Bilingual Data Collector – Research Services Professional (Entry/Intermediate)

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science

Job Title:  Bilingual Data Collector – Research Services Professional (Entry/Intermediate)

Position #00836617 – Requisition #:37187

Job Summary:

The Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS) is searching for a dynamic and motivated Data Collector to join the growing Family Matters team (Principal Investigator: Dr. Jerica Berge). This is a great opportunity to be a part of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research that is making a difference in the lives of families with school-aged children around Denver, CO and the Twin Cities, MN. You will play a vital role in supporting recruitment and retention efforts, as well as data collection on a large scale longitudinal cohort study and innovative clinical trial. These studies utilizes innovative data collection methods to examine risk and protective factors for childhood health in low-income and minority households. This position reports to the Project Director. Because these studies involve families, all visits will need to occur when the family is available. Afternoon/evening and weekend visits are what we expect families to request.

The Data Collector team member will: work directly with families across the Family Matters program timeframe to collect baseline, 6-month, and 12-month family-level data; will train and then carryout mixed-methods measures with families (e.g., anthropometry, mHealth technology, dietary recalls, video-recorded family meals, surveys, etc.); will use RedCap and other programs to track families and measurement timepoints; engage in video coding of participants family meals; and help develop protocols and materials for data collection with families; and engage in video-recorded supervision to improve in measurement skills.

Key Responsibilities / Duties: (There should be 10+ duties, and duties should be grouped under a section header collectively; the section headers add up to 100%)

50% Recruitment, Data Collection and Management

• Lead efforts to retain study participants over the course of study participation (12-18 months), which includes: developing and overseeing outreach processes, coordinating schedules, tracking progress and reporting results to Project Director and PI, updating RedCap database and running regular quality assurance checks on data entry, and managing the delivery of incentives to participants by providing leadership to study staff as the point person for questions, or issues in the gift card system.
• Collect anthropometric and survey data virtually from families participating in the study. Virtual data collection visits will be conducted from our ACCORDS office (1890 N. Revere Court – Anschutz Campus).
• Collect biological data from families in the study, including anthropometry, hair samples, and blood pressure.  Coordinate the collection of blood samples from parent and child participants.

15% Serve as staff lead for sibling data collection

• There are over 300 siblings in the Family Matters study who need their data collection time points coordinated.  Serve as the team resource for sibling data collection, including developing and maintaining protocols, training other staff in sibling data collection, and reporting progress on sibling data collection weekly to Project Director and PI. 

10% Staff Training and Virtual Measurement Lead<