Biologist 1 (Wildlife) / Trainee 1 / 2 - NY HELPS

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually description includes duties, responsibilities, qualifications, benefits, etc. We must not repeat job title. Use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We have description: "Description Duties Description This position will provide key leadership for multiple programs in the Region 5 Wildlife Unit, including: harvest management, surveys, and research on furbearers, small game mammals, and upland game birds, and regional coordination of DEC's Wildlife Health Program. Additionally, the incumbent will assist with other biological surveys and research and human-wildlife conflict resolution, and provide information and technical assistance to the public. This position will participate on one or more Bureau of Wildlife Teams, requiring overnight travel approximately twice per year for each team. This position requires strong interpersonal and communication skills for working with the public, internal agency partners, and external partners including universities, volunteers, and nongovernmental organizations." Then "Specific Responsibilities May Include" list. Then "About the region:" paragraph. Then "Qualifications Minimum Qualifications" with huge list. Then "Preferred Qualifications" bullet. Then "Additional Comments" with driver license, terrain, etc. Then benefits: "We offer a work-life balance and a generous benefits package, worth 65% of salary, including: Holiday & Paid Time Off Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Pension from New York State Employees’ Retirement System Shift & Geographic pay differentials Affordable Health Care options Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost NYS Deferred Compensation plan Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, and U.S. Savings Bonds And many more..." Pay: Not explicit salary figure. It says "For new State employees appointed to graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate (beginning of the Salary Range) of the position." No specific number. So we should not create Pay section because no specific pay amount. Schedule: Not explicit schedule; mentions travel, overtime, weekends, holidays may be required, telecommuting up to 50% maybe. Not a defined schedule. So we should not create Schedule section unless specific content. Probably omit. We need sections: About the role (maybe combine description and About the region?), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe qualifications), Qualifications (maybe preferred?), Skills, Benefits. But we must not duplicate. Let's decide: - About the role: could include the initial description about leadership, programs, etc. Also maybe include About the region? Could be separate but we can combine. - Responsibilities: list from Specific Responsibilities May Include. - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (the huge list). Could be a section. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: maybe include strong interpersonal and communication skills, experience using ArcGIS, Survey123, R, designing surveys, etc. Could be part of Preferred Qualifications but we can separate. - Benefits: list benefits. We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must preserve all substantive info; not invent. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use

headings,

• for lists,

  for prose. We need to ensure we don't repeat job title. Not needed. Let's craft. First, About the role: combine description paragraph(s). We'll have a

  with the description. Then Responsibilities:

  Responsibilities

  then
  with each responsibility. List items from Specific Responsibilities May Include: - Collecting, organizing, and analyzing field and harvest-based data. - Completing species management plans in cooperation with other regional and Central Office staff. - Representing the Region on one or more Bureau of Wildlife teams and working groups. - Identifying and developing high-priority wildlife survey, research, and management projects. - Representing the agency at conferences and other professional meetings. - Supervising and training one or more Fish and Wildlife Technicians. - Other tasks include attending and leading meetings, preparing reports, sample collection for investigation of wildlife disease/mortality events, and responding to public requests for information. We could split last into separate items? It's a sentence with multiple tasks; we can keep as one item or split. Probably keep as one. Then Requirements: Minimum Qualifications. That's a huge list of acceptable course topics. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can't omit any. But we can present as a paragraph describing that candidates must have a bachelor's or higher degree including or supplemented by 18 semester credit hours in any of the listed fields. Then we could list the fields as a
  maybe. That would be huge but okay. We need to include both Non-Competitive Qualifications and Competitive Qualifications etc. The posting includes many sections: Non-Competitive Qualifications, Competitive Qualifications (Reassignment, Reinstatement, Transfer Eligible, 55-b/55-c), Open competitive minimum qualifications (same list). Essentially the same list repeats. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can summarize? The instruction says "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Summarizing away detail is not allowed. So we must keep the detail. However we can combine repetitive sections? Might be considered summarizing away detail if we omit some. But we could present the qualifications as a single block that includes all the variations: mention that for NY HELPS non-competitive appointment, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications (list). For competitive, reassignment, reinstatement, transfer eligible, 55-b/55-c candidates must meet open competitive minimum qualifications (same list). Then we can list the list once. That preserves the info without repeating the list verbatim multiple times. Is that summarizing away detail? It's condensing but not losing detail; we still mention that the list applies to each category. The original had the list repeated multiple times; we are not omitting any items from the list, just not repeating the list. That seems acceptable as we are not inventing or summarizing away detail; we are just avoiding duplication. The instruction also said "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Duplicated lines can be removed. So we can collapse duplicate qualification lists. Thus we can have a Requirements section that explains the eligibility pathways and then the list of acceptable course subjects. We need to include the list of acceptable course subjects exactly as given. That's huge; we must include all. We'll output as a
  with each item as a
  • . Must preserve the exact phrasing. Let's extract the list from the text. It appears twice (non-competitive and open competitive). The list includes many items separated by commas. We need to split each item as separate
  • . The list includes items like: - advanced big game management - advanced wildlife management - agriculture and wildlife - animal behavior - animal physiology - animal population modeling - behavioral and physiological ecology of wildlife - behavioral ecology - biology and management of waterfowl - biology of birds and mammals - biology of the vertebrates - bird biology and conservation - conservation biology (wildlife) - concepts in habitat selection and foraging behavior - dynamics of animal populations - ecology of animal populations - ecology of freshwater mussels - ecology of freshwater wetlands - endangered species - entomology (insects) - environmental and natural resources policies - environmental conflict and citizens participation - environmental law and policy - ethology - field biology - field natural history - field ornithology - forest entomology - forest ecology or silvics - forest wildlife ecology - forest wildlife management - freshwater mussels biology - freshwater mussel identification - freshwater wetland ecosystems - game birds and mammals - habitat analysis - habitat ecology - habitat inventory and evaluation - herpetology (amphibians, reptiles) - introduction to quantitative and population genetics - introduction to wildlife biology - invertebrate zoology - management of wildlife habitats and populations - management of wildlife populations - mammalogy - mammalian ecology - natural resources management - natural resources policy - planning and administration - ornithology - plant and herbivore interactions - population dynamics and introductory modeling for biologists - population ecology - population genetics - population evolution - predator ecology and management - principles of conservation - principles of fish and wildlife management - principles of wildlife management - radio telemetry in fisheries and wildlife research - research in wildlife science - terrestrial community ecology - upland wildlife ecology - urban fish and wildlife management - urban wildlife - vertebrate ecology - vertebrate zoology - waterfowl and wetlands seminar - waterfowl biology and management - wetland ecology - wetland resources - wildlife - wildlife biology - wildlife conservation - wildlife ecology - wildlife ecology and management - wildlife habitat analysis - wildlife habitats and populations - wildlife habitat management - wildlife management - wildlife management internship - wildlife management laboratory - wildlife philosophy, policy and public relations - wildlife policy - wildlife population - wildlife health - wildlife population dynamics - wildlife problems - wildlife techniques - world wildlife - wilderness wildlife management Also there are examples of non-qualifying courses but we may not need to include them as they are not qualifications; they are examples of non-qualifying. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; examples of non-qualifying courses are substantive? They are part of qualifications section. Probably we should include them as a note. But we can include as a

    maybe. We'll include a note: "Examples of Non-Qualifying Courses: animal histology; comparative anatomy and physiology; principles of evolution; zoology; introductory or survey courses such as general biology; general zoology; courses that focus on farm, non-native captive or zoo animals; population demographics or dynamics of people; or horticultural/landscape architecture." Now Preferred Qualifications: Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience using ArcGIS, Survey123, and R; experience designing and conducting wildlife survey, monitoring, and research projects. We can put as

    . Additional Comments: Must have a valid driver’s license or demonstrate ability to meet transportation needs; transportation needs require use of state vehicle and adhering to Department’s Vehicle Policy; must have and maintain a valid driver’s license; must be able to negotiate difficult terrain; must be able to work in remote areas; must be able to work in adverse weather conditions; travel may be required; overtime may be required; overnight travel may be required; weekends and holidays may be required; must be able to lift and move objects up to 50 pounds; Telecommuting may be available up to 50% of work schedule, will be discussed at interview. We could put these as a
    under a section maybe "Additional Requirements" or "Skills"? But we have Skills section for communication skills etc. Additional comments could be under "Requirements" or "Skills". Perhaps we create a section "Requirements" that includes both minimum qualifications and additional comments (driver license, terrain, etc.). Or we could have separate "Requirements" for qualifications and "Skills" for abilities. Let's decide: - About the role: description. - Responsibilities: list. - Requirements: minimum qualifications (list) + additional comments (driver license, terrain, etc.) maybe as sub-list. - Skills: preferred qualifications (communication, ArcGIS, etc.) - Benefits: list. We must not create Pay or Schedule sections. Now format. We'll output:

    About the role

    ... description ...

    Responsibilities

    • ...
    ...

    Requirements

    To be eligible for appointment under the NY HELPS Program (non‑competitive) or via competitive pathways (reassignment, reinstatement, transfer eligible, 55‑b/55‑c), candidates must meet the minimum qualifications: a bachelor's or higher degree including or supplemented