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Management and Program Analyst
Office of the Secretary of Defense · Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia · Closes in 2 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, Veterans, Military spouses, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

This job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition program applicants, veterans, and military spouses may also apply and may get priority or preference under the rules listed.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade in federal service to qualify at GS-15. Private sector experience counts. The experience must show you can apply complex legislative or regulatory guidance, develop policies for special access programs, and assess program effectiveness.

Education: Education cannot be substituted for experience.

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, no more than 2 pages, in PDF, with at least 0.5 inch margins and 10-point font, showing months, dates, and hours per week for each job Most recent SF-50 showing competitive service and highest grade held College transcripts if you qualify through education DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference Completed DD-3145 self-certification checklist if you claim a Priority Placement Program preference ICTAP documentation if you apply under that program Cover letter (optional)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 2 days (November 6, 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: Applicants are rated on their resume, their answers to the application questionnaire, and the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment if required. Candidates are placed in Qualified, Well Qualified, or Best Qualified categories based on five competencies. You may lose consideration if your resume overstates your experience, or be removed if the length of your experience cannot be determined.

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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 (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must show the months, years, and hours per week for each job, or you may be removed from consideration.
Keep your resume to 2 pages or less, in PDF, with 0.5 inch margins and 10-point font, or you will be found ineligible.
Upload your most recent SF-50 showing your highest grade held, since the announcement requires it.

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