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Procurement Analyst
Office of the Secretary · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 3 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, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

Open to the public and to career transition eligibles (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), who get priority. You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S.

Experience: You need at least 4 years of contracting or related experience, including 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to ZA-03/GS-12. Specialized experience includes evaluating procurement information for FAR compliance, analyzing procurement trends to recommend policy, developing procurement policy, and briefing policy analysis to audiences.

Education: A 4-year bachelor's degree with at least 24 semester hours in accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management. The senior procurement executive may waive these requirements at their discretion. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

FAC-C (Professional) certification or DoD Contracting Professional Certification

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 with dates of employment in mm/dd/yy format and hours per week if under 40 Resume should show citizenship and Selective Service status if applicable Copies of your FAC-C or DoD contracting certificates Transcripts, official or unofficial, showing school, grades, dates, and credit hours Course-by-course foreign education equivalency letter, if educated abroad CTAP or ICTAP proof of separation, latest performance rating, and promotion potential documents SF-50 and statement of recent political appointment, if applicable DD-214 or VA letter, if you are a preference eligible (encouraged, not required)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 3 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: Your resume, supporting documents, questionnaire answers, and a USA Hire online assessment are reviewed, and you must meet the assessment cut score. Because this is direct-hire, ratings, ranking, and veterans' preference do not apply, but overstating qualifications or cheating 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, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Include copies of your FAC-C or DoD certificates and transcripts, since missing them can make you ineligible.
Make sure your resume lists dates, citizenship, and any hours per week under 40 for each job.
Complete the USA Hire assessment before its deadline, and request accommodation before starting if you need one.

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