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Sexual Assault Resp Coord
U.S. Coast Guard · Cleveland, Ohio · Closes in 4 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, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees under career transition programs (CTAP or ICTAP) may also apply and can get selection priority.

Experience: You need at least one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-11 in federal or private sector work. Specialized experience means work that built the skills for this job, such as coordinating victim witness programs, managing program data, training staff, or preparing sexual assault reports. Volunteer work counts.

Education: A degree in a behavioral or social science or a related field. Or a mix of education and experience that equals a major in one of those fields. Or four years of experience that gave you knowledge equal to a major in one of those fields. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid state driver's license

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, showing dates (mm/yy) and hours per week for each job or volunteer role Unofficial college transcripts showing course numbers, titles, credit hours, and grades if you qualify through education Official course description if a course title does not show its content Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee CTAP or ICTAP eligibility documents: agency notice, latest performance rating, SF-50, and promotion potential Proof of political appointee status, such as an SF-50, if applicable DD-214 or other proof if you claim veterans' preference, although preference does not apply to this hire Responses to the USA Hire assessments and questionnaire

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 4 days (November 8, 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 who meet the basic qualifications are referred for selection without ranking, and questionnaire answers are not scored. You must also complete the USA Hire assessments and meet the cut score, and overstating your 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, a security clearance (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

If you qualify through education, submit your transcripts with your application, because missing transcripts can disqualify you.
Show start and end dates (mm/yy) and hours per week for each job or volunteer role on your resume.
Keep your resume to 2 pages and leave out your Social Security number, date of birth, and any photo.

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