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Program Analyst
Naval Sea Systems Command · Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia · Closes in 12 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 can apply. The job is open to the public.

Experience: Your resume must show at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-02 pay band (or GS-11 level). This can be federal experience or private or public sector experience doing program analysis to study or solve complex problems for submarine construction, maintenance, or modernization programs.

Education: This job has no education requirement.

Licenses and certifications:

DAWIA certification in the functional area and tier assigned to the position, plus Continuous Learning points

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 2 pages, legible, showing employer name, start and end dates (month/year), and hours per week if part-time For federal jobs on your resume, show the pay plan, series, and grade level Official or unofficial transcripts or a course list if you use education to meet requirements Copy of any license, certification, or professional membership you claim DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference, plus DD-215 if you have one Statement of service on command letterhead if you are on active duty

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 12 days (November 16, 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: You will be rated on your resume and supporting documents against the listed qualifications. Applicants who appear to inflate their experience may be found ineligible, and incomplete packages are not considered. Qualified applicants go to the hiring manager, who may interview them.

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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 be 2 pages or less and show dates by month and year, plus hours per week for part-time jobs.
If you claim education, attach transcripts or a course list showing grades and completion dates.
Apply only through the link in How to Apply, because faxed applications are not considered.

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