Post Doctoral Associate -Rural Economic Resilience & Food Systems

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse posting. Posting Summary: description of role: "The Postdoctoral Associate will conduct applied economic and community-engaged research jointly supporting two related research programs under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Van Leuven. Approximately 60% of the position's effort will support an NSF EPSCoR project focused on rural climate resilience, which examining how severe weather, extreme heat, and harmful algal blooms affect rural labor markets, downtown business activity, and recreation economies. The remaining 40% will support UVM Food Systems Research Institute-funded work examining climate effects on rural food business dynamics (e.g., restaurant and grocery entries and exits) and rural food systems infrastructure, building on ongoing FSRI -supported research. The postdoc will help with leading in-person and virtual interviews with New England business owners, municipal officials, and consumers; conducting causal-inference analysis of high-frequency foot-traffic, consumer-spending, and satellite-derived environmental data; and contributing to manuscript preparation, presentations, and public-facing outputs." That's about role and responsibilities. Then "When applying, please submit a CV, a cover letter describing your fit with the position and research interests, a writing sample, and contact information for two to three professional references. Applications will close September 18, 2026. Questions? Contact Dr. Andrew Van Leuven at andrew.vanleuven@uvm.edu." This is application instructions, we must remove. Then "Minimum Qualifications (or Equivalent Combination Of Education And Experience) PhD completed by the January 1, 2027 start date in economics, applied/agricultural economics, regional science, public policy, or a closely related quantitative social science fieldDemonstrated quantitative/econometric skills, ideally including causal inference or panel-data methodsProgramming proficiency in R, Python, and/or StataStrong written and verbal communication skillsAbility to work both independently and collaboratively across institutions" Then "Desirable Qualifications Research experience or strong interest in rural economic development, climate resilience, and/or food systemsExperience conducting qualitative or community-engaged interviewsData visualization and GIS skillsFamiliarity with high-frequency mobility/spending data (e.g., Advan, SafeGraph) or satellite-derived environmental data" Then "Anticipated Pay Range $63,480 - $63,900" Then "Other Information Hybrid and remote candidates will be considered; the search will not be limited to candidates already based in Burlington. At minimum, the postdoc must be able to travel to Burlington, VT at least four times during the year for team meetings, plus additional periodic travel across New England for interview-based fieldwork. Candidates able to work in person at UVM on a more regular basis (i.e., within driving or transit distance) are preferred, all else equal. This position is expected to be able to begin work from an approved work location, within the United States, on January 1, 2027" Then "Special Conditions Contingent on continued funding, Travel to and from worksites required, This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with an option to split time between campus and elsewhere, in accordance with the university telecommuting policy, Background Check required for this position" We need to produce sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content. - About the role: we can put a brief paragraph summarizing the role (the first paragraph). That's substantive. - Responsibilities: list of duties: leading interviews, conducting causal-inference analysis, contributing to manuscript preparation, presentations, public-facing outputs. Also maybe supporting two research programs. We can put bullet list. - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (PhD, quantitative/econometric skills, programming proficiency, communication skills, ability to work independently/collaboratively). That's requirements. - Qualifications: Desirable Qualifications (research experience in rural economic development, climate resilience, food systems; qualitative/community-engaged interviews; data visualization and GIS; familiarity with high-frequency mobility/spending data or satellite-derived environmental data). That's qualifications. - Skills: maybe programming proficiency etc. But we already have programming in requirements. Could separate skills: R, Python, Stata; causal inference; panel-data; written/verbal communication; independent/collaborative work; data visualization; GIS; high-frequency mobility/spending data; satellite-derived environmental data. However we might combine. But we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we might combine some. We have Pay: Anticipated Pay Range $63,480 - $63,900. That's specific, so include Pay section. Schedule: The posting mentions hybrid schedule, travel expectations, remote considered, must travel to Burlington at least four times per year, periodic travel across New England, ability to begin work Jan 1 2027 from approved location within US. Also "Hybrid and remote candidates will be considered; the search will not be limited to candidates already based in Burlington." Also "This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with an option to split time between campus and elsewhere, in accordance with the university telecommuting policy". So we have schedule info: hybrid schedule, travel expectations. So we can include Schedule section. Benefits: Not mentioned explicitly. No benefits info. So we should not include Benefits section. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. We need to use

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  for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details like percentages, specific numbers, etc. Let's extract details precisely. About the role: The Postdoctoral Associate will conduct applied economic and community-engaged research jointly supporting two related research programs under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Van Leuven. Approximately 60% of the position's effort will support an NSF EPSCoR project focused on rural climate resilience, which examining how severe weather, extreme heat, and harmful algal blooms affect rural labor markets, downtown business activity, and recreation economies. The remaining 40% will support UVM Food Systems Research Institute-funded work examining climate effects on rural food business dynamics (e.g., restaurant and grocery entries and exits) and rural food systems infrastructure, building on ongoing FSRI -supported research. We need to keep that as prose. Responsibilities: The postdoc will help with leading in-person and virtual interviews with New England business owners, municipal officials, and consumers; conducting causal-inference analysis of high-frequency foot-traffic, consumer-spending, and satellite-derived environmental data; and contributing to manuscript preparation, presentations, and public-facing outputs. We could also include supporting the two research programs as responsibility but that's covered in About the role. We'll keep responsibilities as bullet list. Requirements (Minimum Qualifications): PhD completed by the January 1, 2027 start date in economics, applied/agricultural economics, regional science, public policy, or a closely related quantitative social science field; Demonstrated quantitative/econometric skills, ideally including causal inference or panel-data methods; Programming proficiency in R, Python, and/or Stata; Strong written and verbal communication skills; Ability to work both independently and collaboratively across institutions. We need to keep each as bullet. Qualifications (Desirable): Research experience or strong interest in rural economic development, climate resilience, and/or food systems; Experience conducting qualitative or community-engaged interviews; Data visualization and GIS skills; Familiarity with high-frequency mobility/spending data (e.g., Advan, SafeGraph) or satellite-derived environmental data. Skills: Might be overlapping with requirements and qualifications. But we could separate technical skills: Programming proficiency in R, Python, and/or Stata; Data visualization and GIS skills; Familiarity with high-frequency mobility/spending data or satellite-derived environmental data; Causal inference or panel-data methods; Written and verbal communication; Ability to work independently and collaboratively. However that duplicates. Perhaps better to not have Skills section if it's too thin. But we need to decide. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we combine Skills into Requirements or Qualifications. But we already have Requirements (minimum) and Qualifications (desirable). That's two sections. Could we add Skills as separate? Might be thin. Let's see if we have enough distinct content for Skills beyond what's already covered. The posting includes programming proficiency, data visualization/GIS, familiarity with high-frequency mobility/spending data or satellite-derived environmental data, causal inference, written/verbal communication, ability to work independently/collaboratively. Those are spread across requirements and desirable. If we separate Skills, we would be repeating. Better to not include Skills section. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (minimum), Qualifications (desirable), Pay, Schedule. Check if we need to include any other section like "Benefits"? No. Now Pay: Anticipated Pay Range $63,480 - $63,900. That's specific. Schedule: Hybrid and remote candidates will be considered; the search will not be limited to candidates already based in Burlington. At minimum, the postdoc must be able to travel to Burlington, VT at least four times during the year for team meetings, plus additional periodic travel across New England for interview-based fieldwork. Candidates able to work in person at UVM on a more regular basis (i.e., within driving or transit distance) are preferred, all else equal. This position is expected to be able to begin work from an approved work location, within the United States, on January 1, 2027. Special Conditions: Contingent on continued funding, Travel to and from worksites required, This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with an option to split time between campus and elsewhere, in accordance with the university telecommuting policy, Background Check required for this position. We need to preserve all substantive info: hybrid schedule, travel expectations, background check, contingent on funding, start date Jan 1 2027, location within US. We'll put schedule section with bullet list maybe. Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present. Now produce HTML fragment. Structure:

  About the role

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  Responsibilities

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  Requirements

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  Qualifications

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  Pay

  Anticipated Pay Range $63,480 - $63,900

  Schedule

  • Hybrid and remote candidates will be considered; the search is not limited to candidates already based in Burlington.
  • Must be able to travel to Burlington, VT at least four times per year for team meetings, plus additional periodic travel across New England for interview-based fieldwork.
  • Candidates able to work in person at UVM on a more regular basis (within driving or transit distance) are preferred, all else equal.
  • Position expected to begin work from an approved work location within the United States on January 1, 2027.
  • Contingent on continued funding.
  • Travel to and from worksites required.
  • Eligible for a hybrid schedule with option to split time between campus and elsewhere per university telecommuting policy.
  • Background check required.
  Check for any missing details: The posting also said "When applying, please submit a CV, a cover letter describing your fit with the position and research interests, a writing sample, and contact information for two to three professional references