Research Associate, Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "UC is an E-Verify employer..." etc. Also remove "Important: To apply you must create a profile..." etc. Also remove "Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Also remove "REQ: [[id]]". Also remove "UC offers an exceptional benefits package..."? Actually benefits are substantive, we need to include Benefits section if posting actually states them. It does list benefits: Comprehensive Tuition Remission, Robust Retirement Plans, Real Work-Life Balance, Additional Benefits Include Competitive salary based on experience, Comprehensive health coverage, Flexible spending accounts & wellness programs, Professional development & mentorship opportunities. So we need Benefits section.
Pay: Not specified explicitly; they say "Competitive salary based on experience" but that's not a specific number. The rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. For Pay, they didn't give a specific salary figure; they said "Competitive salary based on experience". That is vague but still mentions compensation. However rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. "Competitive salary based on experience" is somewhat vague but still states compensation. However it's similar to "commensurate with experience". I'd interpret that as filler/placeholder and thus we should NOT create a Pay section. So we omit Pay.
Schedule: Not mentioned. So omit.
Now we need sections: About the role? Could be "Job Overview" as a section heading. Use
About the role
maybe. The posting has "Job Overview". We'll make a section with heading About the role (or Job Overview). The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those exact headings when appropriate. So we can have About the role (for overview), Responsibilities (essential functions), Requirements (required education/experience), Qualifications (additional qualifications considered), Skills (maybe not explicit), Benefits (as listed). We'll include only those with substantive content.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to extract details.
Let's parse the posting:
- Intro about UC (mission etc). That's background but not necessarily required. Could be part of About the role? Might be considered boilerplate? It's descriptive about university. Might be considered part of About the role. We'll include it as prose in About the role.
- Job Overview paragraph: describes primary responsibility, etc.
- Essential Functions: a long list of bullet-like sentences (but not bullet). We need to turn into - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should extract each duty as a list item.
- Required Education: Bachelor’s degree required in a related field.
- Required Experience: Three (3) years relevant work experience in a specialized field, process or discipline.
- Additional Qualifications Considered: Ph.D. in Chemistry or in a related field; Experience with diffraction instrumentation and cryogenic device maintenance and repairs; Systems management of the crystallographic computers and internal network.
- Physical Requirements/Work Environment: list of items (Sitting - Continuously, etc). This is also a list; we could put under Requirements or maybe a separate section? The instruction only gave certain headings; but we could include under Requirements or maybe a separate section like "Physical Requirements". However not in the list of allowed headings. We could incorporate into Requirements as a list. But we need to preserve all substantive info. We could create a section "Requirements" and include education, experience, physical requirements as sub-items? Might be okay.
But we need to follow instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should stick to those headings. So we can have:
About the role
(contains UC overview and Job Overview)
Responsibilities
(list of essential functions)
Requirements
(education, experience, maybe physical requirements)
Qualifications
(additional qualifications considered)
Benefits
(list of benefits)
We should not include Skills if not present.
Now we need to extract content.
About the role: combine UC description and Job Overview.
UC description: "Current UC employees must apply internally via SuccessFactors Next Lives at the University of Cincinnati Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to more than 53,600 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, and over 360,000 living alumni, UC, a Carnegie 1 institution, combines research prowess with a physical setting The New York Times has called “the most ambitious campus design program in the country." UC's momentum has never been stronger as the anchor of the Cincinnati Innovation District, the oldest cooperative education (co-op) program in the country with students earning $94 million annually through paid experiences, an academic health system, and as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The university contributes $10.6 billion in economic impact to the city and $22.7 billion to the state of Ohio. At UC, next is all of us. Learn more at uc.edu. UC is a mission-driven organization where we are committed to student success and positively transforming the community through scholarship and service. We thrive on innovation, making an impact, and fostering an environment where staff and faculty are key contributors to UC’s success."
That's a lot; we need to preserve all substantive info. It's okay to include as prose.
Then Job Overview: "The primary responsibility of the staff crystallographer is to operate and maintain a full-service laboratory for single-crystal crystallography and X-ray powder diffraction. The staff crystallographer is responsible for performing both routine and specialized crystallographic analyses, including single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction data collection, crystal structure determination, powder diffraction analysis, and the preparation of reports documenting the services provided. The staff crystallographer may also be asked to assist biochemical research groups with macromolecular crystal mounting and screening. In addition, the crystallographer is expected to teach the graduate-level X-ray Crystallography course (CHEM 8046), which includes both lectures and hands-on laboratory instruction, and to contribute to the crystallography components of undergraduate-level laboratory courses. The crystallographer is expected to participate in all aspects of research publication and dissemination, including the preparation of manuscript sections involving structural characterization and crystallographic analysis. However, responsibility for overall manuscript preparation does not rest solely with the crystallographer. The staff crystallographer is also strongly encouraged to establish research collaborations both within the Department and with external investigators. These collaborations may include research activities conducted at synchrotron and neutron scattering facilities. The crystallographer is expected to pursue external support for the X-ray Facility through mechanisms such as fee-for-service activities, external service agreements, and participation as a co-principal investigator (Co-PI) on grant proposals."
We'll combine.
Responsibilities: Essential Functions list. Let's extract each sentence as a list item.
Essential Functions paragraph: "Assist with the coordination of research studies in the disciplines focused on the study of matter, energy, materials, chemistry, physics, and laboratory-based physical systems research.Make independent contributions to projects and studies based on professional training or functional experience.Solve problems using combined research knowledge.Independently works on whole projects/problems.Contribute to the collective team effort.Perform statistical and graphical analysis of data, interpret data and assist in judging validity of data.Analyze research results.Organize data search and analysis procedures.Assist in establishing test controls, criteria and research standards.Assist in the design of complex data processing systems to analyze research data.Accomplish assigned results for project/studies, or for significant aspects of larger, complex assignments.Serve as a seasoned level researcher.May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time."
We need to split into items. Each sentence separated by period. We'll create
- for each.
Note: The last sentence "This job description can be changed at any time." is maybe boilerplate but it's part of essential functions; we can keep.
Now Requirements: Required Education: Bachelor’s degree required in a related field. Required Experience: Three (3) years relevant work experience in a specialized field, process or discipline. Physical Requirements/Work Environment: list.
We need to include physical requirements as list items under Requirements maybe.
Physical Requirements/Work Environment: "Sitting - Continuously Repetitive hand motion (such as typing) - Often Hearing, listening - Often Talking - Often Standing - Often Walking - Often Stooping - Often Bending - Often Climbing stairs/ladders - Not Required Kneeling, squatting - Seldom Lifting - up to 20 pounds - Often Noise: There is sufficient noise to cause you to shout in order to be heard above the noise level. Atmospheric Conditions: Conditions that affect the respiratory system, such as fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation. Hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts of machinery or tools used to perform work, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, or exposure to chemicals."
We need to parse each item. Could split by period? Actually each item separated by line breaks but we have them as a continuous string. We'll split by the dash pattern? Might be easier to treat each bullet as separate line item. We'll create list items for each:
- Sitting - Continuously
- Repetitive hand motion (such as typing) - Often
- Hearing, listening - Often
- Talking - Often
- Standing - Often
- Walking - Often
- Stooping - Often
- Bending - Often
- Climbing stairs/ladders - Not Required
- Kneeling, squatting - Seldom
- Lifting - up to 20 pounds - Often
- Noise: There is sufficient noise to cause you to shout in order to be heard above the noise level.
- Atmospheric Conditions: Conditions that affect the respiratory system, such as fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
- Hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts of machinery or tools used to perform work, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, or exposure to chemicals.
We'll keep them.
Now Qualifications: Additional Qualifications Considered: Ph.D. in Chemistry or in a related field; Experience with diffraction instrumentation and cryogenic device maintenance and repairs; Systems management of the crystallographic computers and internal network.
We'll make list.
Benefits: The posting says: "UC offers an exceptional benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and work-life balance. (UC Benefits) Eligibility may vary by position and FTE status. Highlights include: Comprehensive Tuition Remission UC provides tuition remission for you and your eligible dependents, covering tuition costs for nearly all undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the university. Robust Retirement Plans As a UC employee, you won’t contribute to Social Security (except Medicare). Instead, you’ll choose
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "UC is an E-Verify employer..." etc. Also remove "Important: To apply you must create a profile..." etc. Also remove "Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Also remove "REQ: [[id]]". Also remove "UC offers an exceptional benefits package..."? Actually benefits are substantive, we need to include Benefits section if posting actually states them. It does list benefits: Comprehensive Tuition Remission, Robust Retirement Plans, Real Work-Life Balance, Additional Benefits Include Competitive salary based on experience, Comprehensive health coverage, Flexible spending accounts & wellness programs, Professional development & mentorship opportunities. So we need Benefits section. Pay: Not specified explicitly; they say "Competitive salary based on experience" but that's not a specific number. The rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. For Pay, they didn't give a specific salary figure; they said "Competitive salary based on experience". That is vague but still mentions compensation. However rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. "Competitive salary based on experience" is somewhat vague but still states compensation. However it's similar to "commensurate with experience". I'd interpret that as filler/placeholder and thus we should NOT create a Pay section. So we omit Pay. Schedule: Not mentioned. So omit. Now we need sections: About the role? Could be "Job Overview" as a section heading. Use