Interviewer at RTI International in Monroe, Louisiana

Job Description:

The pay rate for this position is $20/hour. Hourly wage is based on experience and geographical location.

• Flexible work schedule


• Access to an employee discount program


• 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!

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

RTI International is seeking part-time interviewers on the Add Health Parent Study (AHPS) - A Biosocial Resource for the Study of Multigenerational Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD). This is a national study conducted by the Carolina Population Center (CPC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and funded by the National Institute of Aging.

Add Health Parent Study (AHPS) is an ongoing study of social, behavioral, and biological factors influencing healthy aging and the development of AD/ADRD in a national sample of adults currently aged 58-96. Sample members are parents of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) cohort, initially interviewed in early midlife (1994-95). The project is attempting to contact these sample members to interview again.

If you are passionate about the health and well-being of others, this may be the job for you.

Additional information about this study can be found at the project website: https://addhealth-parentstudy.cpc.unc.edu

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:
  
  
  
  • 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

Preferred Qualifications for Ideal Candidates

• 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

• The data collection period is expected to be June 2025 through September 2026.
  


• On average, you will be needed part-time approximately 25 hours per week when work is available


• On average, you should be available to work in in the sample locations 5 days each week


• The majority of this work is anticipated to be weekdays during daytime hours. A flexible work schedule, also including weekend and evening hours, will be required based for many case assignments.


• Each of your trips to the sample locations are expected to be at least 4 hours long

Interviewers are required to complete trainings which include:

• Successfully complete 30 hours of self-study by 7/3/2025 to be eligible to attend training


• Successfully complete 11 hours of virtual pre-training by 7/11/2025 to be eligible to attend in-person training


• Attend a 5-day in-person training tentatively scheduled from 7/14/2025 to 7/18/2025 in Raleigh/Durham, NC


• Successfully complete/pass project required trainings, including home study, quizzes, and certifications


• Demonstrate proficiency in performing all interview requirements


• Attendance at all trainings is mandatory

NoneRTI International will accommodate our job application procedures for disabled veterans and other qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you have a disability that affects the use of our online application system, or if you otherwise need accommodation in connection with the recruiting process due to a disability, please CLICK HERE for information on how to contact us to request an accommodation.

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.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further information is available here.

At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive base salary, a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life insurance, a health savings account (HSA), and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

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RTI accepts applications to our job openings from candidates with criminal histories or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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For Applicants in US Virgin Islands Only: A record of conviction will not exclude an applicant from being eligible for the position. Factors that may be examined include:
      (1) The rational relationship of the nature of the offense to the duties and responsibilities of the position; and
      (2) Evidence of the rehabilitation of the applicant.

RTI also participates in the E-Verify program. Click here to view the posters in English and Spanish. Click here to view the anti-discrimination notice issued by the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices. Click here to view the Right to Privacy in the Workplace/E-Verify Poster

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