Field Team Associate

Role Summary

Mentor A Promise is a New York City–based nonprofit serving children and youth (ages 5–18) experiencing housing instability. Field Team Associates support research initiatives by conducting interviews, administering social-emotional learning (SEL) assessments, and collecting high-quality data to support program evaluation efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews with individuals closely connected to program participants using standardized research protocols.
• Administer baseline and follow-up assessments in accordance with established procedures.
• Accurately record responses and assessment results while maintaining a high standard of data quality, integrity, and confidentiality, as established by the research protocols.
• Attend all training sessions and required project meetings.
• Arrive to all scheduled on-site (within NYC) data collection slots on time.
• Establish rapport with participants while maintaining professionalism and neutrality.
• Strictly adhere to MAP’s data collection, confidentiality, storage, and security requirements, ensuring compliance with all legal, ethical, and regulatory obligations related to human subjects research.
• Perform other related research support duties as assigned.

Skills & Qualifications

• Must reside in or near New York City.
• Must hold, or be able to obtain promptly, a CITI Human Subjects Research certification.
• Interest in research and Mentor A Promise’s mission.
• Ability to travel to assigned research sites within New York City at least once per month.
• Ability to build rapport with diverse individuals while maintaining objectivity.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to accurately follow research protocols.
• Experience working with children is strongly preferred, particularly in underserved populations.
• Experience conducting interviews or administering surveys for research is preferred.
• Experience administering academic or behavioral assessments is preferred.
• Semi or full fluency in Spanish is a bonus.
• Coursework in psychology, social psychology, education, human development, urban studies, anthropology, or a related field is a plus.
• Proficiency with tablets, computers, or web-based data collection platforms is preferred.