Data Collector - Full-time
RTI International

Job Info

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• Eligible for health benefits as well as access to employee discount plan
• Flexible work schedule
• Reimbursable travel time and 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!

• Traveling frequently to selected locations; may include overnight travel
• Maintaining communications and tracking participants for follow-up visits
• Supervising biological data collection by participants
• Assisting participants with downloading study software on personal devices for intervention procedures
• Making in-person contact with selected respondents to discuss the study, answer questions, and obtain participation
• Collecting and maintaining confidential information and administering standardized questionnaires
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant developments in the field
• Independently managing administrative duties, including participating in conference calls and completing online trainings
• Transmitting data as scheduled
• Attending in-person or virtually attend scheduled meetings with other members of the project team
• 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
• Editing completed work, and reporting the results of all activities
• Submitting timely and accurate Time & Expense reports

RTI International is seeking full-time Data Collectors for Gathering Online for Dialogue and Discussion to Enhance Social Support (GODDESS), a study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The purpose of the study is to test a mobile health (mHealth) intervention for young Black women in Durham and Wake Counties in North Carolina. This study is recruiting 500 participants to take part in a trial with multiple follow-up appointments over the course of a year.

GODDESS builds on decades of research of a best-evidence, woman-focused intervention that addresses intersecting health issues through education, skills-building, and empowerment.

• 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
• Effective decision-making and task management skills
• Able to accurately account for incentive money paid out to respondents and request replenishments
• Able to obtain, safeguard, and submit all expense receipts for client records and reimbursement
• Able to keep project information confidential
• Willingness to work in various types of weather conditions and after dark

• Data Collection experience preferred
• Positive, self-motivated, curious, and enjoy interacting with people from diverse backgrounds
• Effective time, schedule, and workload management skills to meet set deadlines
• Computer skills, namely email and internet proficiency
• Additional data entry skills and familiarity with online meeting platforms and social media for participant engagement
• Familiarity with the Raleigh-Durham, NC area and connections to local community organizations

Project staff are required to complete trainings which include:

• Attend four-day on-site training in Durham, NC from October 14 - 18, 2024
• Successfully pass Human Subjects Training Certification
• Successfully pass project required trainings
• Required self-study trainings
• Attendance at all trainings is mandatory

Work will be program site-based in Durham, NC

RTI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach--one that integrates expertise across the social and laboratory sciences, engineering, and international development. We believe in the promise of science, and we are inspired every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses around the world. For more information, visit www.rti.org.

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