Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) Specialist

About the company

This vacancy is for a GS-0101-12/13, Integrated Primary Prevention Specialist located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Human Resources in several U.S. Coast Guard base locations.

Your tasks

You will serve as an Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) Specialist and be responsible for consulting local commands and subordinate units addressing a broad range of Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) issues within their area of responsibility. You will also collaborate with internal and external entities to ensure optimal planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Command IPP activities. Individuals covered by the IPP Program include active-duty members, selected reserve personnel, civilians, and their family members. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Executing unit-level IPP program direction through dedicated planning, coordinating, implementing and monitoring. This includes consultation, training, education, outreach, and evaluation of integrated primary prevention activities. These prevention activities address at least two or more problematic behaviors including, but not limited to, misconduct, suicide, sexual harassment, sexual assault, substance misuse, domestic abuse, and child abuse. Evaluating effectiveness of Command prevention activities using analytical techniques and statistical methods. Determining program impacts on critical readiness outcomes and adapts prevention activities according to local risk and protective factors, assessments, and progress. Informing leaders on the Command Climate Assessment (CCA) process, and advises on relevant prevention plans, initiatives, assessments and evaluations to ensure leaders have knowledge, skills, and abilities to address gaps and promote well-being for individuals, groups, and communities. Consolidating data from diverse sources to identify critical prevention needs and guide recommendations. Leveraging data across prevention portfolios (family violence, suicide, sexual harassment, sexual assault) to inform reports, point papers, briefs, and other presentation mediums. Staying up to date on current research in the primary prevention field and respective disciplines. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments. Reasonable Accommodation Information Open Continuous: You may update your application documents and some questions related to your personal information at any time during the announcement open period. Upon application, you may be provided a testing window to complete additional assessments. This testing window may stipulate a completion deadline before the announcement closes. It is your responsibility to complete the additional online assessments within the timeline provided to remain in consideration for this vacancy announcement. Failure to complete the online assessments within the testing window for this announcement will not preclude you from being considered for and completing the online assessments during a testing window on a future announcement. NOTE: This announcement has an open period until 04/15/2027, with applicant cut-off dates every 30 days. Applications received that meet the eligibility and qualification criteria may be referred for further consideration based on the following cut-off dates: 11/15/2026; 12/15/2026; 01/15/2027; 02/15/2027; 03/15/2027; 04/15/2027

Requirements

Basic Requirements: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience or substitution of education for experience or combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: 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. To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the federal or private sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include performing the following types of tasks on a regular basis. Specialized experience may include the following: Behavior Sciences - Understanding a range of professional concepts, principles, practices, and procedures related to behavioral health, social, familial, and occupational functioning. Integrated Prevention Programs - Ability to assess productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of program operations and establish criteria to measure and/or predict the attainment of program goals and objectives. To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the federal or private sector. Examples of specialized experience include performing the following types of tasks on a regular basis. Behavior Sciences - Mastery of a wide range of professional concepts, principles, practices, and procedures related to behavioral health, social, familial, and occupational functioning sufficient to apply various assessment tools and research data to evaluate impact on behavior, personal and team resilience, and command readiness. Integrated Prevention Programs - Expert knowledge of social science principles, concepts and techniques, as related to integrated prevention programs to evaluate, consult, and advise in a variety of settings, thereby promoting a healthy and resilient climate toward the prevention of destructive/problematic behaviors to include suicide, sexual harassment/assault, substance misuse, family/interpersonal/workplace violence. Program and Risk Management - Identifying existing or potential risk and protective factors that could lead to potential problematic behaviors and recommending preventative measures that leadership can take to address risk and increase protective factors. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

This position has a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution. Once selected & prior to appointment, applicants must provide an official college transcript. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. (see FOREIGN EDUCATION below). College Transcript: If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Transcripts should be legible and detailed, showing course number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours, and grade earned. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. Student Loan - Selectee(s) for this position who are newly appointed to a permanent or term position may be eligible for student loan repayment up to $10,000 (pre-tax) for one calendar year. More than one loan may be repaid if the combined repayments do not exceed $10,000. Receipt of this incentive will require a three-year service agreement.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Do NOT include the following types of information in your resume: Social Security Number (SSN) Date of Birth (DOB) Photos of yourself (if included on your resume you will not be considered for this position) Personal information: such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc. Key Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen. Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov A one-year probationary period may be required. To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation. This position requires a Secret clearance. This is not a Bargaining Unit position. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. USA Hire Assessment: After submitting your application, if an additional assessment is required, you will receive an email invitation. Please note that this assessment must be completed within the 3-day window specified in the email.