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Operations Research Analyst
U.S. Special Operations Command (Army) · Fort Bragg, North Carolina · Closes in 8 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.

Only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. You must also meet at least one of the employment authority categories listed in the announcement and prove it with documents.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 level in federal service. This means work such as leading complex analytical studies, designing studies with advanced math and statistics, and coordinating with military and Defense Department offices. If you held a GS job in the last 52 weeks, you must have 52 weeks of federal service at GS-12.

Education: You need a bachelor's degree or higher in operations research, or a degree with at least 24 semester hours in operations research, math, probability, statistics, logic, science, or other courses that require strong college math or statistics. At least 3 of those semester hours must be in calculus. Transcripts are required. Foreign education must be evaluated as equal to a U.S. degree or receive full U.S. credit.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid state driver's license, kept while employed

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 two pages or less showing employer, job title, start and end months and years, hours per week, and tasks College transcripts, required because you must meet the education requirement Proof of eligibility documents for the employment authority you select SF-50 showing time-in-grade if you apply at a higher grade and your last SF-50 is within the past year Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable Cover letter (optional)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 8 days (November 11, 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: A subject-matter expert reviews your resume for the specialized experience. Applicants who pass then complete an online questionnaire and USA Hire online assessments that rate skills such as reasoning, attention to detail, and teamwork. Overstating your qualifications or cheating on the assessment can get you removed.

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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 (Top Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must be two pages or less and clearly show how your work matches the specialized experience, including month and year dates and hours per week.
If you qualify through education, attach your transcripts, because the announcement says they are required.
Use plain language on your resume and avoid acronyms, because the agency will not assume what your work involved.

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