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Program Analyst – Direct Hire
Federal Transit Administration · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 5 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: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national. Career transition candidates (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) and eligible displaced federal employees also may apply and get priority.

Experience: For GS-11, you need at least 1 year of experience equal to GS-09 work, such as knowledge of 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53 transit law and evaluating program data. For GS-12, you need at least 1 year of experience equal to GS-11 work, and for GS-13, at least 1 year equal to GS-12 work, such as providing technical help on grant programs.

Education: You can qualify at GS-11 with 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or with a mix of graduate education and experience. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

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, two pages maximum, showing dates, hours per week, and position series and grade Narrative answers to the assessment questions, each tied to your resume College transcripts if you qualify through graduate education For CTAP or ICTAP: most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility letter, and most recent SF-50

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 5 days (November 2, 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 application is first checked for basic qualifications, then your knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) are assessed. Narrative answers must be supported by your resume, and claimed experience that is not supported may be disallowed, which can make you ineligible.

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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:

Start each narrative answer with the exact position title, organization, dates (MM/YYYY), hours per week, and series/grade from your resume
Make sure every date and timeframe in your answers appears on your two-page resume
Confirm all required documents are attached in USAJOBS before final submission, since uploads do not guarantee inclusion

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