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Financial Management Specialist-Direct Hire Authority
Air Force Materiel Command · Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio · Closes in 115 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: The public.

This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S., and the conditions of employment say U.S. citizenship is required.

Experience: You need at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower level, NH-02, which equals GS-11. Qualifying experience includes budget work, analyzing financial data, and applying OMB, Congressional, and agency financial rules; this experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date.

Education: This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Licenses and certifications:

Financial Management Level 2 certification
Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) functional area certification, to be completed within 1 to 5 years of appointment

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 Online application questionnaire Resume, no more than two pages, font no smaller than 10 points Resume showing dates of employment (month/year) and hours worked per week Your full name on your resume and all other documents Transcripts if you qualify through education Active registration or license copies if the position requires one Certification memo from your military branch if you are on active duty Performance appraisals and awards from the last 3 years (optional for current federal employees)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 115 days (February 26, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

The announcement may close at any time, so apply as soon as you can.

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 application package, including your resume, documents, and questionnaire answers, is used to rate your eligibility, qualifications, and quality. If your documents do not support your questionnaire answers, you may be rated not qualified or insufficient information and will not be considered further.

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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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must list dates (month/year) and hours per week for each job, or it may be marked insufficient.
Make sure your questionnaire answers match what your resume and documents say, or you may be rated not qualified.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, use at least 10-point font, and include your full name on every document.

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