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Executive Director Healthcare Project Management Operations
Veterans Health Administration · Location Negotiable After Selection · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Senior executives, The public.
Open to the public, limited to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Current senior executives may also apply. You must show that you meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Experience: You must show demonstrated experience leading enterprise transformation in a complex health care organization, including program management, systems redesign, change management, and implementing legislative requirements. The announcement does not state a grade level because this is a Senior Executive Service job.
Education: The announcement does not list a required degree. If you use education to qualify, only schools accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education count, and foreign education needs a credential evaluation.
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 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: Your resume is first checked for minimum qualifications, then for the five ECQs and the technical qualification. Highly qualified applicants may have one or more interviews and may be referred to the selecting official. Resumes over 2 pages, or with the wrong margins or font, are disqualified, and separate narratives are not reviewed.
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 evidence for the technical qualification and all five ECQs inside your 2-page resume, because separate narratives are not accepted
- Check that your PDF resume is 2 pages or less, with 1-inch margins and at least 10-point font, or it will be disqualified
- If you are a current or former SES member or SES Candidate Development Program graduate, upload your SF-50 or certification proof
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