
• Independently managing administrative duties, including participating in conference calls and completing online and in-person trainings
• Transmitting data as scheduled
• Administering cognitive assessments (e.g., animal naming test, word recall, and counting backwards)
• Administering physical function testings using dynamometer [hand-held device]
• Providing verbal instructions to respondents for self-collection of whole dried blood spots using a small device and assisting when needed. Linked here is an informational video regarding this process: Dried Blood Collection — Tasso, Inc.
• Providing verbal instructions to respondents for self-collection of saliva using an Oragene Saliva Kit and assisting when needed
• Ensuring proper storage, handling, packaging, and shipping of bio-specimens (TASSO device and Oragene tube) according to project protocols
• Managing and storing paper documents
• Clearly and concisely documenting all efforts to contact and interview respondents at the end of each workday
• Maintaining regular access to a reliable wireless internet connection in your home for project work
• Meeting weekly with supervisor via Zoom
• Assuming full and legal responsibility for use and care of project-issued equipment
• Managing and securing any participant incentives, issued equipment, or project materials against damage, loss, or theft
• 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

Requirements:

• Must be at least 21 years old at the time of employment
• Must possess High School Diploma or GED
• Comfortable with the following:
  • visible blood in the collection device. Interviewers will not draw blood themselves
  • viewing, handling, packaging and shipping bio-specimens (TASSO device and Oragene tube)
  • wearing a mask/gloves during the blood and saliva portion of the in-person visit
  • asking survey questions on personally sensitive subject matters
• 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 (self-guided, virtual, and in-person)
• 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
• Willing to work daytime and evening hours as well as weekends on a weekly and regular basis
• Ability to maintain a variable work schedule, particularly during weekday evenings and weekends, as dictated by case requirements
• Able to adjust schedule to interview respondents when they are available
• Must be proficient in the use of issued laptop when administering interview components
• Position involves physical demands of carrying, lifting, and climbing stairs. Physical effort includes supplies and equipment up to 20lbs
• Demonstrate effective organizational and communication skills

• Two years' experience conducting in-person interviews
• Prior experience working on Add Health Study or on other surveys that involved in-person interviewing of participants about personally sensitive subject matters
• Available for occasional overnight travel
• Positive, self-motivated, curious, and enjoy interacting with people
• Effective time, schedule, and workload management skills to meet set deadlines
• Computer skills, namely email and internet proficiency
• 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: $24 / hour
Additional Details : Anticipated Close Date: May 20, 2025