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. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the job description. Key info: - Role: Bilingual Field Interviewers for MEPS. - About the role: description of MEPS, panel survey, etc. - Responsibilities: contacting households, setting appointments, completing interview, collecting/following up documents, transmitting electronic data daily, complying with data security, etc. - Requirements: basic qualifications: 18+, ability to enter confidentiality agreements, availability for web-based home study training Jan 4-15 2027, mandatory in-person training travel Jan 19 2027, training Jan 20-25 2027, additional web/virtual training Jan 26-31 2027. Minimum requirements: fluent English/Spanish, pass language assessment, reside in project-designated areas, travel within, available to work data collection period Jan 2027 to Dec 2030, min 20 hrs/week when work available (mostly evenings/weekends), ability to meet physical requirements (lift 20 lbs, walk several blocks, climb stairs), have insured reliable vehicle meeting Westat insurance, current valid driver's license not suspended. - Preferred criteria: in-person interviewing experience, computer-assisted video interviewing, public contact/cold calling, comfortable working unfamiliar locations, knocking on doors, communicating with diverse backgrounds, respect. - Benefits: health and welfare payment $5.35 weekly (up to 40 hrs), paid vacation and holiday leave based on hours worked, sick leave accrual, eligibility for 401(k) program (employer matching dependent on hours), not initially eligible for health insurance/HSA; to be eligible must work 1560 hours Sep-Sep following year, coverage Jan 1 after eligibility. Also mention overtime pay eligible. This position is part-time variable-hour non-exempt, eligible for overtime pay. Also mention travel to MEPS in-person training Jan 2027 mandatory. Also mention break between rounds: 1-2 weeks between spring and fall, approx month between fall and spring. - Pay: hourly pay rate $20.72. - Schedule: part-time, runs yearly with two data collection periods: Jan-mid-July, late July-early Dec; start/stop vary with caseloads; break between rounds as described; work mostly evenings/weekends, min 20 hrs/week when work available. We need to output sections only if content present. Likely we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe split into Qualifications and Skills?), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The instructions say use headings for section headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can combine some. We need to decide what goes where. Typically: - About the role: overview of MEPS, role purpose. - Responsibilities: duties. - Requirements: basic qualifications + minimum requirements (maybe combine). - Qualifications: maybe preferred criteria? Or we could treat "Preferred Criteria" as Qualifications. - Skills: maybe language fluency, interviewing experience, etc. - Benefits: as described. - Pay: hourly rate. - Schedule: work periods, breaks, hours. We must not invent placeholders. Must not include sections with filler like "not specified". All sections we include must have real content. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft. We'll include:

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Maybe separate Qualifications and Skills? But we can combine. Better: Requirements for mandatory training, age, confidentiality, etc. Qualifications for language fluency, etc. Skills for interviewing experience, etc. But we need to avoid thin sections. Let's see if we have enough for each. About the role: we have description of MEPS, panel survey, etc. Good. Responsibilities: list of duties. Requirements: maybe basic qualifications (age, confidentiality, training availability). Could be a list. Qualifications: language fluency, language assessment, residency, travel, availability period, hours, physical requirements, vehicle, license. Skills: preferred criteria (interviewing experience, public contact, cold calling, comfort with unfamiliar locations, respect). Benefits: health and welfare payment, vacation/holiday leave, sick leave, 401(k), overtime eligibility, health insurance/HSA eligibility condition. Pay: hourly rate $20.72. Schedule: part-time, two data collection periods, break details, evening/weekend hours, min 20 hrs/week when work available. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Now craft HTML. We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info. Let's extract details precisely. About the role paragraph: "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." That's good. Responsibilities list: - Bilingual FIs are responsible for contacting the households in-person and/or by phone to gain cooperation, - setting appointments, - completing the interview, - collecting and following up with electronic and hard-copy signed documents. - 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. - 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. We could also include reporting to field supervisor and completing/submitting administrative paperwork. Let's include that. Requirements (basic qualifications): - Be 18 or older (or an emancipated minor) with the ability to enter binding confidentiality agreements to protect project information. - Be available to complete mandatory web-based home study training, including required Microsoft Teams video sessions, between January 4 and January 15, 2027, prior to the start of in-person training. - Be available to travel to and attend mandatory in-person training. Traveling on January 19th, 2027, and completing a five-and-a-half-day in-person training that starts on January 20th, and ends on January 25th, 2027. - Be available to complete additional mandatory web-based and virtual training activities, following the in-person training, including a post-training home study between January 26th and January 31st, 2027. Qualifications (minimum requirements): - Be 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. - Be available to work the data collection period, which is expected to extend from January 2027 to December 2030. - Be 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 the preferences of the households in your assignment. At times, based on caseload and survey sample size, there will not be 20 hours of work available. - Be able to meet the physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodation: lift and carry up to 20 pounds of equipment and materials, walk several blocks, and climb stairs while carrying equipment to gain entry to sampled households. - Have consistent access to a fully insured, reliable vehicle that meets Westat’s minimum insurance coverage requirements. - Have a current and valid driver's license that is not under suspension. Skills (preferred criteria): - Have in-person interviewing experience and/or computer-assisted video interviewing experience. - Have public contact and/or cold calling experience. - Be comfortable working in unfamiliar locations, knocking on doors and communicating with people from all kinds of backgrounds. - We value our diverse respondent base and expect our interviewers to always treat them with respect. Benefits: - This position is eligible for overtime pay. - This position is not initially eligible for health insurance or a health savings account (HSA). To be eligible for health insurance and an HSA, you must work 1560 hours from September through September of the following year, with coverage beginning January 1 of the year after eligibility is satisfied. - In addition to hourly pay, a health and welfare payment of $5.35, which may be reduced based on group benefit election, will be paid weekly for up to 40 work hours per week. - This position is eligible for paid vacation and holiday leave based on hours worked. - All field positions accrue sick leave (based on hours worked) and are eligible to participate in the 401(k) program (employer matching is dependent on hours worked and disbursement is subject to program rules). - Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be eligible for consideration for reassignment on other Westat field data collection projects if they become available. Pay: - The hourly pay rate is $20.72. Schedule: - 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. (maybe already in responsibilities) - On days when field interviewers work, they will be expected to transmit electronic data daily. (maybe responsibilities) - Mostly evening and weekend hours, with limited daytime work based on household preferences. - Minimum 20 hours per week when work available. We need to avoid duplication. Ensure we don't repeat same info across sections unnecessarily but it's okay if some overlap? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all info, but we can place it in appropriate sections; duplication may be okay but better to avoid. Let's map each piece to a section. About the role: we already have description. Responsibilities: contacting households, setting appointments, completing interview, collecting/following up documents, transmitting electronic data daily, complying with data security/confidentiality, reporting to field supervisor and completing/submitting administrative paperwork, traveling to mandatory in-person training Jan 2027, travel to local/long-distance households, overnight travel as needed. Requirements: basic qualifications (age, confidentiality, training availability Jan 4-15, Jan 19 travel, Jan 20-25 training, Jan 26-31 post-training). Could also include "Be available to complete mandatory web-based home study training..." etc. Qualifications: language fluency, language assessment, reside/travel in project areas, availability to work data collection period Jan 2027-Dec 2030, min 20 hrs/week when work available (evenings/weekends), physical requirements (