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Supervisory Agriculturalist (State Plant Health Director)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Fargo, North Dakota and 2 more · Closes tomorrow

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. The announcement requires that you be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national. Career transition candidates (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) and eligible displaced federal employees get selection priority.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level, which is the level needed for this GS-12 job. It can come from private or public sector work, including volunteer work, and must show planning and running operational programs, managing subordinates, and planning inspection, treatment, survey or eradication programs.

Education: A degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or a related field. You can also qualify with courses equal to a major in those fields, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid state driver's license at the time of application

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 with dates, hours per week, and supervisor names and phone numbers College transcripts if you use education to qualify (unofficial copy is fine at application) DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 and proof of entitlement if you claim 10-point veterans' preference (SF-15 is recommended, not required) CTAP, ICTAP or RPL proof if claiming priority: separation notice, SF-50s, and last performance appraisal

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes tomorrow (November 5, 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 are placed in Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified categories based on experience and these competencies: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, flexibility, interpersonal skills, problem solving, and resilience. You must meet or beat the USA Hire assessment cut score, and overstating experience 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:

Your resume must give detailed experience for each job, including dates, hours per week, and supervisor contact info, and it cannot go over two pages.
Make sure your resume backs up your questionnaire answers, especially on managing subordinates and planning programs.
For CTAP, ICTAP or RPL priority, you must be rated well qualified or above, which means at least 85 out of 100 on a score-based rating.

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