ExCEL Quality Field Supervisor Position

Company: Headway Workforce Solutions
Location: Raleigh
Posted on: June 27, 2019

Job Description:

EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION QUALITY STUDY FIELD SUPERVISOR

RTI International is seeking a Field Supervisor to provide field support and management oversight for the ExCEL Quality Study. This important research study, led by MDRC, aims to build rigorous evidence about the effectiveness of interventions on different quality dimensions and teacher practices in early childhood education settings. Field Supervisors will oversee a team of assessors who will travel to assigned schools to conduct assessments with preschoolers in participating classrooms. Qualified Field Supervisor candidates should be comfortable working from home and supervising a remote team of assessors.

This is a temporary full-time position that will offer an average of 40 hours per week from July to October 2019. Candidates must be available to work daytime, weekday hours.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

* Help to recruit, hire, and retain qualified child assessors in the following areas: Los Angeles, CA, St. Louis, MO, Indianapolis, IN, and Columbus, OH.

* Attend a 4-day child assessor training scheduled for August 19-22, 2019.

* Assign, transfer, and reassign schools as needed.

* Monitor production, quality, and costs, and provide child assessors with constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement.

* Provide coaching and assistance with challenging schools.

* Work with assessors to proactively identify challenges and recommend possible solutions.

* Complete a weekly conference call with each assessor and your supervisor to provide updates and discuss any problems.

* Document and take disciplinary action with assessors as needed (in consultation with RTI s HR Department and project supervisor).

* Assume full responsibility for use and care of project equipment, taking reasonable and appropriate steps to safeguard against damage, loss, or theft and return at the conclusion of the assignment or at a supervisor s request.

* Complete all required activities in a professional manner, while maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of all information acquired.

* Maintain a professional, cooperative relationship with your supervisor, other project staff, and school staff, objectively sharing your thoughts while displaying an understanding of project management s concerns.

* Remain flexible and available to answer calls from assessors to assist with troubleshooting.

* Review time and expense reports for accuracy/completeness/receipts and contact assessors regarding late or missing reports.

* Prepare and submit your supervisor time and expense report weekly.

* Ensure proper close out at the conclusion of the study, including sending release letters and monitoring retrieval of equipment and supplies.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Must be 21 years of age or older at time of employment

* Have a minimum of a bachelor s degree

* Demonstrated experience with field data collection activities, particularly with school-based data collections.

* Two years of field supervisory experience is preferred.

* Effective interpersonal and verbal communications skills.

* Experience using computers and competent with common internet and computer applications.

* Have regular access to an in-home internet connection to complete data collection management tasks.

* Available for work 40 hours per week, as determined by project management, on the project July through October 2019.

* Availability for overnight travel as required.

* To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

* Experience overseeing data collectors working in schools, particularly within preschool settings.

* Degree in Early Childhood Education, Psychology, or related field.


ABOUT RTI:

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 .

Physical and mental demands of this role include those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, as outlined above. Examples include: operating a computer, a phone, and other office machinery, driving to households; walking from car to household; thinking, learning, and concentrating effectively and frequently communicating with other people, both within RTI and outside of RTI; frequently moving about inside and travel between households; ability to handle the stress associated in meeting frequent, multiple and tight deadlines;, ability to work a varied schedule, including evening and weekend hours based on project needs; consistent demonstration of mental stability and ability to have regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, per RTI procedure 4.2.1.

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For San Francisco, CA USA Job Postings Only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Further information is available here.

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.




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