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Foreign Service Specialist



19 careers - do you qualify?

STEP 3: DO I MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR GENERAL SERVICES OFFICERS?

To be considered as a candidate for the General Services Officer position, you must meet the minimum education and experience qualification requirements listed below.

Education General Experience Specialized Experience
High School Diploma or Equivalent 3 years 3 years

To determine if you meet the minimum requirements, please answer the following questions:

General Experience
1. Do you have at least 3 years of general experience at the professional, technical, or administrative level including obtaining and providing a variety of services to an organization, managing a multifaceted operation, supervising a multidisciplinary workforce or other similar work? YesNo 
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2. If you substituted education for general experience at the rate of 9 months for each full time academic year of education up to a Bachelor's degree, would you have at least 3 years of general experience?

 YesNo 
Specialized Experience
You must have at least 3 years of PROFESSIONAL work experience that would enable you to apply specific knowledge, skills, and abilities appropriate to the position. This experience must be from more than one of the 7 areas below and within the last 6 years. Does your professional work experience include:
1. Responsibility for scheduling large shipments of domestic or overseas freight, and managing customs clearances? YesNo 
2. Experience in negotiating contracts and/or experience in government procurement practices and procedures? YesNo 
3. Supervision of inventory of supplies and equipment? YesNo 
4. Supervision of maintenance, repair, and services of office and residential buildings? YesNo 
5. Supervision of motor pool operations, including management and servicing of vehicle fleet? YesNo 
6. Experience in managing a pool of housing, developing space assignments and maintaining individual units and/or negotiating purchase or lease of real property? YesNo 
7. Experience at managing a travel program for employees and employee's families for a wide variety of types of travel and destinations? YesNo 

(You may answer either question 8 or question 9)
8. Does your experience in items 1 - 7 above total more than 3 years? YesNo 
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9. If you substituted graduate level courses in such fields as public administration, business administration, industrial engineering, or industrial management for specialized experience at the rate of 6 months of experience for one full year of study or 1 year of experience for a Master's degree, would you have at least 3 years of specialized experience? YesNo