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Western Psychological Services is hiring a Data Collection Specialist to collaborate with the Director of Research Operations and other staff to collect standardization and clinical data for assessment product development. The specialist administers assessments to key populations, builds relationships with schools and clinics, and focuses on recruiting hard-to-reach clinical cases like individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Highlights

Collect and administer assessments to diverse and hard-to-reach populations.
Recruit participants, especially from clinical groups and low socio-economic backgrounds.
Build and maintain positive relationships with local schools, organizations, and clinics.
Provide feedback on assessment materials and data collection processes.
Travel up to 10-15% to facilitate data collection.
Master’s level professional in fields such as School Psychology or Speech Language Pathology required.
Minimum two years full-time assessment administration experience post-Master’s.
Experience with cognitive, achievement, language, observational, or structured interview assessments preferred.
Strong connections with clinical populations and professionals serving intellectual disability, anxiety disorders, and autism.
Spanish bilingual skills preferred.
Salary range: $85,000 to $90,000 annually.

Data Collection Specialist Full Description

Data Collection Specialist

Torrance, CA, US

Salary Range:

$85,000.00 To $90,000.00 Annually

Job Title: Data Collection Specialist

Reports to: Dir. Research Ops

About the position…

The Data Collection Specialist works in conjunction with the Director of Research Operations, Project Directors, Data Collection Specialist, 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).

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
Local access to the following hard-to-obtain cases:
1. Racial and ethnic minorities
2. Low socio-economic status populations (i.e., highest parental education of high school diploma or less)
3. 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 preferred
10-15% travel

Original Job Description

Data Collection Specialist

Torrance, CA, US

Salary Range:

$85,000.00 To $90,000.00 Annually

Job Title: Data Collection Specialist

Reports to: Dir. Research Ops

About the position…

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
Local access to the following hard-to-obtain cases:
1. Racial and ethnic minorities
2. Low socio-economic status populations (i.e., highest parental education of high school diploma or less)
3. 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 preferred
10-15% travel

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