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 preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, application instructions, etc. Must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Must not create sections unless posting has real specific content. We need to parse the job description. Key info: - About the role: description of MEPS, field interviewers duties, etc. - Responsibilities: list of duties: contacting households, setting appointments, completing interview, collecting/following up documents, transmitting data daily, complying with data security, etc. - Requirements: Basic Qualifications: age 18+, ability to enter confidentiality agreements, availability for mandatory web-based home study training Jan 4-15 2027, availability to travel to and attend mandatory in-person training Jan 19 2027, completing five-and-a-half-day training Jan 20-25 2027, availability to complete additional mandatory web-based/virtual training Jan 26-31 2027. - Minimum Requirements: reside in and travel within project-designated areas, available to work data collection period Jan 2027-Dec 2030, available to work min 20 hrs/week when work available, mostly evenings/weekends, limited daytime, may not have 20 hrs, meet physical requirements (lift 20 lbs, walk several blocks, climb stairs while carrying equipment), have consistent access to fully insured reliable vehicle meeting Westat's min insurance, have current valid driver's license not under suspension. - Preferred Criteria: in-person interviewing experience and/or computer-assisted video interviewing experience, public contact/cold calling experience, comfortable working in unfamiliar locations, knocking on doors, communicating with diverse backgrounds. - Benefits: health and welfare payment $5.35 weekly for up to 40 hrs, 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), health insurance/HSA eligibility after 1560 hours from Sep-Sep, coverage Jan 1 after eligibility satisfied. Also mention overtime pay eligible. Also mention this is part-time variable-hour non-exempt, eligible for overtime pay. Not initially eligible for health insurance/HSA. - Pay: hourly pay rate $20.91 (determined by location). Also mention health and welfare payment $5.35 weekly. - Schedule: part-time, runs yearly with two data collection periods: Jan-mid-July, late July-early Dec, break between rounds: 1-2 weeks between spring and fall, approx a month between fall and spring. Start/stop dates vary with caseloads. Work mostly evenings/weekends, limited daytime. We need to format sections accordingly. We must not include Job ID, requisition numbers, etc. Also must not include EEO boilerplate. Also must not include "Any offer of employment may be contingent upon receipt of acceptable results from a post-offer background screening..." That's substantive? It's about background screening; maybe we can include under Requirements or Qualifications? It's a condition of employment. Could be included under Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep that info. It's not boilerplate; it's specific to the position. So include maybe under Requirements or Qualifications. Also "MS Teams will be used to conduct interviews with candidates for this position." That's about hiring process; maybe include under Requirements or Qualifications? Could be under Requirements. Also "This opportunity will be posted for a minimum of seven days, and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis." That's application instruction; we should remove application instructions per rule: remove application instructions. So drop that. Also "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." That's substantive; maybe include under Benefits or a separate section like Career Development? Not in list; but we could include under Benefits? Might be better to include under Benefits as "Eligibility for reassignment to other projects". However the instruction says only include sections when posting has real specific content for it. We have sections list; we could add a section like "Additional Information" but not in allowed headings. The allowed headings are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to fit info into those. We can put "Eligible for consideration for reassignment..." under Benefits or maybe under Qualifications? Probably Benefits. Also "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." That's fluff; could be under About the role? Might be considered boilerplate? It's not required to keep but it's substantive? It's more promotional; we could keep under About the role. Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings

for each section, and

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Field Interviewer". We need to decide which sections to include. We have content for: - About the role: description of MEPS, purpose, panel survey, etc. Also maybe the fluff. - Responsibilities: list of duties. - Requirements: could combine Basic Qualifications and Minimum Requirements and maybe background screening etc. Could be a list. - Qualifications: maybe Preferred Criteria? Or we could treat Requirements as mandatory, Qualifications as preferred. The instruction says use headings for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can separate. Thus: - About the role: prose. - Responsibilities: list. - Requirements: list (mandatory: age, confidentiality agreement, training dates, travel, residency, work period, hours, physical requirements, vehicle, driver's license, background screening contingency, MS Teams interview, etc.) - Qualifications: list (preferred: interviewing experience, public contact/cold calling, comfort with unfamiliar locations, etc.) - Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; but we could infer skills like communication, interpersonal, etc. However we should not create sections with filler. If no specific skill content, we should omit Skills section. The posting does not explicitly list skills; but we could infer from responsibilities: communication, data entry, etc. But better to omit if not explicitly stated. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we omit Skills if not present. - Benefits: list (health and welfare payment, vacation/holiday leave, sick leave, 401(k), health insurance/HSA eligibility after 1560 hours, overtime pay eligible, reassignment eligibility). - Pay: prose: hourly rate $20.91, location-based, plus health and welfare payment $5.35 weekly. - Schedule: prose: part-time, two data collection periods Jan-mid-July, late July-early Dec, breaks, work mostly evenings/weekends, limited daytime, hours min 20/week when work available, variable. Now we need to ensure we don't include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Remove those lines. Now produce HTML. We need to wrap sections in appropriate tags. Example:

  About the role

  Westat is seeking Field Interviewers for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)...

  Then responsibilities as
  • ... etc. Make sure to preserve all substantive info. Let's craft. About the role paragraph: include description of MEPS, sponsor, panel survey, rounds, field interviewers conduct in-person and computer-assisted video interviews, using Westat-provided laptop, contacting households, setting appointments, completing interview, collecting/following up documents, travel to training Jan 2027, etc. Also mention part-time, yearly, two data collection periods, break, etc. Also mention reporting to field supervisor, transmitting data daily, complying with data security, etc. Also mention the rewarding experience and self-starter line. Responsibilities list: bullet points: - Contact households in-person and/or by phone to introduce the study and gain cooperation. - Set appointments with sampled households. - Conduct in-person and computer-assisted video interviews using a Westat-provided laptop. - Complete interviews and collect/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 mandatory in-person training in January 2027 (Jan 19 travel, training Jan 20-25). - Complete mandatory web-based home study training (Jan 4-15) and additional web-based/virtual training (Jan 26-31). - Travel to local and occasional long-distance households, including overnight stays as needed. Requirements list (mandatory): - Be 18 years or older (or emancipated minor) and able to enter binding confidentiality agreements. - Reside in and be able to travel within project-designated areas to contact assigned households. - Available to work the data collection period from January 2027 through December 2030. - Able to work a minimum of 20 hours per week when work is available (mostly evenings and weekends; limited daytime; may be less than 20 hours depending on caseload). - 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 and valid driver’s license not under suspension. - Complete mandatory web-based home study training (Jan 4-15, 2027) and attend in-person training (travel Jan 19, training Jan 20-25, 2027). - Complete additional mandatory web-based/virtual training (Jan 26-31, 2027). - Any offer of employment may be contingent upon satisfactory results from a post-offer background screening (identity verification, employment history, motor vehicle record, criminal/sexual offender records) evaluated via individualized assessment. - Interviews with candidates will be conducted using MS Teams. Qualifications list (preferred): - 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. - Value diverse respondent base and treat them with respect. Benefits list: - 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 health insurance and a health savings account (HSA) after accumulating 1560 hours from September through September of the following year, with coverage beginning January 1 of the year after eligibility is satisfied. - Eligible for overtime pay (non-exempt position). - Upon successful completion, eligible for consideration for reassignment to other Westat field data collection projects. Pay section: - Hourly pay rate is $20.91 (rate determined by location of work). - In addition to hourly pay, a health and welfare payment of $5.35 is paid weekly for up to 40 work hours. Schedule section: - Part-time position with two yearly data collection periods: January through mid-July and late July through early December. - Breaks between rounds: typically 1–2 weeks between spring and fall rounds; approximately one month between fall and spring rounds. - Start and stop dates vary with caseloads; work is available only