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HEALTH PROMOTION SPECIALIST (PREVENTION WORKFORCE)
*This position is open for candidates:
-Internal to an agency
-Individuals with disabilities
-Military spouses
-Veterans
-Land & base management
-Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
-Special authorities
Please use link USAJOBS – Job Announcement for full announcement details and applying for this position.
Summary
You will serve as a HEALTH PROMOTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF) in the Marine Corps Base Quantico of MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO.
Duties
- You will assist in identifying individuals at risk and connect them to skill building activities that promote protective factors and/or support resources.
- You will provide leadership with information on available resources, how to reduce stigma and increase help-seeking behavior, and education on risk and protective factors.
- You will provide information, assistance and guidance to Marines in meeting personal and family problems; provide an organized system to bring together available resources to relieve personal problems effecting performance, morale and retention.
- You will provide psycho-education to build protective factor skills; conduct prevention education classes and groups with fidelity. You will conduct primary prevention education and training.
- You will build cognitive regulation, emotion and interpersonal skills in Marines to prevent sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic abuse, child abuse, suicide and other problematic behaviors.
- You will collect metrics and reports data to measure performance and effectiveness of Behavioral Programs; recommend efficiencies in the development and delivery of primary prevention; collect data on case outcomes and community outreach initiatives.
- You will conduct needs assessment surveys; consult and advise on methods to successfully provide integrated solutions to improve help seeking behaviors.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- 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.
- Must be able to lift and carry objects up to 25lbs while setting up training facilities or transporting equipment and materials.
- This position is telework eligible.
Qualifications
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: working with other professionals to help prevent suicide, sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic abuse, child abuse, and other problematic behaviors; conducting group psycho-education to build skills to promote protective factors; AND providing evidence-based or evidence-informed, headquarters-approved social emotional skill building prevention and education
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
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 demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
Additional information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf
PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/
Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
