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Management Analyst (D1913000)
Army National Guard Units · Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, National Guard and reserves, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service.
The job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the United States. You must be a member of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard, or be eligible to join it immediately at the military grade listed in the announcement.
Experience: You need 1 year of specialized experience at the next lower level, GS-7, or 24 months of specialized experience. This experience can include reviewing inventory and stock records, doing management studies, and checking internal controls. National Guard military service counts as full-time experience if it is related to the job.
Education: Education can count toward the experience requirement. Two academic years (30 semester hours each year) count as 3 months of specialized experience, and one full academic year counts as 6 months. Only education beyond the first 60 semester hours counts, and the courses must be directly related to the job. The school must be accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized body.
Licenses and certifications:
- Valid Puerto Rico State driver's license
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 and documents are checked against the qualifications, then compared with your questionnaire answers to measure your experience. If you rate yourself higher than your application supports, your rating may be lowered or you may be removed from consideration. Your resume must describe your experience in your own words, since copied text is treated as plagiarism and will disqualify you.
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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Contact the Recruiting and Retention office for an MBR Certification before applying if you are not a PRARNG member, or your application will not be screened.
- Show your work schedule, hours per week, and month and year dates on your resume.
- Send an official transcript showing the degree if you use education; unofficial transcripts are not accepted.
- Submit every required document by 11:59 PM Eastern on the closing date, or you will be ineligible.
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