Epidemiologist
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We need to extract substantive content.
Let's parse the posting:
Summary: "You will serve as an Epidemiologist at NASA Johnson Space Center. You will provide support and contribute to occupational health, health physicist, or compliance functions. You will collectively support the protection of worker health through hazard anticipation, exposure assessment, risk analysis, and preventive controls. You will drive functions to understand how environmental, chemical, biological, and radiological factors impact human health and implement systems that minimize those risks."
That's the About the role.
Duties: list of duties:
- Support the protection of worker/crew/subject health through hazard anticipation, exposure assessment, risk analysis, compliance, and preventive controls.
- Provide data analysis for applicable data sets, including epidemiological data, to determine associations between exposures and outcomes.
- Assist in establishing methods to evaluate effectiveness of implemented controls measures through follow-up monitoring, risk assessments, and audits.
- Translate complex health, exposure, and risk information into actionable guidance for employees, leadership, and technical teams.
- Participate in research and occupational surveillance on occupational disease trends, exposure reduction strategies, radiation effects, and environmental health risks.
- Participate in integrated occupational and medical risk management, collaborating with clinical, behavioral health, environmental, and biomedical engineering, or other teams to inform program-level risk mitigation strategies.
Also there is a note: "Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee." This is somewhat boilerplate but still substantive? It's a description of duty scaling. Might keep but it's generic. The instruction says: do NOT emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The phrase "duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee" is similar to filler but it's not exactly placeholder; it's a statement about duty scaling. Might be okay to include as part of duties description. However we could incorporate it as a sentence.
Requirements: includes Conditions of employment, Qualifications, Education, Additional information.
We need to capture all substantive info.
Conditions of employment bullet points:
- This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
- This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. **See Additional Information section**
- You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
- Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
- Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
Qualifications: includes specialized experience for GS-11, GS-12, GS-13, plus preferred candidate licenses/certifications (Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics). Also statement about resume narrative, plagiarism warning, AI guidance link, Probationary Period (again). Also Education: Basic Education Requirement: bachelor's or higher degree in medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to work, from accredited institution, etc. Additional info about foreign education evaluation.
Additional information: includes statements about additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within local commuting area(s); by applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement. If you have special priority selection rights under CTAP/ICTAP, you must indicate eligibility when applying; be well qualified; see 'How You Will Be Evaluated'; submit proof; link. Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: details. Any applicant that received a VSIP within last five years... may be required to repay full amount. Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit. Candidates should be committed to improving efficiency of Federal government, passionate about ideals of American republic, committed to upholding rule of law and US Constitution.
Benefits: "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for mo" (cut off). So we have benefits description.
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We must not include navigation, legal, EEO, etc. The posting includes some legal-like statements (Probationary Period, etc.) but those are part of Requirements/Conditions of employment, so we keep.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings (none present).
We must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. Benefits is stated, so we include Benefits section.
We must not create sections with filler/placeholder text. Ensure each heading has substantive content.
We'll produce:
About the role
... summary text ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Maybe also include the note about duty scaling as a paragraph after list? Could incorporate as a after list.
Requirements
We could break into sub-sections? But only allowed headings are those listed; we cannot create custom headings like "Conditions of employment". However we can include paragraphs and lists under Requirements heading.
We need to preserve all substantive info; we can include paragraphs and lists.
Thus under Requirements heading we can have:
Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizenship...
...
Qualifications:
... maybe subheadings not allowed; we can just use paragraphs.
We need to include GS-11, GS-12, GS-13 specialized experience requirements, preferred licenses/certifications, resume note, AI guidance link, probationary period note (again), education requirements, additional information (CTAP/ICTAP, RA, VSIP, commitment statements).
We must not invent or summarize away detail; we need to keep the specifics.
We'll need to be careful to not exceed too much but preserve.
Let's extract each piece.
Conditions of employment:
- This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
- This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. **See Additional Information section**
- You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
- Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
- Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
Qualifications:
We have specialized experience for GS-11, GS-12, GS-13.
GS-11: One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level:
- Assisting in conducting surveillance or monitoring activities, performing fundamental laboratory or field procedures, or completing basic analyses or visualizations to identify patterns, trends, or potential hazards affecting population or workforce health;
- Collecting, organizing, and interpreting data obtained from interpretive summaries, surveys, or environmental measurements or laboratory tests;
- Assisting in developing or delivering epidemiology educational or training materials that promote prevention practices and risk-reduction behaviors among staff or targeted audiences.
OR Completed all requirements for a doctoral degree (i.e., Ph.D. or equivalent) in an appropriate field
OR Completed 3 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree in an appropriate field.
OR Have an equivalent combination of experience and graduate study as discussed in a), b) and c) above
GS-12: one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level:
- Conducting statistical analyses or developing interactive dashboards to inform program or project decisions for assigned portions of surveillance or health outcomes projects;
- Integrating data from field, laboratory, or analytical sources to recommend improvements and define measurable performance criteria to assess, refine, or validate protocols and procedures;
- Serving as an epidemiology technical liaison to clinical, behavioral, environmental, or biomedical engineering teams, translating analytic results into actionable risk mitigation strategies.
GS-13: one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level:
- Designing or refining approaches that address emerging issues and guiding high consequence hazard or health risk analyses;
- Establishing health risk analytical standards, prevention or control protocols, or cross disciplinary data integration methods to support validated models, methodologies, or advanced visualization frameworks;
- Serving as an epidemiology subject matter expert, providing technical recommendations that inform organizational decisions, strengthen risk management programs, and influence policy or strategic direction for surveillance, exposure assessment, or risk evaluation.
Preferred candidate will have at least one of the following current license and/or certifications (or equivalent): Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics.
Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of artificial intelligent (AI) or AI-assisted tools during the application process.
Probationary Period: You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and, whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Education: Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree. Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. U.S. degrees must
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Remove duplicated lines. We need to extract substantive content. Let's parse the posting: Summary: "You will serve as an Epidemiologist at NASA Johnson Space Center. You will provide support and contribute to occupational health, health physicist, or compliance functions. You will collectively support the protection of worker health through hazard anticipation, exposure assessment, risk analysis, and preventive controls. You will drive functions to understand how environmental, chemical, biological, and radiological factors impact human health and implement systems that minimize those risks." That's the About the role. Duties: list of duties: - Support the protection of worker/crew/subject health through hazard anticipation, exposure assessment, risk analysis, compliance, and preventive controls. - Provide data analysis for applicable data sets, including epidemiological data, to determine associations between exposures and outcomes. - Assist in establishing methods to evaluate effectiveness of implemented controls measures through follow-up monitoring, risk assessments, and audits. - Translate complex health, exposure, and risk information into actionable guidance for employees, leadership, and technical teams. - Participate in research and occupational surveillance on occupational disease trends, exposure reduction strategies, radiation effects, and environmental health risks. - Participate in integrated occupational and medical risk management, collaborating with clinical, behavioral health, environmental, and biomedical engineering, or other teams to inform program-level risk mitigation strategies. Also there is a note: "Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee." This is somewhat boilerplate but still substantive? It's a description of duty scaling. Might keep but it's generic. The instruction says: do NOT emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The phrase "duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee" is similar to filler but it's not exactly placeholder; it's a statement about duty scaling. Might be okay to include as part of duties description. However we could incorporate it as a sentence. Requirements: includes Conditions of employment, Qualifications, Education, Additional information. We need to capture all substantive info. Conditions of employment bullet points: - This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. - This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. **See Additional Information section** - You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement. - Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements. - Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements. Qualifications: includes specialized experience for GS-11, GS-12, GS-13, plus preferred candidate licenses/certifications (Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics). Also statement about resume narrative, plagiarism warning, AI guidance link, Probationary Period (again). Also Education: Basic Education Requirement: bachelor's or higher degree in medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to work, from accredited institution, etc. Additional info about foreign education evaluation. Additional information: includes statements about additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within local commuting area(s); by applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement. If you have special priority selection rights under CTAP/ICTAP, you must indicate eligibility when applying; be well qualified; see 'How You Will Be Evaluated'; submit proof; link. Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: details. Any applicant that received a VSIP within last five years... may be required to repay full amount. Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit. Candidates should be committed to improving efficiency of Federal government, passionate about ideals of American republic, committed to upholding rule of law and US Constitution. Benefits: "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for mo" (cut off). So we have benefits description. We need to output HTML fragment only. We must not include navigation, legal, EEO, etc. The posting includes some legal-like statements (Probationary Period, etc.) but those are part of Requirements/Conditions of employment, so we keep. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings (none present). We must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. Benefits is stated, so we include Benefits section. We must not create sections with filler/placeholder text. Ensure each heading has substantive content. We'll produce:
About the role
... summary text ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
after list.
Requirements
We could break into sub-sections? But only allowed headings are those listed; we cannot create custom headings like "Conditions of employment". However we can include paragraphs and lists under Requirements heading. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can include paragraphs and lists. Thus under Requirements heading we can have:Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizenship... ...
Qualifications:
... maybe subheadings not allowed; we can just use paragraphs. We need to include GS-11, GS-12, GS-13 specialized experience requirements, preferred licenses/certifications, resume note, AI guidance link, probationary period note (again), education requirements, additional information (CTAP/ICTAP, RA, VSIP, commitment statements). We must not invent or summarize away detail; we need to keep the specifics. We'll need to be careful to not exceed too much but preserve. Let's extract each piece. Conditions of employment: - This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. - This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. **See Additional Information section** - You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement. - Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements. - Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements. Qualifications: We have specialized experience for GS-11, GS-12, GS-13. GS-11: One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level: - Assisting in conducting surveillance or monitoring activities, performing fundamental laboratory or field procedures, or completing basic analyses or visualizations to identify patterns, trends, or potential hazards affecting population or workforce health; - Collecting, organizing, and interpreting data obtained from interpretive summaries, surveys, or environmental measurements or laboratory tests; - Assisting in developing or delivering epidemiology educational or training materials that promote prevention practices and risk-reduction behaviors among staff or targeted audiences. OR Completed all requirements for a doctoral degree (i.e., Ph.D. or equivalent) in an appropriate field OR Completed 3 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree in an appropriate field. OR Have an equivalent combination of experience and graduate study as discussed in a), b) and c) above GS-12: one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level: - Conducting statistical analyses or developing interactive dashboards to inform program or project decisions for assigned portions of surveillance or health outcomes projects; - Integrating data from field, laboratory, or analytical sources to recommend improvements and define measurable performance criteria to assess, refine, or validate protocols and procedures; - Serving as an epidemiology technical liaison to clinical, behavioral, environmental, or biomedical engineering teams, translating analytic results into actionable risk mitigation strategies. GS-13: one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level: - Designing or refining approaches that address emerging issues and guiding high consequence hazard or health risk analyses; - Establishing health risk analytical standards, prevention or control protocols, or cross disciplinary data integration methods to support validated models, methodologies, or advanced visualization frameworks; - Serving as an epidemiology subject matter expert, providing technical recommendations that inform organizational decisions, strengthen risk management programs, and influence policy or strategic direction for surveillance, exposure assessment, or risk evaluation. Preferred candidate will have at least one of the following current license and/or certifications (or equivalent): Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of artificial intelligent (AI) or AI-assisted tools during the application process. Probationary Period: You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and, whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Education: Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree. Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. U.S. degrees must