Job Title: Field Interviewer
PVN ID: BK-2411-006582
Category: Research
Location: BROOKLYN COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

This study seeks to understand the dynamic complexity underlying acculturative stress and mental well-being among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City.

For this project, we are seeking 8-10 part-time interviewers to conduct qualitative interviews and support the project activities such as outreach, and recruitment between January 2025 and August 2025.

Other Duties

Primary Responsibilities:

Specific duties include (but may not be limited to):

  • Recruit/follow up with project participants in person, via phone calls, email or social media to schedule interviews.
  • Conduct quantitative surveys.
  • Distribute program materials and participant gift cards or other incentives.
  • Participate in team meetings.
  • Perform data entry associated with interviews.
  • Maintain research equipment
  • Complete mandatory trainings.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Graduate or undergraduate student pursuing a degree in public health, community health, psychology, nursing, social work, or related fields.
  • Articulate and tactful communication skills; readiness to meet and work directly with community members and research participants.
  • Outstanding data collection and record keeping
  • Must be tech savy and able to troubleshoot for research participants (wifi connection, Zoom meetings, etc.).
  • Experience working in immigrant communities is essential. Experience working with African immigrants is desirable.
  • Ability to follow research protocol, and handle and protect confidential and sensitive data with integrity.
  • Must be able to work nights and/or weekends.

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Experience using REDCap, Qualtrics, or other survey tools, as well as mobile hotspots, iPads, and digital recorders.
  • Knowledge of and/or experience collaborating with African immigrant communities.
  • Completion of CITI training courses in social and behavioral research with human subjects is required for all staff. CUNY Provides free access to the needed CITI trainings and refresher courses as needed.

Pay and Benefits:

This position is hourly, anticipated 40-60 hours per person between January 2025 and July 2025. Paid training and meetings. This position is not eligible for a benefits package. 

The field interviewer position is a part-time position with a fluid schedule, mostly evenings and weekends, when work is available. The nature of this position will not guarantee number of hours or continuous work week-to-week while on assignment.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
The Ghanaian Mental Well-being Project
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$25.00-$30.00
Hour(s) a week
0.00-20.00
Closing Date
Jan 20, 2025 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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