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Construction Analyst (REAC)
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing · Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job) · Closes in 7 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: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

You must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national. The job is open to the public and to career transition candidates (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), and displaced federal employees get priority if rated well qualified.

Experience: For the GS-9 level, you need 1 year of experience like GS-7 evaluating building inspection plans, helping with property inspections, and documenting findings. For the GS-13 level, you need 1 year of experience like GS-12 inspecting assets against development specifications, interpreting building regulations, and preparing and reviewing inspection reports.

Education: At the GS-9 level, a master's or equivalent graduate degree in architecture, engineering, building construction, or a related field can qualify you, or a combination of experience and graduate study. At the GS-11 level, a Ph.D. or three full years of graduate study in those fields can qualify you. The announcement does not list education options for GS-13.

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 showing month/day/year dates and hours worked per week (2 pages maximum) Vacancy question responses on the application College transcripts if you qualify through education Veterans' preference documents if you claim it CTAP or ICTAP eligibility documents if you are a displaced federal employee SF-50 and a statement about any recent political appointment, if it applies

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 7 days (November 11, 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: Your resume and answers to the vacancy questions are checked for minimum qualifications, and the best-qualified candidates may be interviewed. You must also complete USA Hire online assessments that measure 13 competencies, such as attention to detail, reasoning, and teamwork. Overstating your qualifications or cheating on the assessments can get you removed from consideration.

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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:

List month/day/year dates and hours per week for each job on your resume, or the experience may not get full credit.
Upload transcripts if you use graduate education to qualify, since they are required for education claims.
If you receive the assessment link after the closing date, finish all assessments within 48 hours of receiving it.

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