Student Trainee
Summary
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) invites students to apply to our Intern positions. The ideal candidates are seeking a bachelor or graduate degree and demonstrate innovation and self-initiative. You will have an opportunity to train and develop your skills in career fields such as human resources, policy, healthcare, insurance, retirement, or information technology and have a positive impact on the people and communities that OPM serves.
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
This position is being filled under the Post-Secondary Intern Hiring Authority. Appointment types are Temporary and/or Term with flexible part-time/full-time positions available.
Duties
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.
RequirementsConditions of Employment
- Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
- 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.
- Graduation Status: Applicants that graduate prior to May 2025 will not be considered for this position unless you have been accepted into a follow-on degree or certificate program.
- Trial/Probationary Period: Selectee may have to complete a trial/probationary.
- This position is eligible for inclusion in the bargaining unit.
- if the duty station is finalized in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, employees in this position will be represented by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 32. (BU Code - 2286)
- if the duty station is finalized outside of the Washington, DC metropolitan area, this position will not be represented by a bargaining unit. (BU Code - 7777)
Qualifications
For the GS-04 Grade Level: You must have completed 2 full academic years of post-high school study or an associate's degree.
For the GS-05 Grade Level: You must have completed 4 academic years of post-high school leading towards a bachelor's degree.
For the GS-07 Grade Level: You must have completed one academic year of graduate level education; or bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement. This means the upper one-third of the graduating class; or a GPA of 3.0 or higher out of 4.0, as recorded on an official transcript, or based on courses completed during final 2 years of curriculum; or a GPA of 3.5 or higher out of 4.0, based on average of required courses completed in major or required courses in major completed during the final 2 years of curriculum.
To meet the Post-Secondary Intern Eligibility requirements, you must be currently enrolled in, or accepted for enrollment in and pursuing a baccalaureate or graduate degree on at least a part-time bases as determined by the academic institution.
The highly desired degrees for this position are business accounting, budgeting and/or financial management, and business management.
All education must be obtained at an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants may verify accreditation at the following website: Accreditation. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by OPM accordingly.
Your application will be considered for the highest grade for which you qualify.
You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
Additional information
Relocation expenses will not be paid.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across OPM.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document that you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application: http://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Alternate_Application_Information
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration).
CONVERSION ELIGIBILITY:
Post-Secondary Interns may be converted, without a break in service, to a career or career conditional appointment upon completion of program requirements.
To be eligible for conversion, Interns must:
- Complete at least 640 hours of continuous employment
- Complete their degree or certificate requirements
- Meet the qualification standards for the position to which the Intern will be converted
- Meets time-in-grade requirements for which the intern will be converted
- Perform their job successfully
Temporary appointments appointments do not have promotion eligibility as an intern.
Post-Secondary Interns may be appointed to temporary or term appointment in the competitive service. Temporary appointments are expected to last less than a year and may be extended for a maximum of 2 years. Term appointments are expected to last more than 1 year not to exceed 4 years. The type of appointment is determined by the amount of education remaining for the degree completion.
Temporary or term appointments under this hiring authority may be non-competitively converted to a career or career-conditional appointment within 120 days of successfully completing the qualifying academic program.
If converted to a permanent appointment, you may be converted at any grade level up to the full performance level of GS-12; however, the target position and full performance level may change based on the need of the organization at that time. Post-Secondary Interns must meet the qualification requirements for the position to which converted.
Extensions of Appointment: The maximum extension period is 120-days upon completion of the coursework requirements or conferral date of the degree.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document that you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application. Click the following link for more information, https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Alternate_Application_Information.