Interview and Field Supervisor (Health, Behavior and Society)

The Department of Health, Behavior, and Society (HBS) is seeking Interviewer and Field Supervisors. HBS is dedicated to research, education, and practice on public health issues rooted in human behavior and social conditions from smoking and substance use to diabetes and HIV and more.

The Interviewer and Field Supervisor support the conduct of a research project. Collects and organizes data through study-specific procedures that may include community outreach, data collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work. Provides general administrative support for meetings/events, communications, reporting, etc.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in developing operational plans to meet research goals.
• Set up tools and procedures for data collection and study processes.
• Collect and organize data per study requirements, e.g. participant interviews, administer questionnaires; conduct background research, laboratory processing, etc.
• Process data by organizing data records and study files.
• Run basic analyses and prepare routine reports.
• Perform literature searches, abstract data from literature searches and index gathered data.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties above

• Recruitment and enrollment of research participants, including participant screening, obtaining informed consent, conducting interviews using computerized interviewing tools, HIV counseling and testing, and providing referrals to care.
• Interviewers may also serve as Field Supervisors with responsibility for coordinating and overseeing field-based data collection activities.
• Oversee data collection in the field may include managing incentive payments to participants and recording payments in payment vouchers, assigning survey IDs to participants, assigning interviewers to participants, overseeing flow of recruitment, organizing supplies before and after data collection, and addressing issues in the field.
• Interviewers with a valid driver’s license may drive project vans to assigned venues for data collection and must maintain confidentiality of study participants’ identity and information, including responses to survey questions and HIV test results,

On call or non-standard work hour requirements

• Data collection is both in the study office and on site in mobile project vans.
• Hours are primarily evenings with variable hours depending on closing of bars and other venues for data collection, typically 5:00pm to 1:00am
• In-office hours are 4:00pm to 8:00pm.
• Data collection is Monday to Saturday.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
• One year of related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
• Flexibility with work hours
• Spanish language proficiency preferred
• Knowledge of communities at increased risk for HIV
• Ability to interact professionally with a diverse range of individuals
• Strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively in an unstructured environment, as well as collaboratively within a team

Technical Skills &Expected Level of Proficiency

• Administrative Skills - Awareness
• Analytical Skills - Awareness
• Data Entry - Awareness
• Data Management and Analysis - Awareness
• Information Gathering - Awareness
• Interpersonal Skills - Awareness
• Oral and Written Communications - Awareness
• Organizational Skills - Awareness
• Research and Analytical Skills - Awareness

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Research Project Assistant II 

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Interview and Field Supervisor (Health, Behavior and Society)   

Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC  

Starting Salary Range: $15.70 - $26.25 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.) 

Employee group: Casual / On Call 

Schedule: Variable hours Monday to Saturday evenings and possibly Saturday daytime 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 

Location: School of Public Health  

Department name: HBS-Research Projects   

Personnel area: School of Public Health