[Jobs] Job Opening at UM-Survey Research Center – Senior Survey Specialist

[Leora Lawton]

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Dear all,

I am excited to announce that we have a couple of new postings up at the
University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center to support our growing data
collection team.

This posting is for one or more Senior Survey Specialists. Please feel free
to forward on to any colleagues who might be interested.

For more details or to complete an application, please go to this website:

http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/149116/survey_specialist_senior

The job description is listed below.

Thanks!

Grant

Survey Specialist Senior

This posting is intended to fill a senior level position in the SRO Data
Collection Operations (DCO). DCO is mainly responsible for the recruiting,
hiring, training, supervision and support of the SRC data collection staff
(centralized and decentralized staff). Based on candidate qualifications,
this position may either be Ann Arbor based on the UM campus or based
remotely in a home office, with a preference for being Ann Arbor based. The
role of this position is part of the Production Management Team. Survey
Specialists in the Production Management Team maintain a remote, national
data collection staff responsible for meeting project production and cost
goals on complex surveys, requiring use of computer-assisted data
collection technologies by telephone or in-person.

Responsibilities

* Develop and implement contingent staff recruitment strategies; recruit,
screen, hire, and train data collection staff; develop training plans and
materials; implement general and study-specific training programs.
Supervise staff completing surveys and other data collections; ensure
protocols are being consistently followed by staff through review and
monitoring of work products; participate in problem identification and
resolution during data collection and processing period; recommend
organizational improvements in staff and quality assurance protocols.

* Manage and continually improve project operations. Write, manage, and
update the project work plan, including project goals, objectives and
scope, budget, assumptions, constraints, roles and responsibilities, risks,
change management approach, project deliverables, and milestones.
Responsible for meeting data collection and processing requirements
according to schedule and budget; use statistical process control
techniques to monitor all aspects of production; track and report project
status to senior management on a regular basis.

* Consult with clients on the development of survey research project
designs; lead the project team on medium and large projects to meet
deliverables on time and on budget; lead tasks on larger projects; define
and manage project/task scope and maintain a clear scope statement; prepare
project work plans and schedules in consultation with study staffs and
other members of the project team. Represent research project to
stakeholders, as required, such as community leaders, funders, researchers,
and respondents.

* Lead questionnaire and other instrument development as well as
specification and development of technical systems.

* Assist in proposal preparation with responsibility for researching and
writing sections, and lead medium-sized/complexity proposal efforts;
independently oversee proposal/project budgeting process.

* Document all phases of the data collection and processing protocols;
prepare complex analyses of data and reports; forecast project expenses.

Some Required Qualifications (more details on careers.umich.edu)

* Master's degree/Certificate in related field and/or equivalent
combination of education and experience, plus continuing education in the
field.

* Five to six years of experience in three or more aspects of survey
research; experience planning and managing projects in multiple modes of
data collection.

* Demonstrated ability to manage team’s ability to meet deadlines under
tight time constraints.

* Effective and demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills with
multiple groups and individuals from diverse backgrounds. Ability to work
collaboratively with staff at all levels.

* Ability to use critical reasoning in preparing survey plans, assessing
issues, evaluating risks.

* Experience using statistical techniques for problem solving and
forecasting.

* Ability to travel overnight for 10 days, or as required to meet DCO unit
needs.

About SRC

For more than 70 years, the Survey Research Center at the Institute for
Social Research (ISR) has been a national and international leader in
interdisciplinary social science research involving the collection or
analysis of data from scientific sample surveys. Survey Research Operations
(SRO) is the operations branch of the SRC.

The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan seeks to
recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to
serve the diverse people of Michigan, to maintain the excellence of the
university, and to ground our research in varied disciplines, perspectives,
and way of knowing and learning.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer.

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