Your steps to apply
Disability Employment Program Manager
Federal Trade Commission · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 8 days
Sign in to save your progress. Free, with just your email. You can read all the steps without an account.
1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Military spouses, Individuals with disabilities, The public, Federal employees - Competitive service, Veterans.
U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply, and citizenship must be met by the closing date. The job is open to the public, current federal employees in the competitive service, veterans, military spouses, and people eligible under Schedule A (a hiring path for people with disabilities).
Experience: You need at least 1 year of qualifying experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level, which means work done at that level in federal service or in the private or public sector. The experience must include disability laws such as the ADA, ADAAA and Rehabilitation Act, resolving reasonable accommodation requests, and developing disability policies and training; unpaid and volunteer work also counts.
Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.
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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 8 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: Your resume and documents are first checked against the minimum qualifications, then compared with your answers to the assessment questionnaire to rate your experience. Qualified applicants are rated Best-Qualified, Well-Qualified or Qualified, and you may lose consideration if your experience appears inflated or if errors or omissions affect your eligibility.
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:
- Show hours worked per week and exact dates for each job on your resume, since the announcement requires them.
- Upload your files early, because uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan.
- Describe specific ADA, Rehabilitation Act or reasonable accommodation work, since education cannot replace experience at this grade.
Kandidatu is an independent website: only the official posting counts. Read it before you apply.