MEPS – Bilingual Field Interviewer

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; fold minor metadata into short p or drop. We must preserve all substantive info, no invention, no summarizing away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. We need to parse the job description. Let's extract content: - About the role: description of role: "Westat is currently seeking motivated and detail-oriented individuals to work as Bilingual Field Interviewers for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). MEPS is a study of health care costs and usage in the United States, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a part of the Department of Health and Human Services. MEPS is a panel survey, which features several rounds of interviews with the same respondents to collect information for two full calendar years. Bilingual Field Interviewers (FIs) conduct in-person and computer-assisted video interviews in English and Spanish, with adult members of households, drawn from a nationally representative sample, using a Westat-provided laptop computer. Bilingual FIs are responsible for contacting the households in-person and/or by phone to gain cooperation, setting appointments, completing the interview, and collecting and following up with electronic and hard-copy signed documents. Traveling to the MEPS in-person training in January 2027 is a mandatory job requirement. In addition, FIs may be required to travel to local and, at times, long-distance households, with some assignments requiring overnight travel. This is a part-time position that runs yearly, with two data collection periods. One period runs from January through mid-July and the other from late July through early December. Start and stop dates vary with caseloads; however, all data collectors will have a break between rounds, during which time there is no work. Between the spring and fall rounds, the break is typically 1-2 weeks; between the fall and spring rounds, it is approximately a month. Bilingual Field Interviewers report to a field supervisor and complete and submit administrative paperwork. On days when field interviewers work, they will be expected to transmit electronic data daily. Bilingual FIs must comply with all required data security and confidentiality requirements." That's a lot; we can put under About the role. - Responsibilities: maybe list duties: contacting households, setting appointments, completing interview, collecting/following up documents, transmitting data daily, complying with data security, traveling, etc. Could be bullet list. - Requirements: Basic Qualifications and Minimum Requirements? The posting has "Basic Qualifications" and "Minimum Requirements". Could combine under Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe Preferred Criteria? Could be Skills. - Skills: Preferred Criteria: in-person interviewing experience, computer-assisted video interviewing, public contact/cold calling, comfortable working in unfamiliar locations, knocking on doors, communicating with diverse backgrounds, respect. - Benefits: health and welfare payment $5.35 weekly, paid vacation and holiday leave based on hours worked, sick leave accrual, 401(k) program (employer matching dependent on hours worked), eligibility for health insurance/HSA after 1560 hours from Sep-Sep, overtime pay, etc. - Pay: hourly pay rate $24.65. - Schedule: part-time, variable-hour, non-exempt, expected to work minimum 20 hours per week when work available, mostly evening and weekend hours, limited daytime, two data collection periods Jan-mid-July and late July-early Dec, breaks between rounds, etc. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual specifics. We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we don't repeat same info. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We'll produce sections as

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• for lists. We need to ensure we don't include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can drop them entirely. The Pay Range line: "Job Status Part-Time Requisition ID 26017 Pay Range The hourly pay rate is $24.65." We'll extract pay rate and maybe job status (part-time) but job status could go under Schedule or About? Probably schedule. We'll not include "Job Status Part-Time" as heading; we can incorporate into schedule paragraph. We must not include EEO statement. Let's craft. First, About the role paragraph: combine description. Second, Responsibilities: bullet list. Third, Requirements: bullet list (basic qualifications + minimum requirements). Might be long; we can split into two sub-sections? But only allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So Requirements can contain both basic qualifications and minimum requirements. Fourth, Qualifications: maybe Preferred Criteria? Actually "Preferred Criteria" could go under Skills or Qualifications. We'll put under Skills. Fifth, Skills: Preferred Criteria. Sixth, Benefits: list benefits. Seventh, Pay: hourly rate. Eighth, Schedule: details about part-time, hours, data collection periods, breaks. Make sure not to include filler like "not specified". All specifics present. Now produce HTML. Check for any duplicated lines: ensure we don't repeat same sentence. Let's draft. About the role paragraph:

  Westat is seeking motivated and detail‑oriented individuals to work as Bilingual Field Interviewers for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), a study of health care costs and usage in the United States sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). MEPS is a panel survey with several rounds of interviews with the same respondents to collect information for two full calendar years. Bilingual Field Interviewers conduct in‑person and computer‑assisted video interviews in English and Spanish with adult household members from a nationally representative sample, using a Westat‑provided laptop. They contact households in‑person and/or by phone to gain cooperation, set appointments, complete interviews, and collect and follow up with electronic and hard‑copy signed documents. Travel to the mandatory in‑person training in January 2027 is required, and interviewers may also travel to local and long‑distance households, sometimes requiring overnight travel. The position is part‑time and runs yearly with two data collection periods (January‑mid‑July and late July‑early December), with breaks of 1‑2 weeks between spring and fall rounds and about a month between fall and spring rounds. Interviewers report to a field supervisor, complete administrative paperwork, transmit electronic data daily on work days, and must comply with all data security and confidentiality requirements.

  That seems good. Responsibilities bullet list:
  • Contact households in‑person and/or by phone to gain cooperation
  • Set appointments for interviews
  • Conduct in‑person and computer‑assisted video interviews in English and Spanish
  • Complete interviews and collect/follow up with electronic and hard‑copy signed documents
  • Transmit electronic data daily on work days
  • Comply with data security and confidentiality requirements
  • Travel to mandatory in‑person training and to assigned households (local, long‑distance, occasional overnight)
  • Complete and submit administrative paperwork
  Requirements bullet list (basic qualifications + minimum requirements):
  • Be 18 years or older (or an emancipated minor) and able to enter binding confidentiality agreements
  • Available to complete mandatory web‑based home study training (including Microsoft Teams video sessions) between January 4 and January 15, 2027
  • Available to travel to and attend mandatory in‑person training on January 19, 2027, with the five‑and‑a‑half‑day session running January 20‑25, 2027
  • Available to complete additional mandatory web‑based and virtual training activities, including a post‑training home study January 26‑31, 2027
  • Fluent in both written and spoken English and Spanish
  • Successfully complete the Westat language assessment protocols
  • Reside in and travel within project‑designated areas to contact assigned households and conduct in‑person interviews, including local and occasional overnight travel as needed
  • Available to work the data collection period expected to extend from January 2027 to December 2030
  • Available to work a minimum of 20 hours per week when work is available, mostly evening and weekend hours, with limited daytime work based on household preferences
  • Able to meet physical requirements: lift and carry up to 20 pounds of equipment, walk several blocks, climb stairs while carrying equipment
  • Have consistent access to a fully insured, reliable vehicle meeting Westat’s minimum insurance coverage requirements
  • Hold a current and valid driver’s license not under suspension
  Qualifications: maybe we can put "Preferred Criteria" under Skills, but we need a Qualifications section. Could we put something like "Preferred qualifications" under Qualifications? The posting has "Preferred Criteria". We'll treat that as Qualifications. Thus Qualifications bullet list:
  • In‑person interviewing experience and/or computer‑assisted video interviewing experience
  • Public contact and/or cold calling experience
  • Comfortable working in unfamiliar locations, knocking on doors, and communicating with people from diverse backgrounds
  • Commitment to treating all respondents with respect
  • Ability to use a Westat‑provided laptop computer
  • Ability to participate in Microsoft Teams video sessions for training and interviews
  • Proficiency in transmitting electronic data daily
  But we already have transmitting data daily under Responsibilities; but it's okay to also list as skill. Now Benefits:
  • Hourly pay rate determined by work location (see Pay section)
  • Health and welfare payment of $5.35 per week (up to 40 work hours)
  • Paid vacation and holiday leave based on hours worked
  • Sick leave accrual based on hours worked
  • Eligibility to participate in the 401(k) program (employer matching dependent on hours worked)
  • Eligibility for overtime pay (non‑exempt position)
  • After accumulating 1560 hours from September through the following September, eligibility for health insurance and a health savings account (