Interviewing jobs available

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From: Thomas S. Weisner [mailto:tweisner@ucla.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:58 AM
To: Kate Royce; Erika Chau Klein
Subject: Interviewing jobs available

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We are advertising for field interviewers for a 2 year study of
Mexican-American teens and their parents in LA. 5-6 positions are
available. Here is the job information and website:

use job H50888

https://jobs2.mednet.ucla.edu/CSS_External/CSSPage_JobDetail.ASP?T=20090904114337&

Job Title:

Interviewer

UCLA Title:

Staff Res Assoc II-Nonexempt

Job No.:

H50888

Work Hours:

M-F Late Afternoons/Evenings & Weekends

Work Location:

Semel Institute, 77-361

Job Type:

Career

Duration

Indefinite

Minimum Salary:

$18.17 / $3161

Maximum Salary:

$29.23 / $5086

Layoff Referral Deadline:

09/07/2009

Job Duties:

Subject Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys and transcription of tapes:
transcribe tapes of ethnographic interviews; conduct face to face
interviews with key informants; conduct face to face interviews with
study subjects, in homes and occasionally on phones or off-site; conduct
occasional telephone interviews with study subjects; recruit
participants as needed. maintion contact with them as needed; review
participant data; review study questionnaires, consent forms, fliers,
thank you letters, receipts, etc.; assist in analyzing data; recalls
participants for questionnaire completeness, accuracy and consistency.
Computer work: input of interviews into data base; prepare graphs,
charts and other summaries of data and the literature; check interview
data for completeness and accuracy; code and assist in managing data;
assist P.I. in data analysis, and editing of study results for
publishing; use of tracking and data base for study participants.
General Office: photocopy transcriptions of the interview and distribute
to project staff; maintain files of project by code number; assist in
mailings for study participants; conduct library research regarding
issues of project staff interest; assist P.I. and Project Manager with
supervision and training of staff. Outreach: interface, meet, and
communicate with professionals and community representatives on behalf
of the studies; participate in meetings as needed; assist in recruiting
and retaining participants; screen study participants for eligibility.

Job Qualifications:

REQUIRED: Skill in typing with speed and accuracy. Skill in using word
processing software. Knowledge of Excel and Word for tracking of
subject screenings, interviews, questionnaires and payments. Skill at
summarizing in graphic and tabular form, print outs of statistical
analyses of data. Ability to do computer input and management of data.
Skill in filing in a systematic and accurate manner and keeping files
up-to-date. Ability to conduct searches over the internet. Knowledge
of UCLA library research methods. Ability to effective communicate with
professional and agency representatives. Ability to work independently.
Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete in a timely manner when
there are changes in assignments. Basic medical and psychosocial
knowledge about human development. Spanish fluency. Knowledge of
Latino Cultures. Knowledge of human development, adolescence and
quantitative and qualitative methods as needed. Possession of a valid
California Driver's License and a reliable car. Ability to work
evenings and weekends. PREFERRED: Skill in using a transcriber.


Tom Weisner, UCLA Depts of Psychiatry & Anthropology
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New Books
1) Higher Ground: New Hope for Working Families and Their Children
(co-author with Greg Duncan & Aletha Huston)
http://www.newhopebook.com/

2) Making It Work: Low-Wage Employment, Family Life, and Child
Development (co-editor with Hiro Yoshikawa & Edward Lowe)
http://www.russellsage.org/publications/books/060712.213816

3) Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development. Mixed
Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life (editor)
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/16468.ctl

310-794-3632 (office)
310-794-794-6297 (office fax)

http://www.tweisner.com/home
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http://www.npi.ucla.edu/center/culture/index.html
http://www.mrrc.npi.ucla.edu/field-lab/

(for regular mail)
UCLA
Department of Psychiatry
NPI-Semel Institute for Neuroscience
Center for Culture and Health
760 Westwood Plaza, Box 62
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759

[For any other delivery (e.g., Fed-Ex, UPS, ...)]

Thomas S. Weisner, C8-678 Semel
UCLA Psychr & Biobehav Sci/Anthro
650 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1759

DIRECTIONS: 760 is in the C floor of the Semel Institute building.
The Semel is one stoplight north of LeConte on Westwood Blvd. C8-678
is on the C floor (the ground floor off of Westwood Blvd).