Field Project Supervisor at Wake Forest University

Field Project Supervisor

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

A full-time (40 hours/week) Field Project Supervisor position is available in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  This two-year position is part of a project funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development focused on the diet and physical activity patterns of preschool (aged 3-5) Latino children in farmworker families.  The goal of this project is create a foundation for successful diet and physical activity interventions to address overweight and obesity among young Latino farmworker children.

Under the direction of the Project Manager, the Field Project Supervisor will contribute to the project through two primary functions.  The first function is to supervise a team of 5-8 part-time data collectors, who will be members of the farmworker community and primarily Spanish-speaking.  The second function is dietary assessment; the Field Project Supervisor will spend a substantial amount of time collecting dietary data from study participants using the NDS system. The home-base for this position will be in Eastern NC (Johnston or Wilson County), as project responsibilities require travel throughout the eastern portion of the state.  Primary activities include oversight of day-to-day aspects of the project such as recruiting and retaining study participants, data collection, forms and material acquisition, and serving as a liaison between the project and the farmworker community.  An essential part of the investigative team, the Field Project Supervisor will travel to Winston-Salem monthly for project meetings, and will be involved in generating project reports, including publication of study results.

Minimum requirements for this position are fluency in Spanish, and Bachelor’s degree in a social or behavioral science, public health, or nutrition, and a drivers license and reliable transportation.  The ideal candidate will have strong communication and organizational skills, the ability to work independently, community or health education experience, research training, and familiarity with foods used in Mexican families.  Starting salary and benefits will be commensurate with education and experience.

Applicants are encouraged to direct questions about the position to:

Joseph G. Grzywacz, Ph.D.

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084

e-mail: grzywacz@wfubmc.edu

voice: 336-716-2234

fax: 336-716-3206

Applications must be submitted to Wake Forest Health Sciences Human Resources