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Instructional Systems Specialist – Direct Hire Authority
Air Force Materiel Command · Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio · Closes in 76 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.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Males must also be registered with Selective Service.

Experience: The announcement does not describe a work experience path. It says qualifications are based on the OPM qualification standards for Professional and Scientific positions, and the job is at NH-02 level, equal to GS-05 to GS-11.

Education: You need a bachelor's degree or higher with at least 24 semester hours in appropriate coursework. The coursework must cover at least four of these five areas: learning theory, instructional design practices, educational evaluation, instructional product development, and computers in education and training. Foreign degrees must be shown to be equivalent to U.S. degrees. Education must come from a school accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting body.

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 Resume of no more than two pages, with font no smaller than 10 points Resume must show hours worked per week and dates of employment (month/year) Resume must include your full first and last name Completed online application questionnaire Transcripts if you qualify using education, with accredited school information Active registration or license if the position requires one Agency notice, most recent performance rating, and SF-50 if you are an ICTAP eligible displaced federal employee Certification memo or DD Form 214 if you are an active duty service member claiming veterans' preference

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 76 days (January 15, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

The announcement says it may close at any time, so you should apply as soon as possible.

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 rank your qualifications. If your documents do not support your questionnaire answers, you will 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 hours per week and month/year dates for each job, or your application may be marked insufficient.
Send transcripts if you use your degree to qualify, and make sure your school is accredited.
Make sure your documents support your questionnaire answers, because mismatches lead to a not qualified rating.

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