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Environmental Health Specialist
Indian Health Service · Rhinelander, Wisconsin · Closes in 7 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Native Americans, The public.
Open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or owe allegiance to the U.S. Native Americans with a tribal affiliation can also apply, and the law gives absolute preference to qualified applicants who meet the Interior Secretary's definition of Indian.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-10). The experience should include applying environmental health codes and standards to find risks, teaching people to meet environmental health rules, evaluating control measures, and planning work using a risk-based process.
Education: A bachelor's or higher degree with major study in the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences related to the work, from a program accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Three years of graduate study toward a Ph.D. also qualifies, or a combination of education and experience that adds up to 100 percent.
Licenses and certifications:
- Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) or Registered Sanitarian (RS) registration from the National Environmental Health Association, a state, D.C., Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory (required; applicants without it are ineligible)
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 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: You will take the USA Hire Assessment, which measures attention to detail, flexibility, integrity, interpersonal skills, reasoning, self-management, stress tolerance and teamwork, and you will be placed in a quality category: Best Qualified, Well Qualified or Qualified. Overstating your experience, cheating on an assessment, or using AI or a consultant for the optional essays can get you removed 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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Attach a copy of your REHS or RS certificate, because applicants without it are ineligible.
- Start the background investigation forms quickly, since you must return them within 5 calendar days of receiving instructions.
- List dates, hours per week and duties for every job, paid or unpaid, on your resume.
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