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Job Description
Field Interviewers on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) are responsible for:
- Traveling frequently to selected locations to recruit study participants
- Making in-person contact with selected respondents to discuss the study, answer questions, and obtain participation
- Performing proper administration of a computer-assisted interview, collecting confidential information, and administering standardized questionnaires to selected individuals
- Independently managing administrative duties, including participating in conference calls and completing online trainings
- Transmitting data as scheduled
- Assuming full and legal responsibility for use and care of project-issued equipment
- 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
- Approaching selected households without prior appointment
- Working and driving after dark
- Attending weekly scheduled calls with Field Supervisor
- Adhering to a schedule set by the Field Supervisor for respondent contact times
- Providing availability for field observations conducted by a member of client or RTI staff
- Maintaining required system updates to project equipment and completion of administrative tasks