Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) Specialist

01Basic 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.

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