Western Region Data Collection Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Data Collection Specialist

Reports to: Sr. Dir. Research Ops

About the position…

The Data Collection Specialist works in conjunction with the Sr. Director of Research Operations, Project Directors, Data Collection Specialists, and other research staff to collect standardization and clinical data in the development of our assessment products.

Their role is to collect data by administering our assessments in standardization development to key populations (e.g., representative standardization samples and applicable clinical groups), build and maintain positive data collection relationships, and provide user feedback on assessment administration. The primary focus will be on collecting hard-to-reach clinical cases (e.g., Intellectual Disability), administering validity assessments (e.g., Weschlers), and collecting hard-to-reach standardization cases (e.g., low SES, Hispanic).

Our ideal Data Collection Specialist enjoys administering assessments to a wide range of populations, has extensive assessment experience administering performance tests and rating scales, and has strong people connections and relationships built with school districts with diverse populations as well as clinics and organizations serving varied populations.

The Data Collection Specialist has excellent interpersonal skills and embodies strong drive and determination to seek out relationships with schools, organizations, and clinics in order to obtain the cases we need for our data collection projects. Receiving a “No” should not deter you from reaching out to more settings. For this position, you must have the confidence of a clear go-getter, the flexibility to handle multiple projects, and the desire to learn and help develop new assessments.

Responsibilities Include:

• Pilot all assessment materials prior to start of data collection studies to provide feedback and recommendations for ease of use
• Administer performance tests for all studies and facilitate completion of rating scales.
• Recruit participants for studies, particularly from hard-to-reach populations (e.g., low SES, low incidence clinical populations (e.g., intellectually disabled, visually impaired)).
• Build and maintain relationships with local (i.e., local to your geographic location) schools and organizations; provide feedback to continuously improve data collection processes for internal R&D team and contracted data collectors
• Travel as required to facilitate data collection

Qualifications:

• Master’s level assessment professional (e.g., School Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Occupational Psychology, Speech Language Pathology)
• Membership and participation in professional organizations/associations
• Minimum two years administering assessments full time post Master’s (preferably in a school setting)
• Broad assessment experience administering a variety of performance tests (e.g., cognitive, achievement, language) required, experience administering observational (e.g., ADOS-2) or structured interview (e.g., ADI-R) assessments highly desirable
• Must be located in either the Western region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming)
• Local access to the following hard-to-obtain cases:
  • Racial and ethnic minorities
  • Low socio-economic status populations (i.e., highest parental education of high school diploma or less)
  • Clinical populations (e.g., deaf and hard of hearing, sensory processing disorders, intellectual disability)
• Must have access to clinical populations or relationships built with clinicians, practitioners, and clinics that serve individuals with intellectual disability, anxiety disorders, and autism
• Knowledge of clinical or school market desired
• Has relationships with area schools, organizations, and/or clinics
• Is comfortable going into new situations and new settings
• Enjoys building new relationships, problem solving, and overcoming obstacles
• Spanish Bilingual highly preferred
• 10-15% travel