MEPS – 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: - About the role: description of MEPS, field interviewers duties. - Responsibilities: contacting households, setting appointments, completing interview, collecting documents, transmitting data daily, complying with data security, etc. - Requirements: Basic Qualifications: age 18+, ability to enter confidentiality agreements, availability for training dates, travel to in-person training, etc. Minimum Requirements: reside in project-designated areas, work data collection period Jan 2027-Dec 2030, min 20 hrs/week, evening/weekend, physical requirements (lift 20 lbs, walk blocks, climb stairs), vehicle access, driver's license. - Qualifications: Preferred Criteria: in-person interviewing experience, computer-assisted video interviewing, public contact/cold calling, comfortable working unfamiliar locations, knocking doors, communicating with diverse backgrounds. - Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; could infer from responsibilities: communication, organization, data entry, etc. But we should not invent. If no explicit skills section, we should not create one. - Benefits: health and welfare payment $5.35 weekly up to 40 hrs, paid vacation and holiday leave based on hours worked, sick leave accrual, 401(k) participation (employer matching dependent on hours), eligibility for health insurance/HSA after 1560 hours Sept-Sept, overtime pay, etc. Also note not initially eligible for health insurance/HSA. - Pay: hourly pay rate ranges from $19.26 to $19.49. Also note hourly rate determined by location; health and welfare payment added. - Schedule: part-time, variable-hour, non-exempt, runs yearly with two data collection periods: Jan-mid-July, late July-early Dec, break between rounds 1-2 weeks spring-fall, approx month fall-spring. Work mostly evening/weekend, limited daytime. Minimum 20 hrs/week when work available. Also note travel required, occasional overnight. We need to output sections only if content present. We'll create sections:

About the role

with paragraph(s) describing MEPS and role.

Responsibilities

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• list.

  Requirements

  maybe combine Basic Qualifications and Minimum Requirements? Could split into Requirements and Qualifications. The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly. Thus: - About the role: description. - Responsibilities: list duties. - Requirements: Basic Qualifications (must be 18+, confidentiality, training availability, travel to in-person training, etc.) plus Minimum Requirements (reside in area, work period, hours, physical, vehicle, license). Could combine. - Qualifications: Preferred Criteria. - Skills: maybe not present; we could omit if no specific content. Better to omit. - Benefits: list benefits. - Pay: hourly rate range, health and welfare payment. - Schedule: description of schedule, periods, breaks, hours. We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not include Job ID etc. We must not include boilerplate like EEO. We must preserve all substantive info. Let's craft. HTML fragment:

  About the role

  Westat is seeking 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 that conducts several rounds of interviews with the same respondents over two full calendar years. Field Interviewers conduct in‑person and computer‑assisted video interviews with adult household members using a Westat‑provided laptop, contact households in‑person or by phone to introduce the study, set appointments, complete interviews, and collect and follow up on electronic and hard‑copy signed documents.

  Responsibilities

  • Contact households in‑person and/or by phone to introduce MEPS and gain cooperation.
  • Set appointments and complete in‑person or computer‑assisted video interviews.
  • Collect and follow up with electronic and hard‑copy signed documents.
  • Transmit electronic data daily on work days.
  • Comply with all required data security and confidentiality requirements.
  • Report to a field supervisor and complete/submit administrative paperwork.
  • Travel to local and, at times, long‑distance households, including occasional overnight travel.
  • Attend mandatory in‑person training in January 2027 and complete required web‑based/home‑study training before and after.

  Requirements

  • Be 18 years of age 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, prior to in‑person training.
  • Available to travel to and attend mandatory in‑person training on January 19, 2027, completing a five‑and‑a‑half‑day session that runs January 20‑25, 2027.
  • Available to complete additional mandatory web‑based/virtual training activities and a post‑training home study between January 26‑31, 2027.
  • Reside in and travel within project‑designated areas to contact assigned households.
  • Available to work the data collection period from January 2027 through December 2030.
  • Ability to work a minimum of 20 hours per week when work is available, mostly evening and weekend hours with limited daytime work.
  • Meet physical requirements: lift and carry 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.
  • Hold a current, valid driver’s license not under suspension.

  Qualifications

  • 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.

  Benefits

  • Hourly pay plus a weekly health and welfare payment of $5.35 (may be reduced based on group benefit election) for up to 40 work hours per week.
  • Paid vacation and holiday leave accrued based on hours worked.
  • Sick leave accrued based on hours worked.
  • Eligibility to participate in the 401(k) program; employer matching dependent on hours worked and subject to program rules.
  • Overtime pay eligible as a non‑exempt position.
  • After accumulating 1560 hours from September through September of the following year, become eligible for health insurance and a health savings account (HSA) with coverage beginning January 1 of the year after eligibility is satisfied.

  Pay

  The hourly pay rate ranges from $19.26 to $19.49, determined by the location where work is performed.

  Schedule

  This is a part‑time, variable‑hour, non‑exempt position. The work runs yearly in two data collection periods: January through mid‑July and late July through early December. There is a break between rounds—typically 1‑2 weeks between the spring and fall rounds and approximately a month between the fall and spring rounds. Work is mostly evening and weekend hours with limited daytime work based on household preferences; a minimum of 20 hours per week is expected when work is available. Assignments may require local or occasional overnight travel.

  Check that we didn't repeat job title. No mention of Job ID. No boilerplate. All substantive info preserved. Check if any info missed: mention that MS Teams will be used to conduct interviews with candidates for this position (that's about selection process, not job duty). Could be included in Requirements maybe as a note about selection. But it's not a duty; it's about interview process for candidates. Might be considered boilerplate? It's substantive but not about job. Could include in Requirements as "Candidates will be interviewed via MS Teams." But it's not a requirement for the job; it's about hiring process. Probably okay to omit as it's not about job duties. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. That line is substantive info about the hiring process. Should we include? It's not a job duty but it's info about the posting. Might be considered relevant. However, the instruction also says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The MS Teams interview line is not exactly those; it's about how candidates will be interviewed. Could be considered part of application instructions? It's about the interview process for candidates, not instructions to apply. Might be okay to keep. But we have no section for "Selection Process". Could add a short paragraph under Requirements or About the role? Might be better to add a note under Requirements: "Candidates for this position will be interviewed using MS Teams." However, that is not a requirement for the job; it's about the hiring process. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we should not discard it. So we should include it somewhere. Where to place? Could add a short paragraph after Requirements maybe as a note. But we have no heading for "Selection Process". Could add a

  under Requirements after the list. Or we could add a new section "Selection Process" but not in allowed headings. The allowed headings list includes only those specific ones; we should not create other headings. So we should incorporate into existing sections, maybe under Requirements as a note. Add a

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  in Requirements: "Candidates will be interviewed using MS Teams." Check if any other info missed: "This is a part-time, variable-hour, non-exempt position." Already in Schedule. "This position is eligible for overtime pay." Already in Benefits. "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." Already in Benefits. "This federal government project is subject to the Service Contract Act (SCA)." Could be included in About the role or Requirements? It's substantive. Should we include? It's about the project. Could add a sentence in About the role: "This federal government project is subject to the Service Contract Act (SCA)." Also "The hourly rate for this position is determined by the location where work is performed." Already in Pay. "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." Already in Benefits. "This position is eligible for paid vacation and holiday leave based on hours worked." Already. "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).