Remote Data Collection Jobs in Tennessee (NOW HIRING)

Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Work Arrangement: Hybrid / Primarily Remote
Onsite Requirement: Approximately once per month in Nashville or as needed
Residency Requirement: Must be a Tennessee resident before the start date
Employment Type: Contract
Start Date: September 21, 2026
End Date: June 30, 2027
Schedule: MondayFriday, 8:00 AM4:30 PM CST
Hours: 37.5 hours per week / 7.5 hours per day
Number of Openings: 1
Pay Rate: $40/hour
Travel: Travel to Nashville required as needed
Nashville Travel Reimbursement: Not reimbursable
Application Deadline: August 28, 2026

• Masters degree in Epidemiology, Public Health Biostatistics, Statistics, or Health Information from an accredited college or university.

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• Masters degree in Health Science, Biomedical Science, or Environmental Science plus at least 2 years of professional experience in epidemiology, biostatistics, statistics, health informatics, health sciences, biomedical sciences, or environmental sciences.

• Extensive hands-on REDCap experience with the ability to independently build, modify, enhance, and maintain data collection projects.

• Strong statistical programming experience using SAS.

• Ability to independently write SAS code and test outputs for accuracy.

• Experience managing electronic data and navigating complex databases.

• Experience extracting, cleaning, validating, analyzing, and reporting data.

• Experience producing recurring data reports.

• Ability to translate program requirements into appropriate data collection requirements and system changes.

• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to provide technical assistance to nontechnical users.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrated customer-service and teamwork experience.

• Ability to work independently in a remote environment.

• Ability to report to Nashville approximately once per month or as needed.

• Must be a Tennessee resident before beginning the assignment.

• Public health data experience.

• Maternal and child health experience.

• Public health surveillance experience.

• Experience working with vital records.

• Experience analyzing health survey data.

• Experience creating public health data visualizations.

• Program monitoring and evaluation experience.

• Experience deploying or implementing application systems.

• Experience supporting migration or integration with a new data system.

• Experience with system design, analysis, and evaluation.

• Healthcare or public health database experience.

• Develop, enhance, and maintain a REDCap-based data collection system supporting public health program operations.

• Translate programmatic requirements into appropriate data collection structures and system functionality.

• Build and modify REDCap projects as monitoring guidance, business processes, and program requirements evolve.

• Implement REDCap project changes and enhancements.

• Develop, modify, and maintain SAS code.

• Independently write code and validate outputs for accuracy.

• Extract, clean, validate, analyze, and prepare program data.

• Produce recurring weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports within established timelines.

• Prepare reports showing program participation, activities, and outcomes.

• Respond to ad-hoc data and analysis requests.

• Provide timely responses to data inquiries from program teams, leadership, stakeholders, and public health partners.

• Develop data outputs and visualizations supporting public health surveillance and program activities.

• Work with program teams to support maternal and child health surveillance projects.

• Provide technical assistance to nontechnical staff regarding REDCap, data systems, standard operating procedures, and task guidance.

• Maintain data quality and accuracy across complex databases.

• Support integration of program operations with a new data system.

• Assist with application-system implementation or deployment activities.

• Apply principles of system design, analysis, and evaluation to improve data collection and reporting processes.

• Communicate findings and technical information clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

We are seeking an experienced Epidemiologist with strong expertise in REDCap, SAS, epidemiology, public health data, statistical programming, database management, reporting, and program evaluation.

The position supports a large public health care-coordination initiative serving children, youth, and families. The Epidemiologist will play an important role in developing and maintaining the program's REDCap data collection environment, producing recurring reports, implementing SAS and REDCap enhancements, responding to data requests, and supporting public health surveillance and evaluation activities.

The role will also support the transition and integration of program activities into a new data system, giving the selected candidate exposure to both epidemiologic analysis and data-system implementation.

You will be a particularly strong fit if you can independently handle the full data lifecyclefrom understanding a public health program requirement through configuring the appropriate REDCap solution, writing SAS code, extracting and cleaning data, validating results, and producing reports or visualizations for stakeholders.

A top candidate will have:

• Advanced hands-on REDCap experience.

• Strong SAS programming.

• Epidemiology or biostatistics expertise.

• Public health data experience.

• Complex database experience.

• Recurring reporting responsibilities.

• Program evaluation or surveillance experience.

• Strong data-quality and validation skills.

• Experience communicating data findings to nontechnical stakeholders.

• Experience implementing or transitioning healthcare/public health data systems.

Epidemiologist | Public Health Epidemiologist | REDCap | REDCap Developer | REDCap Administrator | SAS | SAS Programming | Epidemiology | Biostatistics | Public Health Data | Health Informatics | Statistical Analysis | Data Analysis | Data Management | Public Health Surveillance | Maternal and Child Health | MCH | Program Evaluation | Vital Records | Health Survey Data | Data Visualization | Database Management | Healthcare Data | Public Health Reporting

Your resume should clearly show:

• Graduate degree and field of study.

• Epidemiology, biostatistics, or public health data experience.

• Specific REDCap projects you personally built, configured, enhanced, or maintained.

• SAS programming experience.

• Examples of independently developed SAS code.

• Database and data-management experience.

• Data extraction and cleaning.

• Weekly, monthly, or quarterly reporting.

• Public health surveillance or program-evaluation experience.

• Data visualization experience.

• Healthcare/public health data experience.

• Application or data-system implementation experience.

• Technical assistance provided to nontechnical staff.

• Current Tennessee residency.

Candidates with clearly demonstrated REDCap + SAS + epidemiology/public health data experience will be the strongest match.