Jobs and Careers

Interviewer - Part Time

RTI International

United Statespart_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Sept 2025

About the role

Field Interviewers are responsible for:

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

Qualifications Minimum Required Qualifications

Must be at least 21 years old at the time of employment
Must possess High School Diploma or GED
- Comfortable with the following:
- 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 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 weekday daytime hours with flexibility for some work in the 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
- In order to travel by air, federal law requires individuals have REAL ID or an acceptable alternative. This posit