You will serve as a FAMILY LIFE SPECIALIST in the Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) of NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON.

Duties

You will serve as a non-clinical consultant on a wide variety of work and family life issues and concerns. You will conduct interviews and assess client's needs and concerns such as relocations, career resource development, and personal financial issues. You will assist clients with career, occupational, volunteer and educational issues by delivering services to equip client with career/job search skills. You will report progress and make recommendations on program planning agency coordination, and follow-up procedures to the manager supervisor.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Interviewing and assessing clients' needs and concerns such as relocation, career resource development, and personal financial issues; 2) Assisting clients with career, occupational, volunteer and educational issues; 3) Providing assistance in developing family goals and plans; 4) Developing marketing materials to include researching, organizing, designing, procuring and disseminating community resource directories. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
or
Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
or
Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrates acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.

SUBSITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE:
Applicants may substitute the following education for the required experience, provided it demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position:

2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree
or
master's or equivalent graduate degree

Combination of experience and education: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be combined to meet the total qualification requirements.

For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned). Failure to submit the required transcript will result in an ineligible rating. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Must provide transcripts with application.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON Box 44 Groton, CT 06340 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]