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East CDC – Child and Youth Program Assistant 01/02
United States Space Force · Peterson AFB, Colorado · Closes in 85 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Preference categories include military spouses, veterans, and others, and you must prove any preference you claim.
Experience: You must be a high school graduate or have an equivalent. Target level requires 18 months of work in a childcare or youth program, plus extra training or a credential. Intermediate level requires six months of experience equal to the Entry Level, working in a group program for children or youth, plus training modules. Entry level requires no previous experience.
Education: Education can be used in place of some experience. At target level, you can combine 18 months of childcare or youth work with an associate degree that has a major course of study (24 credit hours) directly related to the age group. A bachelor's degree, or 120 semester hours with a major course of study (24 credit hours), can also qualify in fields such as early childhood education, child development, youth development, recreation, or physical education. Foreign education is accepted only if you show it is equal to U.S. education.
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 85 days (January 27, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
Applications are sent to hiring officials every two weeks until the job is filled, so the job may be filled before the closing date.
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, supporting documents, and online questionnaire answers are checked against the qualifications. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and documents are compared with your questionnaire answers to set your experience level. If you appear to have overstated your experience, you may lose consideration. Incomplete packages or missing information can also lower your rating or remove you from consideration.
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:
- Upload a copy of your high school diploma or GED, because it is required for every level.
- Make your resume show your childcare or youth program work with dates and hours per week. Volunteer work counts.
- Submit your immunization records with your application. Missing required documents can make your application incomplete.
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