Clarification from the agency

This is a temporary Intern position with flexible part-time/full time work schedules.

What You May Be Doing:

As a Student Trainee, you will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of tasks and projects. Some of the responsibilities you may undertake include:

• Participating in the quality review of SharePoint, OneDrive libraries, and databases.
• Assisting with the research and development of procedures, processes, and presentations.
• Engaging in customer engagement, business development, and outreach activities.
• Presenting findings for projects and assignments.
• Participating in team meetings and collaborating with colleagues.
• Liaising with other employees to resolve information or project requests.
• Compiling and analyzing information to develop reports, proposals, or documents.
• Maintaining accurate documentation and records for all assigned projects.
• Engaging with peers and team members to obtain knowledge needed to complete projects.
• Following all current standards utilized by your team.
• Complying with all agency privacy and data security policies and practices.
• Leveraging enterprise project management principles and concepts.
• Communicating clearly to a wide range of stakeholders through verbal and written means.
• Using analytical and problem-solving skills to organize and prioritize projects and tasks.
• Ensuring projects adhere to defined scope, budget, schedule, and other project boundaries.
• Supporting the communication of operational dashboards and roadmaps to various levels of leadership and key stakeholders.
• Tracking project progress and following up with accountable parties.
• Gathering feedback and proposing process improvement recommendations.
• Assisting with enhancing and improving work products.
• Assisting in coordinating and conducting a comprehensive Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) of essential functions.
• Assisting program managers in coordinating and implementing training, testing, and exercise efforts.
  
  The Skills to be Successful as a Student Trainee:
  
  To excel as a Student Trainee, you should possess the following skills and qualities:
• Ability to work smart, driving projects, meeting deadlines, and achieving goals.
• Proactive nature and bias for action.
• Attention to detail, precision, and ability to handle tasks with high accuracy.
• Flexibility, creativity, curiosity, and willingness to take initiative.
• Quick and adaptable learner, comfortable with ambiguity and dynamic change.
• Ability to inspire trust, build relationships quickly, and earn the confidence and cooperation of business partners.
• High standards, integrity, and ethics.
  
  What We're Looking For:
  
  To be considered for the Student Trainee position, you should meet the following criteria:
• Currently enrolled in an educational institution.
• Strong team player while also demonstrating independent thinking.
• Ability to work under deadlines, organize tasks, and multitask effectively.
• Robust analytical skill set.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Endless curiosity and a penchant for thinking outside the box.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software products.
• Attentive to team needs, providing rapid and high-quality responsiveness to requests.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, maintaining rapport with team members and professionalism with others outside of the team.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, demonstrating a professional demeanor and the ability to interact with others with discretion and tact.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Capable of identifying and completing tasks independently, with a sense of urgency and ownership.
• Demonstrated success in maintaining high personal work standards.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and tact.
• Strong presentation skills to audiences comprising all levels of leadership.
• Highly motivated and self-starter, able to work autonomously and effectively drive forward the work assigned.
  
  If you possess these skills and qualities, we encourage you to apply for this exciting Student Trainee opportunity.

Conditions of employment

Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin
Selective Service: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
Age: You must be at least 16 years of age
Background Investigation: Must be suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
Availability for Work: Applicants hired on a temporary appointment will be afforded the opportunity to work a part- or full-time schedule during the period of May 18, 2026 through August 23, 2026.
Student Status: Applicants must have at least 1 academic year (fall and spring session) remaining in their studies before they complete their current degree requirements.
Graduation Status: Applicants that graduate prior to May 2027 will not be considered for this position unless you have been accepted into a follow-on degree or certificate program and provide verification of future enrollment status prior to start date.
Pathways Agreement: If selected, you will be required to sign a Pathways Agreement which specifies the conditions of your employment as we've indicated in this job announcement. You must continue to meet the Pathways Program requirements throughout the duration of your appointment. To verify that you do, we will require proof of your continued enrollment and good standing each semester or grading period throughout your internship. Failure to do so will result in termination of your internship and employment.
Trial Period: Selectee must complete a trial period while on the Pathways internship appointment.
Bargaining Unit:Depending on the location and program for which selected:

• if the duty station is finalized in the Boyers/East Butler, PA offices, employees in this position will be represented by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2450.
• if the duty station is finalized in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, employees in this position will be represented by the AFGE Local 32.
• if the duty station is finalized outside the localities above, this position will not be represented by a bargaining unit.

Qualifications

You must meet the education requirements detailed below by the close of the vacancy.

GS-4: Completion of two academic years of post-high school study or associate's degree.

An academic year of undergraduate education is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in an accredited college or university.

An academic year of graduate education is based on normal course loads for a full year of study in the graduate program. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours is considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement.

To meet the Intern Eligibility requirements, you must be a student accepted for enrollment or enrolled and seeking a degree (diploma, certificate, etc.) in a qualifying educational institution, on a full or half-time basis (as defined by the institution in which you are enrolled).

Certificate programs must be at least one-year duration of full-time academic study in post-secondary education.

Accepted for Enrollment: If you have been accepted for enrollment in an institution or career or technical education program, but have not yet begun coursework, you must submit an Acceptance Letter from the institution and your most recent academic transcript from your previous program.

NOTE: You will NOT be considered under Pathways unless you provide supporting information from your school. Documentation may be provided in letter format from your academic advisor, school counselor, admission office, etc. to prove enrollment OR it may be provided in the form of several official documents from your school such as a copy of your official transcripts and a copy of your class schedule for next semester. Copies of documents from your school website are acceptable if they contain all relevant information as listed above. Letters from advisors or other school officials must be on school letterhead. Official transcripts will be required prior to final offer of employment.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the application process is complete, your resume will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement.

Qualified applicants will be placed in one of four groupings:

1. Preference eligible having a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more
2. Other 10-point preference eligible
3. 5-point preference eligible
4. No preference eligible

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your resume:

• Your Resume showing the applicant's name, email address, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed to include pay plan, series, and grade level for relevant federal experience. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. Only the first 2 pages of the resume/application will be used to verify minimum qualifications. Please be sure to include specific dates of employment and work schedule(s).

• You are required to submit a copy of your transcripts and proof of enrollment.
• We accept unofficial transcripts, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned.
• Official transcripts will be required prior to final offer of employment
• If you have been accepted for enrollment in an institution, but have not yet begun coursework, you must submit an Acceptance Letter from the institution, your most recent academic transcript from your previous program and provide proof of future enrollment status prior to start date.

• DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form (and any required documents listed on page 2) and VA letter showing final percentage, or certification of expected discharge or release from active duty.

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