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

Are you passionate about connecting with people and using creative recruitment strategies to make an impact in clinical research? We’re looking for a Clinical Recruitment Specialist to help attract and engage volunteers for clinical research studies while building strong relationships throughout the Dallas community. What You’ll Do - 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. - Other duties as assigned. The role may require approximately 10-20% travel, along with occasional evening or weekend activities. YOU NEED TO BRING… - 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. - Additional language skills, including Spanish, Chinese, or Japanese, are preferred. If you enjoy combining recruitment, marketing, community engagement, and clinical research, this is a great opportunity to help connect people with opportunities to participate in research. Work Environment: - Work is performed in a laboratory and/or a clinical environment with exposure to electrical office equipment. - Occasional drives to site locations, occasional domestic travel. - Exposure to biological fluids. - Personal protective equipment required such as protective eyewear, garments and gloves. Physical Requirements: - Ability to work in an upright and/or stationary position for 6-8 hours per day. - Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists to operate lab equipment. - Occasional crouching, stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck. - Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf. - Light to moderate lifting and carrying, or moving of objects, including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs. - Regular and consistent attendance. - Travel Requirements:10-20 % of the time to fulfill research and recruitment responsibilities and for potential cross-site support needs or external training needs. - Ability to attend conferences/exhibits and entertain clients after regular business hours is required. - Varied hours may be required. The important thing for us is you are comfortable working in an environment that is: - Fast paced: where no deviations from the study protocol are allowed, and not meeting a timeline for even few minutes will create a quality issue. - Changing priorities constantly asking you to prioritize and adapt on the spot. - Teamwork and people skills are essential for the study to run smoothly. - Technology based. We collect our data directly into an electronic environment. What do you get? Regular, full-time, or part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: - Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD (multiple insurance carriers) - 401(K) - Paid time off (PTO) - Employee recognition awards - Multiple ERG’s (employee resource groups) Learn more about our EEO & Accommodations request here.