Clinical Recruitment Specialist, Early Phase Clinical Research - Dallas, TX

Fortrea•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Clinical Recruitment Specialist attracts and engages volunteers for early-phase clinical research studies and builds relationships in the Dallas community. The role develops and executes recruitment strategies, coordinates local advertising, outreach, and social media efforts, creates participant-facing materials, and supports IRB submissions. The specialist partners with site leadership to meet enrollment needs and works with community organizations, medical groups, and other local partners. The role also represents the research site at community events and monitors recruitment results, participant feedback, and recruitment budgets while supporting participant referral and retention initiatives. The work takes place in a laboratory and/or clinical environment, with exposure to electrical office equipment and biological fluids. Personal protective equipment, such as protective eyewear, garments, and gloves, is required. Travel is approximately 10–20% and may involve site visits, cross-site support, external training, and conferences or exhibits. Occasional evening or weekend activities, client entertainment after regular business hours, and varied hours may be required. The position operates in a fast-paced, technology-based environment with changing priorities, strict study-protocol requirements, and a strong emphasis on teamwork and people skills. Regular, full-time or part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for the benefits listed in the posting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, marketing, communications, business, or a related field preferred; Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent experience in lieu of educational requirements.
3–4 years of experience in clinical research, recruitment, marketing, communications, or a related discipline preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to build relationships, think creatively, and manage multiple recruitment initiatives.
Ability to work in an upright and/or stationary position for 6–8 hours per day.
Ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists to operate lab equipment.
Occasional crouching and stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of the upper body and neck.
Ability to access and use a variety of in-house and off-the-shelf computer software.
Light to moderate lifting and carrying or moving objects, including luggage and a laptop computer, with a maximum lift of 15–20 lbs.
Regular and consistent attendance.
Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, strict study-protocol requirements, and technology-based data collection.
Ability to travel approximately 10–20% of the time.
Ability to attend conferences or exhibits and entertain clients after regular business hours; varied hours may be required.

Nice To Haves

Additional language skills, including Spanish, Chinese, or Japanese.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute recruitment strategies for clinical research studies.
Coordinate local advertising, outreach, and social media recruitment efforts.
Create participant-facing recruitment materials and support IRB submissions.
Partner with site leadership to meet study enrollment needs.
Build relationships with community organizations, medical groups, and local partners.
Attend community events and represent the clinical research site.
Monitor recruitment results, participant feedback, and recruitment budgets.
Support participant referral and retention initiatives.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Travel to fulfill research and recruitment responsibilities and for potential cross-site support or external training needs.
Attend conferences or exhibits and entertain clients after regular business hours.