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 .