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Child & Youth Program Leader, Cy-02(Gse-05)/Rft, Chimugukuru CDC, Camp Foster
U.S. Marine Corps · Camp Foster, Japan · Closes in 9 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or owe allegiance to the United States, and you must live in Okinawa or be arriving there on official government orders.

Experience: You need at least 18 months of work in group programs with children or youth, plus knowledge of how children grow and develop. If you qualify through a degree, you need at least 12 months of this work instead.

Education: Option 1: a high school diploma or equivalent, plus completed DoD standardized training courses or a CDA, ECE, or MSA credential. Option 2: a bachelor's or advanced degree in early childhood, elementary or secondary education, child and youth development, special education, or a related field, with a major of at least 24 semester hours in that area. Option 3: an associate's degree or 60 semester hours of college credit, with the same 24-hour major. Schools must be accredited by an accreditor recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Licenses and certifications:

Current CPR certification
Current First Aid certification

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than 2 pages Education or certification certificates, if applicable DD-214 Member Copy, if you have prior military service Social Security card, which must be presented during the application process Copy of sponsor's orders, if you are a military or DoD civilian spouse Written statement and ID card stamped TA in red, if using the Transition Assistance Program

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: You are rated on how well your application and resume meet the listed qualifications. The selecting official chooses the best qualified applicant, and missing required information may make you ineligible or lower your rating.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Apply online through the MCCS Careers site, since emailed or mailed resumes are not considered
Keep your resume to 2 pages or fewer, or it will not be referred
Military and DoD civilian spouses must include a copy of the sponsor's orders with the application

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