Survey Taker / Field Researcher (Canvasser) Protein Pool

About

VK Capital Ventures Inc. runs Travel Villa Kitchen — a Houston chef co-op, cooking-class and private-dinner company (plus Six Rows Coffee and Farm2Chef, our farmer-chef marketplace) — and the Community Protein Pool, our Harris County food-access program. We are Human First service practitioners: healthy communication and people who are happy and emotionally safe in service is how we work. We are hiring a pool of Survey Takers / Field Researchers — our ears in the neighborhood — to gather honest household data, respectfully, bilingually, and accurately: the data the Protein Pool, grant reports, and customer-experience decisions are built on.

Responsibilities

• Administer the Protein Pool household survey in target ZIP codes (household size, weekly protein consumption, SNAP status, whether benefits meet need, donated-food acceptance) to completion targets set by the Survey Research Lead / founders
• Run market-day intercept surveys at demo markets (Live Oak, Fonwood, Third Ward MSC circuit) with same-day data entry — zero backlog older than 48 hours
• Complete intake verification calls (farmer / chef / household follow-ups) inside our response-time standard
• File structured field notes every shift (access barriers, prices seen, requests heard) — anecdotes labeled as anecdotes, data labeled as data.

Qualifications

• Houston-based with reliable transport to markets and neighborhoods
• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred — we publish bilingually and serve Spanish-speaking households
• Trust-first manner with SNAP households: this data is intimate and is treated that way — no personal identifiers beyond what the survey instrument collects, ever
• Smartphone data-entry accuracy
• Background check per house policy for household-facing work.

Schedule

Part-time contract shifts — market days and scheduled neighborhood canvassing, including weekends.

Benefits

• $20/hr
• Ground-floor seat in a food-access program your data directly shapes
• Coordinated by our Community Coordinator; survey instruments and training provided
• Field experience that feeds real grant reporting and program design.