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: - Role: Field Interviewers for MEPS. - About the role: description of MEPS, panel survey, etc. - Responsibilities: contacting households, setting appointments, completing interview, collecting documents, transmitting data daily, complying with data security, reporting to supervisor, administrative paperwork. - Requirements: Basic Qualifications: age 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-based/virtual training Jan 26-31 2027. - Minimum Requirements: reside in and travel within project-designated areas, work data collection period Jan 2027 to Dec 2030, min 20 hrs/week when work available (mostly evenings/weekends), physical requirements (lift 20 lbs, walk several blocks, climb stairs), consistent access to fully insured reliable vehicle meeting Westat's min insurance, current valid driver's license not under suspension. - 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. - Benefits: health and welfare payment $5.35 weekly (may be reduced based on group benefit election) for up to 40 hrs/week; paid vacation and holiday leave based on hours worked; sick leave accrual based on hours worked; eligibility to participate in 401(k) program (employer matching dependent on hours worked); not initially eligible for health insurance/HSA; to be eligible must work 1560 hours from Sep to Sep following year with coverage Jan 1 after eligibility; overtime pay eligible; this is part-time variable-hour non-exempt. - Pay: hourly rate $25.70 (determined by location). Also mention health and welfare payment. - Schedule: part-time, runs yearly with two data collection periods: Jan-mid-July and late July-early Dec; break between rounds 1-2 weeks (spring-fall) and approx a month (fall-spring); work mostly evenings/weekends; variable hours; no work during breaks. We need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must decide what goes where. Typically: - About the role: overview of MEPS, purpose, panel survey, etc. - Responsibilities: duties (contact households, set appointments, conduct interviews, collect documents, transmit data, comply with security, report to supervisor, admin paperwork). - Requirements: maybe basic qualifications + minimum requirements (age, training availability, travel, vehicle, license, physical). - Qualifications: maybe preferred criteria? Or could combine. But we need separate sections only if content exists. We have both basic qualifications and minimum requirements; could put them under Requirements. Qualifications could be preferred criteria? Or we could treat "Qualifications" as preferred criteria. But we need to avoid duplication. Better: Use sections: - About the role - Responsibilities - Requirements (covers basic qualifications + minimum requirements) - Qualifications (preferred criteria) - Skills (maybe not explicitly listed; but we could infer skills like interviewing, communication, etc. However we should not invent. If no explicit skills list, we should not create a Skills section. The instruction: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So if no explicit skills, we skip Skills. - Benefits (health and welfare payment, vacation/holiday, sick leave, 401k, overtime eligibility) - Pay (hourly rate $25.70) - Schedule (part-time, data collection periods, breaks, evening/weekend work) We must not include boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. We must not repeat job title. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We need to use

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  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Let's craft. First, About the role: a paragraph describing MEPS, sponsored by AHRQ, panel survey, rounds, etc. Second, Responsibilities: list bullet points. Third, Requirements: list bullet points covering basic qualifications and minimum requirements. We need to be careful not to lose any detail. Let's extract details: Basic Qualifications: - Be 18 or older (or emancipated minor) with ability to enter binding confidentiality agreements. - Available to complete mandatory web-based home study training, including required Microsoft Teams video sessions, between Jan 4 and Jan 15, 2027, prior to start of in-person training. - Available to travel to and attend mandatory in-person training. Traveling on Jan 19, 2027, and completing a five-and-a-half-day in-person training that starts on Jan 20th, and ends on Jan 25th, 2027. - Available to complete additional mandatory web-based and virtual training activities, following the in-person training, including a post-training home study between Jan 26th and Jan 31st, 2027. Minimum Requirements: - 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, which is expected to extend from Jan 2027 to Dec 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 preferences of households in your assignment. At times, based on caseload and survey sample size, there will not be 20 hours of work available. - Able to meet physical requirements: lift and carry 20 pounds of equipment and materials, walk several blocks, 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. Preferred Criteria (Qualifications): - 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. - MS Teams will be used to conduct interviews with candidates for this position. - Residents of New York City, NY (including the 5 boroughs) must apply to location-specific requisition; others apply to Nationwide posting. (This is more about application; maybe we can include as note but it's not a qualification per se. Might be considered as location requirement. Could be part of Requirements? It's about where to apply; maybe we can skip as it's application instruction. But it's substantive about eligibility based on residence. Might be considered a requirement: must reside in NYC or apply elsewhere. However it's about application process; we could include as a note under Requirements? The instruction says remove application instructions. This is about where to apply based on residence; it's not exactly an instruction to apply but a condition. Might be considered a requirement: "Residents of New York City, NY (including the 5 boroughs – Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx) must apply to the location-specific requisition to be considered. Applicants who do not reside in these locations must apply to the Nationwide posting to be considered." This is more about where to submit application; could be considered application instruction. Safer to omit as it's about application process. We'll skip. - This is a part-time, variable-hour, non-exempt position. - This position is eligible for overtime pay. - This position is not initially eligible for health insurance or 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. - This federal government project is subject to the Service Contract Act (SCA). - The hourly rate for this position is determined by the location where work is performed. - 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). - This opportunity will be posted for a minimum of seven days, and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. (application instruction, skip) - 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. (maybe keep as benefit? It's a career opportunity; could be under Benefits or About the role? Might be considered a benefit. We'll include under Benefits as "Eligible for consideration for reassignment to other Westat field data collection projects upon successful completion." - Working on this study can be a fascinating and rewarding experience. If you are a reliable self-starter, this position may be right for you. (maybe fluff; could be under About the role? It's subjective; we could include as a closing note in About the role.) Now Benefits section: include health and welfare payment, vacation/holiday leave, sick leave, 401k eligibility, overtime eligibility, health insurance/HSA eligibility condition, reassignment eligibility. Pay section: hourly rate $25.70 (determined by location). Also mention health and welfare payment? Already in Benefits. Schedule section: part-time, variable-hour, two data collection periods Jan-mid-July and late July-early Dec, break between rounds 1-2 weeks (spring-fall) and approx a month (fall-spring), work mostly evenings/weekends, limited daytime, no work during breaks. Now we need to ensure we don't repeat info. Let's craft HTML. We'll start with

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  The hourly pay rate is $25.70 (rate varies by work location).

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  Part-time, variable‑hour position with two annual data collection periods: January through mid‑July and late July through early December. Breaks between rounds are typically 1‑2 weeks (spring‑fall) and about a month (fall‑spring), during which no work is scheduled. Work is primarily evenings and weekends, with limited daytime hours based on household preferences.

  We need to ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The requirement about being able to meet physical requirements: lift 20 lbs, walk several blocks, climb stairs while carrying equipment. Include. Vehicle requirement: consistent access to fully insured reliable vehicle meeting Westat's minimum insurance coverage. Driver's license: