TITLE 32 GUIDANCE COUNSELOR GS-1740-09

TITLE 32 GUIDANCE COUNSELOR GS-1740-09

Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units G1 Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 DUAL STATUS TECHNICIAN EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

The Nional Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United Stes. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies. Join our Nional Guard team and serve your nion, your stes and your community! Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 DUAL STATUS TECHNICIAN EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

The Nional Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United Stes. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies. Join our Nional Guard team and serve your nion, your stes and your community! Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/22/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 22, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Charleston, WV 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $61,722 - $80,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1740 Educion Services Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

WV-12991216-AR-26-090

Control number 873866400 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Open to Areas 1, 2, 3, AND 4.

DEFINITION FOR AREAS OF CONSIDERATION IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Duties Help Position Description #

D2011000 POSITION DUTIES

This position is loced in the Military Personnel Office (MILPO), Plans and Actions Branch. The purpose of the position is to provide a full range of general educion and career development counseling and assistance to DoD civilians, military personnel and dependents of the command and tached organizions.

MAJOR DUTIES

(1) Interviews and counsels military personnel to help them develop and achieve a valid educion goal and subsequent occupion. Provides individualized interviewing and counseling to aid the individual in career decision making. Focuses on Soldiers without high school diplomas and Officers without Baccalauree degrees to assist them in taining their educional requirements. Ghers informion about individuals during the initial counseling session and recommends testing such as achievement, interest, and aptitude tests. (2) Deleges and/or performs a variety of administrive and customer support functions relive to the Educion Services Programs (i.e. Informion Management and Reporting Center (iMARC), nionalguardbenefits.com) in a Ste. Administers tests, assures th tests are conducted in accordance with standard procedures prescribed in the applicable regulions, and maintains records of results achieved. Consolides, reviews, and requests da from iMARC and other dabases. Records individual educion levels against goals and documents efforts made to increase those levels. Prepares reports of program achievements. (3) May serve as test control officer for all civilian high school and college tests. Receives, prepares, and dissemines program guidance for examinions. Prepares required quarterly reports and audits regarding test merial. Administers DANTES sponsored tests and Army Personnel Testing (APT) (i.e. Flight Test, ASVAB, etc.). (4) Deleges and/or maintains files and libraries of current educional merial, including calogs of colleges and universities, military and government sponsored educion programs, occupional books, periodicals, manuals, and other vocional merials concerning opportunities and requirements for specific vocions/occupions. (5) Deleges and/or schedules on-site classes, off-site classes, and sellite testing sites for individuals to tain their educional goals. Provides assistance to personnel applying for scholarships, educional allowances, and grants. Reviews and promotes educional benefits established and funded by the Ste or Federal Government. (6) Monitors individual Soldier educional progress and conducts follow-ups to ensure th individuals are meeting their goals. Modifies action plans for individuals who are not meeting requirements. Engages in outreach programs to motive Soldiers to pursue educional and/or career goals. Receives, evalues and certifies transcripts. (7) Prepares and/or conducts educional briefings. Promotes self-development programs including correspondence courses, tendance classes a local armory or educion center, and tendance schools, colleges, and universities. Provides updes to Ste web site. (8) Conducts surveys of educional needs and preferences. Arranges for the testing of individuals and analyzes results. Coordines with unit level staff to identify educional needs. (9) Serves as alterne administror of the educion program. (10) Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.

If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. This is an excepted service position th requires membership in military assignment in WV's Nional Guard, and is required prior to the effective de of placement. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Male applicants born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered, or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a 2 year probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. U.S. Citizenship is required. Required to obtain and maintain a sisfactory security clearance, AND, as a minimum, a completed Nional Agency Check (NAC) prior to assignment. The agency will provide additional informion regarding wh informion or documention needed and how you can request of the agency a legally required exception from this requirement. Qualificions

MINIMUM MILITARY GRADE

E3, WO1, O1 MAXIMUM

MILITARY GRADE

:

E7, WO2, O3

Your rank MUST be included somewhere within your resume. You must fully substantie in your own words th you meet the requirements listed below. When explaining minimum requirements and specialized experience you must give examples. Do not copy from the vacancy announcement or the position description. Explain it in your own words and give examples to be considered for this vacancy. All personnel applying for this position who do not meet the minimum military grade requirement MUST provide the proper signed memorandum from your respective Military Personnel Office (MILPO for

ARNG, FSS

for ANG) to prove eligibility to obtain the required grade upon accepting the position. •

ENLISTED APPLICANTS ONLY

•All enlisted applicants who exceed the maximum military rank must provide a memorandum explaining if selected for this position, you will accept a voluntary reduction in rank. The memorandum must be submitted WITH your applicion to be considered for this position.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Degree:

th included or was supplemented by least 24 semester hours approprie to the position to be filled in one or a combinion of the areas described below. At least one course must have been from (1) or (2) below. For guidance counselor positions, a college or university-sponsored practicum in counseling is also required.

Tests and measurement:

Study of the selection, evaluion, administrion, scoring, interpretion, and uses of group and individual aptitude, proficiency, interest, and other tests.

Adult educion:

Study of the adult as a learner, teaching-learning theories for adults, models and procedures for planning, designing, managing, and evaluing adult learning activities.

Educional program administrion:

Study of the foundion and methods in organizing for adult and continuing educion programs.

Curriculum development or design:

Study of the principles and techniques for development of curricula for adult or vocional educion programs.

Teaching methods:

Study of teaching stregies and learning styles of the adult learner.

Guidance and counseling:

Study of the purposes and methods in counseling and guidance, the role of the counselor in various settings, approaches to counseling, and the uses of tests in the counseling situion.

Career planning:

Study of career development, learning activities, systems, approaches, program coordinion, use of educional and community resources, and vocional counseling systems.

Occupional informion:

Study of theories of occupional choice and vocional development and their applicion to the guidance process. Identificion and utilizion of various types of occupional informion and resources.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Must have 1 year equivalent to least next lower grade level.

Educion Degree:

th included or was supplemented by least 24 semester hours approprie to the position to be filled in one or a combinion of the areas described below. At least one course must have been from (1) or (2) below. For guidance counselor positions, a college or university-sponsored practicum in counseling is also required.

Tests and measurement:

Study of the selection, evaluion, administrion, scoring, interpretion, and uses of group and individual aptitude, proficiency, interest, and other tests.

Adult educion:

Study of the adult as a learner, teaching-learning theories for adults, models and procedures for planning, designing, managing, and evaluing adult learning activities.

Educional program administrion:

Study of the foundion and methods in organizing for adult and continuing educion programs.

Curriculum development or design:

Study of the principles and techniques for development of curricula for adult or vocional educion programs.

Teaching methods:

Study of teaching stregies and learning styles of the adult learner.

Guidance and counseling:

Study of the purposes and methods in counseling and guidance, the role of the counselor in various settings, approaches to counseling, and the uses of tests in the counseling situion.

Career planning:

Study of career development, learning activities, systems, approaches, program coordinion, use of educional and community resources, and vocional counseling systems.

Occupional informion:

Study of theories of occupional choice and vocional development and their applicion to the guidance process. Identificion and utilizion of various types of occupional informion and resources. Additional informion

DEFINITION FOR AREAS OF CONSIDERATION

Area 1 : Current On-board Title 32 Technicians (

Tenure:

1-Permanent, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) and Permanent AGRs in the West Virginia Nional Guard the advertised locion. Area 2 : Current On-board Title 32 Technicians (

Tenure:

1-Permanent, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) and Permanent AGRs in the West Virginia Nional Guard. Area 3 : WVNG Army M-Day and Air Force DSG (Drill-Stus Guardsmen,) Temporary Title 32 Technicians, Temporary AGR (OTOT), and nional guardsmen serving on Full-time Nional Guard Duty - Operional Support Orders (ADOS). Area 4 : Federal re-employable eligible employees, Nional Guardsmen outside of the WVNG, and U.S Citizens willing to join the West Virginia Nional Guard as a condition of employment.

Permanent Change of Stion:

PCS funds are not available for this position.

Incentives:

Relocion and Recruitment Incentives may be authorized for this position. All WVNG positions are pending availability of resources and funds. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your documents compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. Plagiarism in an applicant's resume from any position description or qualificion standard written by NGB or OPM will result in an automic disqualificion. HRO will not search for missing informion or infer about aspects of an applicant's applicion. The informion therein must be clear and unambiguous for an eligibility determinion. DSG and M-Day applicants required to include their part-time experience or current stus in the West Virginia Nional Guard in their resume to prove eligibility for Considerion in Area 3. All supporting documention required for eligibility certificion explicitly listed in the Required Documents section on USA Jobs. Applicants th fail to produce all documents listed in this section before the announcement closes disqualified. Resumes alone are not sufficient as proof of documention. If you are found eligible, you referred in numerical order of area of considerion to the hiring manager for employment considerion. If you are found eligible and were not referred to the hiring manager, then your applicion held until the hiring manager requests your respective area. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: If you do not submit these forms, you deemed ineligible, and your name will not be referred to the hiring manager. Resume Must provide Military Rank/Pay Grade for current members serving in the Armed Forces. Include DSG/M-Day assignment informion or provide other supporting documention (v-MPF

RIP, NGB

23A, etc.) Cannot exceed 2 pages

SF-50 , AGR

Orders, or ADOS Orders (Only if you are a fulltime employee of the Nional Guard) Must be up-to-de and current Transcripts/Degree (If you wish to be certified based on educion) Certificion (If it is required in this announcement) Your responses to the Qualificions Questionnaire; this questionnaire is filled out via the USA Jobs Announcement through www.usajobs.gov. ALL applicions and supporting documents MUST be submitted through www.usajobs.gov electronically and must be submitted prior to midnight of the closing de. Mailed, e-mailed, hand-delivered, and faxed applicions will NOT be accepted or Missing required documents will prevent you from being found eligible for this position and will prevent you from being referred to the hiring manager.

DO NOT SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section of this announcement. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12991216 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. No documents accepted after 11:59 PM (EST) of the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Brian Ellis Phone 304-561-6370 brian.k.ellis1.civ@army.mil Address

WV JFHQ 1703

Coonskin Drive Charleston, WV 25311 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. In the event you receive a non-eligible notificion, and you believe this decision was made in error; you have 5 working days from the day it was received in your inbox to send an appeal to the servicing Human Resources Office. The appeal sent via email to ng.wv.wvarng.list.hrostaffing@army.mil and must include the following informion: Announcement number, Announcement title, reason of non-eligibility th you received from USA Jobs, and your justificion as to why this decision was erroneous. New documention cannot be accepted after the closing de of this announcement and will not be used in an appeal request. The appeal process is applicant driven. HRO will not accept appeals from selecting officials on the applicant's behalf and will not communice with the selecting official regarding the appeal processes stus. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: If you do not submit these forms, you deemed ineligible, and your name will not be referred to the hiring manager. Resume Must provide Military Rank/Pay Grade for current members serving in the Armed Forces. Include DSG/M-Day assignment informion or provide other supporting documention (v-MPF

RIP, NGB

23A, etc.) Cannot exceed 2 pages

SF-50 , AGR

Orders, or ADOS Orders (Only if you are a fulltime employee of the Nional Guard) Must be up-to-de and current Transcripts/Degree (If you wish to be certified based on educion) Certificion (If it is required in this announcement) Your responses to the Qualificions Questionnaire; this questionnaire is filled out via the USA Jobs Announcement through www.usajobs.gov. ALL applicions and supporting documents MUST be submitted through www.usajobs.gov electronically and must be submitted prior to midnight of the closing de. Mailed, e-mailed, hand-delivered, and faxed applicions will NOT be accepted or Missing required documents will prevent you from being found eligible for this position and will prevent you from being referred to the hiring manager.

DO NOT SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section of this announcement. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12991216 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. No documents accepted after 11:59 PM (EST) of the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Brian Ellis Phone 304-561-6370 brian.k.ellis1.civ@army.mil Address

WV JFHQ 1703

Coonskin Drive Charleston, WV 25311 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. In the event you receive a non-eligible notificion, and you believe this decision was made in error; you have 5 working days from the day it was received in your inbox to send an appeal to the servicing Human Resources Office. The appeal sent via email to ng.wv.wvarng.list.hrostaffing@army.mil and must include the following informion: Announcement number, Announcement title, reason of non-eligibility th you received from USA Jobs, and your justificion as to why this decision was erroneous. New documention cannot be accepted after the closing de of this announcement and will not be used in an appeal request. The appeal process is applicant driven. HRO will not accept appeals from selecting officials on the applicant's behalf and will not communice with the selecting official regarding the appeal processes stus. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/22/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 22, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Charleston, WV 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $61,722 - $80,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

WV-12991216-AR-26-090

Control number 873866400