Investigator II
FDA · Champlain, NY · 4 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: Duties Summary (which is basically responsibilities). Also includes Requirements Qualifications (which includes basic qualification requirements, education/experience). There's no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule. There's mention of pay table: "This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 1, Band A (GS-11 equivalent)." That is pay info. So we can include a Pay section with that detail. No explicit Benefits or Schedule. There's mention of location etc. Could be "About the role" maybe summarizing duties? But we have Duties Summary. We can map Duties Summary to Responsibilities. Also we could have a Qualifications section for education/experience. Requirements maybe combine with Qualifications? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have:
- Duties Summary: description of role, responsibilities. So we can have
. For lists we need
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: Duties Summary (which is basically responsibilities). Also includes Requirements Qualifications (which includes basic qualification requirements, education/experience). There's no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule. There's mention of pay table: "This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 1, Band A (GS-11 equivalent)." That is pay info. So we can include a Pay section with that detail. No explicit Benefits or Schedule. There's mention of location etc. Could be "About the role" maybe summarizing duties? But we have Duties Summary. We can map Duties Summary to Responsibilities. Also we could have a Qualifications section for education/experience. Requirements maybe combine with Qualifications? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have:
- Duties Summary: description of role, responsibilities. So we can have Responsibilities
with that content.
- Requirements Qualifications: includes basic qualification requirements and education/experience. Could split into Requirements and Qualifications? The posting lumps them together. We could have Requirements
with the basic qualification description (the paragraph about Investigator job family). And Qualifications
with education/experience requirement details.
- Pay: mention of Title 21 Pay Table 1, Band A (GS-11 equivalent). So Pay
with that.
- Possibly "About the role": could include location, agency description. The posting includes location and description of FDA etc. That could be About the role. We'll include that.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can reorganize into sections.
We must remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. There's none.
We must not include application instructions. There's a note about transcripts submission; that's part of qualifications? It's a requirement: "NOTE: Applicants must submit all relevant transcripts that demonstrate you possess the required education to meet the Basic Qualifications." That's substantive; we should keep it.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the exact text? We can keep the substance but not necessarily verbatim? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should keep the details, but we can rephrase? Safer to keep the original sentences, maybe split into
and
- . The posting has lists of fields etc. We'll convert those to lists.
Let's extract sections.
First, About the role: Could include location and agency description. The posting: "Become a part of the Department that touches the lives of every American. At the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) you can give back to your community, state, and country, by making a difference in the lives of Americans everywhere! HHS is the principal agency for protecting the health of citizens. Join HHS and help to make our world healthier, safer, and better for all Americans. The Food and Drug Administration is the regulatory, scientific, public health, and consumer protection agency responsible for ensuring that all human and animal drugs, and medical devices are safe and effective, that cosmetics, foods, food additives, drugs and medicated feeds for food producing animals, and radiation emitting devices are safe, and that all such products marketed in the United States are adequately, truthfully and informatively labeled and safely and properly stored, transported, manufactured packaged and regulated. The position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Inspections and Investigations (OII), Office of Import Operations (OIO). The Office of Inspections and Investigations (OII) is at the forefront of building a public health safety net for today's complex, global regulatory environment. OII professionals work in a range of program areas and locations, with 196 offices throughout the United States."
We'll put that in About the role.
Responsibilities: Duties Summary paragraph: "This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21 of the United States Code (21 US Code 379d-3a) as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, section 3072 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Section 3624. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority. This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 1, Band A (GS-11 equivalent)." Wait that includes pay info; but we already have Pay section. Might duplicate. However the Duties Summary includes that hiring authority and appointment type. We'll keep that in Responsibilities, but we need to avoid duplicating pay info. We could keep the pay info in Pay section only, and remove from Responsibilities. But the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot omit the pay info. If we put it only in Pay section, it's still preserved. So we can omit from Responsibilities. However the Duties Summary also includes streamlined hiring authority etc. That's substantive. We'll keep that.
Thus Responsibilities: "This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21 of the United States Code (21 US Code 379d-3a) as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, section 3072 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Section 3624. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority."
We could also include the rest of duties: The position investigates etc. Actually the Duties Summary only includes that first paragraph; the rest of the description about investigator job family is under Basic Qualification Requirements. That seems more like qualifications. So Responsibilities may be just that.
But we might also include a more detailed responsibilities from the Basic Qualification Requirements? That section describes what investigators do. That could be considered responsibilities. However the posting splits: Duties Summary (short) and then Basic Qualification Requirements (description of investigator job family). That description is about what the job entails, so could be responsibilities. To be safe, we could treat Basic Qualification Requirements as Responsibilities (since it describes duties). But then we would duplicate. Let's examine: The Basic Qualification Requirements paragraph: "This Investigator job family covers professional positions that conduct inspections in FDA regulated industries and prepare and submit reports accompanied by supporting evidence documenting violations of the FD&C Act and other laws, regulations, and requirements administered by FDA. The position investigates and/or inspects FDA-regulated industry globally and evaluates compliance with U.S. laws and regulations in order to promote a culture of safety and quality with the objective of preventing unsafe, ineffective and/or defective products from becoming available to patients and consumers or used in clinical trials while facilitating appropriate development of novel products. FDA's enforcement of the laws and regulations protects patients and consumers from products that are impure, unsafe, ineffective, improperly or deceptively labeled or packaged, or in some other way dangerous or defective. Investigators routinely examine products; collect samples; conduct inspections of establishments that design, make, process, hold, or distribute FDA-regulated products; and otherwise gather information and evidence to document objectionable conditions and assess compliance with U.S. law and regulations. Investigators apply critical thinking to evaluate manufacturing processes, design practices, facility and material controls, supply chains, quality management systems, laboratory analyses, and clinical investigation programs to assess compliance with U.S. laws and regulations and to support advancements and innovations. Investigators continuously maintain required certification and credentials; provide internal and external stakeholder outreach, assistance, and education; and may mentor less experienced personnel."
That is definitely duties/responsibilities. So we should include that in Responsibilities. The Duties Summary paragraph about hiring authority could be considered part of Responsibilities as well (maybe under a separate subheading? but we only have h3). We could combine both into Responsibilities section.
Thus Responsibilities will contain both paragraphs.
Now Requirements: maybe the eligibility criteria like citizenship? Not present. So maybe we skip Requirements.
Qualifications: Education/Experience Requirement details plus note about transcripts.
We'll also include Skills? Not explicitly listed. There's a list of scientific fields: "These positions require knowledge of various scientific fields such as biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, data science, digital health, engineering, epidemiology, food engineering, food processing technologies, food safety, healthcare, medical technology, microbiology, nutrition, pharmaceutical science, pharmacology, public health, quality assurance, and quality management." That could be considered Skills or Knowledge. We could put under Skills.
We'll create Skills section with that list as
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Pay: Title 21 Pay Table 1, Band A (GS-11 equivalent).
Benefits: none.
Schedule: none.
About the role: location and agency description.
Now we need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's draft HTML.
We'll start with
About the role
then...
. ThenResponsibilities
then maybefor first paragraph (hiring authority) and then
for the detailed duties (the long paragraph). Could combine into one
but it's long; still okay. Then
Qualifications
thenfor education/experience bullet points? Actually it's a list of options. Could use
- for each option. We need to preserve the exact options: Bachelor's degree ... AND two years... ; Master's degree ... AND one year... ; Doctorate degree ... ; Four years of comparable experience... We'll make each as
- .
Then after that, a
for the NOTE about transcripts. Then
Skills
then- for each field.
Then
Pay
thenfor the pay table statement. Check for any other substantive info: The position is located in DHHS, FDA, OII, OIO. Already in About the role. Also mention that OII professionals work in range of program areas and locations, with 196 offices throughout US. Already in About. Now ensure we didn't miss any: The Duties Summary also mentions "This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 1, Band A (GS-11 equivalent)." We moved that to Pay. Now check for any duplicate: The Responsibilities section includes the hiring authority paragraph and the investigator job family description. That covers all duties. Now check for any other info: "Become a part of the Department that touches the lives of every American..." etc. Already in About. Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate: none. Now output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. We need to escape any HTML special characters? The text includes parentheses, commas, etc. It's fine. We'll produce:
About the role
Become a part of the Department that touches the lives of every American. At the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) you can give back to your community, state, and country, by making a difference in the lives of Americans everywhere! HHS is the principal agency for protecting the health of citizens. Join HHS and help to make our world healthier, safer, and better for all Americans. The Food and Drug Administration is the regulatory, scientific, public health, and consumer protection agency responsible for ensuring that all human and animal drugs,
- for each field.
Then
- .
Pay: Title 21 Pay Table 1, Band A (GS-11 equivalent).
Benefits: none.
Schedule: none.
About the role: location and agency description.
Now we need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's draft HTML.
We'll start with