DESCRIPTION
The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation (Levitt Foundation), a national private foundation based in Los Angeles, is conducting on-site surveys at permanent outdoor Levitt music venues, including Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles in MacArthur Park located just west of downtown Los Angeles, beginning this June. The survey fielding effort will be conducted by a team of field researchers who distribute and collect surveys during 2.5-hour shifts at 12 to 16 outdoor concerts throughout June, July and August. The coordinator will be the primary liaison between the field researchers and the Levitt Foundation. S/he will manage a team of researchers, conduct all relevant training for data collection, and manage the survey collection process at each concert.

Concerts occur Thursdays through Sundays. The coordinator is responsible for ensuring that each concert is fully staffed with four field researchers and that sufficient surveys are being collected to meet daily goals. Fielding session schedules will vary and will require evening and weekend hours. Depending on weather conditions, some fielding sessions may need to be rescheduled to another evening. Dates for each fielding session, including back up dates to accommodate inclement weather, will be provided by early-May.

The coordinator should be on-site at each concert to collect completed surveys from the fielders and approve timesheets. Coordinators are expected to fill in for field researchers, when needed.

Duties include:
· Train, schedule, and manage field researchers to conduct on-site surveys
· Oversee distribution and collection of surveys according to a detailed methodological protocol
· Provide the Levitt Foundation with daily fielding reports
· Manage on-site fielding supplies, such as paper surveys, pens, clipboards, etc.
· Respond in a timely way to emails and calls from the Levitt Foundation
· Communicate with a representative of the Levitt Pavilion

Qualifications
The candidate should be a responsible, organized, prompt, and detail-oriented individual with excellent inter-personal and communication skills. Ideally, we are seeking experienced freelance field researchers or graduate school students who have a background in the social sciences and/or experience with on-site survey collection and management.

The ideal candidate will also:
· have experience with scheduling and managing freelance workers
· be knowledgeable of the Levitt Los Angeles mission and its programming
· be bilingual (English/Spanish)
· have experience working in diverse communities and cultures, including those traditionally underrepresented in the arts
· be comfortable approaching potential survey respondents and training others to do so
· have the ability to “think on your feet”
· be extremely reliable with a positive, friendly attitude
· be able to stand for long periods of time

Compensation
• The freelance field research coordinator will receive a negotiated flat fee in addition to being compensated at a rate of $25/hour when working on-site during the scheduled concerts.

To Apply
Please email a brief cover note and resume to programs@levitt.org with “Freelance Field Research Coordinator – Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles” in the subject line. Please, no phone calls. We look forward to hearing from you.