Population Survey Scientist for Health Data

Goldbelt, Inc.; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Goldbelt Apex in Silver Spring, MD, is seeking a Population Survey Methodologist to support the Defense Health Agency's PHCoE. This role provides expertise in survey methodology, sampling design, questionnaire development, survey operations, and statistical analysis for large-scale behavioral health and population health research initiatives.

The successful candidate will collaborate with government stakeholders, researchers, statisticians, and behavioral health professionals to develop

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of survey research methodologies and questionnaire design.
• Expertise in probability sampling, stratified sampling, weighting, and survey estimation techniques.
• Knowledge of survey operations, respondent engagement, and data quality management.
• Experience with behavioral health, healthcare, or population health surveys.
• Proficiency using statistical software such as SAS, R, SPSS, STATA, or equivalent analytical platforms.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience interpreting survey findings and communicating results to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Excellent technical writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary scientific and research teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise in survey methodology supporting behavioral health and population health research initiatives.
• Design, develop, and evaluate survey methodologies for large-scale health and behavioral health studies.
• Develop statistically sound sampling strategies, survey instruments, and data collection methodologies.
• Evaluate questionnaire design to improve validity, reliability, and respondent engagement.
• Support survey planning, implementation, data collection, weighting, validation, and analysis activities.
• Collaborate with statisticians and researchers to ensure survey methodologies meet accepted scientific standards.
• Analyze survey data and prepare technical reports, executive briefings, and recommendations for Government leadership.
• Develop survey documentation, methodological reports, and technical guidance supporting contract deliverables.
• Monitor survey quality, response rates, sampling error, and data integrity throughout the survey lifecycle.
• Recommend improvements to survey methodology, sampling strategies, and data collection procedures.
• Support behavioral health surveillance and population health initiatives using survey data and research findings.
• Participate in multidisciplinary project teams, technical working groups, and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure survey activities comply with accepted scientific, ethical, and statistical standards.
• Support continuous improvement of survey operations and data quality processes.

Skills

Survey methodology

Questionnaire design

Probability sampling

Stratified sampling

Weighting

Survey operations

Data analysis

Technical writing

Team collaboration

Executive briefing

Statistical software usage

Education

Master's degree in Survey Research / Statistics / Biostatistics / Public Health

Tools

SAS

R

SPSS

STATA

Job description

Goldbelt Apex in Silver Spring, MD, is seeking a Population Survey Methodologist to support the Defense Health Agency's PHCoE. This role provides expertise in survey methodology, sampling design, questionnaire development, survey operations, and statistical analysis for large-scale behavioral health and population health research initiatives.

The successful candidate will collaborate with government stakeholders, researchers, statisticians, and behavioral health professionals to develop