Duties

Summary

The Area of Consideration for this vacancy announcement is Worldwide. (Military Spouse Preference (MSP) and Involuntarily Separated Military Preference (ISMP) eligible candidates are included in the area of consideration.)

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Responsibilities

• Provides assistance and support to the staff in maintaining and up keeping of the facility grounds and related equipment.
• Duties require the use of trade practices associated with carpentry and painting as well as work involving motor vehicle operations.
• Incumbent performs a variety of tasks involving the maintenance and minor repairs of buildings, playground equipment, toys and associated equipment. Prepares and submits work orders for repairs requiring additional expertise.
• Drives assigned buses or other authorized vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 lbs. or carry more than 15 passengers regardless of weight, to transport children/youth on field trips or to/ from school or accompanies walking children to/from school.
• Drives government provided vehicles to pick up and deliver supplies and food from the original source to the facility.
• Completes a comprehensive written inspection of the bus daily, reporting any concerns to the supervisor before transporting children/youth.

Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
None

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Direct Deposit and Social Security Card is required
• A one year probationary period may be required
• Satisfactorily complete an employment verification (E-Verify) check
• Completed and signed DA Form 3433 is required prior to entrance on duty
• Must be 18 years of age at time of employment. Satisfactory completion of pre-employment background checks in accordance with AR 215-3, 2-15m, and a Child Care Tier 1 background investigation is required.
• A current health assessment and immunizations IAW current Army and DoD policy including annual influenza vaccinations.
• This position requires mandatory drug testing. This position is covered by the DA Drug-Free Federal Workplace Program. Incumbent is required to sign DA Form 5019-R. .
• This position has critical safety or security responsibilities and as such has been designated as a testing designated position (TDP).
• As a condition of employment, incumbent of a TDP is subject to a random drug test that occurs without suspicion that a particular individual is using illegal drugs.
• Schedule includes irregular hours, evenings, and/or weekends. Duties involve working both indoors and outdoors under different types of weather conditions.
• Appointment is subject to successful completion and favorable results of fingerprints, health assessment (physical), and Installation Record Checks to determine suitability for this position.
• As a driver exerts physical effort in reaching, bending, turning, or moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate hand and foot controls.
• Work assignments require walking on a variety of surfaces, climbing, kneeling, stooping, pulling, pushing, standing, twisting, and sitting.
• The incumbent must have the physical, mental, oral, visual, and audio ability at a level to assure the duties described are performed in a safe and satisfactory manner.
• There is a requirement to lift and carry items up to 40 pounds frequently and items that are heavier (50 pounds or more) with the assistance of other employees or lift equipment.

Qualifications

*** THIS POSITION HAS DRIVER LICENSE REQUIREMENTS - PROOF OF DRIVER LICENSE MUST BE UPLOADED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION TO MAKE QUALIFICATION DETERMINATION ***

1. High school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma.
2. Ability to communicate in English at a level to assure the duties described can be accomplished in a safe and satisfactory manner.
3. Experience in accomplishing the types of duties described in this job.
4. Requires a valid state driver's license.
5. Requires a valid state driver's license to operate a 15 passenger vehicle.
OR
6. Requires a commercial drivers license (CDL) with no restrictions to operate a 24 passenger vehicle.

HIGHLY PREFERRED:
1. Possess One (1) year of working experience in a setting that involved children (schools, day care, recreation, etc).
2. Possess a Commercial Driver's License with Passenger certification.
3. Possess Two (2+) years of documented work experience in a position that required the ability to repair items (handyman, repairman, maintenance).
4. Possess working knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, etc.).

**NOTE: Those qualified applicants who meet both the minimum qualification requirement(s) and highly preferred criteria will be considered best qualified for this position and will be referred to the selecting official(s) first for consideration. All other applicants will be referred as needed and requested by the selecting official(s).

** Reminder to Applicants: Your experience has to be clearly identified in your resume in order to receive consideration. If your resume does not provide enough information regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualification determination, your application package may be rendered disqualified and you will no longer be considered for this position.

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Education

Please note that this announcement has education requirements. At least a high school or General Equivalency Diploma diploma MUST be uploaded with your application packet in order to be considered eligible. Failure to upload complete and legible transcripts will result in an automatic ineligible rating.

Additional information

• Manual Application: If you are unable to apply online, you may submit your application package using a manual application method. Please contact the NAF Human Resources Office or representative listed on this job announcement to request a copy of the manual application form. All completed manual application forms (along with resume and other supporting documentation) must be received no later than 3:00 p.m on the closing date of the announcement in order to process your application in a timely manner. Please note that neglecting to respond to the job related questions may result in an ineligible rating.
• Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 90 days after the closing date.
• Payment Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest.
• Please check out our Applicant Information Kit to view additional information you may find useful when applying for our jobs. (Click here to view kit or copy this URL: https://acpol2.army.mil/chra_dodea/NAF_applicant_info_kit.pdf
• Applications are valid for 90 days after submission date. Applicants will be referred to selecting officials as additional vacancies occur.

• Use of Military Spouse Preference: Refusal of a military spouse to participate in established recruitment procedures for a Regular Full-Time position ( for example decline: interview, tentative/official job offer, and so forth ) is considered a declination of employment and is a basis for termination of Spouse Employment Preference (SEP) entitlement for the current PCS of the sponsor.

THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED TO FILL MULTIPLE VACANCIES. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS OPEN UNTIL ALL VACANCIES ARE FILLED. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE EXTENDED OR CLOSED PRIOR TO THE CURRENT CLOSING DATE. APPLICANTS WILL BE REFERRED TO THE SELECTING OFFICIAL AS VACANCIES OCCUR. POSITIONS ARE FILLED/REFERRED ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applicants can claim the following eligibilities:

• NAF Preference - Involuntarily Separated From the Military
• NAF Preference - Spouse Employment Preference (SEP)
• NAF Priority Consideration - Business Based Action
• NAF Priority Consideration - Current Appropriated Funds Employee CNE (APF)
• NAF Priority Consideration - Current/Former NAF Employee (CNE/FNE)
• NAF Priority Consideration - Outside Applicant Veteran (OAV)
• NAF Priority Consideration - Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran (OAV)

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Not Required

Drug test required
Yes

Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness

Required Documents

The following documents must be submitted with your application:

• Diploma/ GED
• Valid state driver?s license to operate a 15 passenger vehicle OR Commercial drivers license (CDL) with no restrictions to operate a 24 passenger vehicle
• Valid state driver?s license
• Resume

Optional: Job Application (DA Form 3433) will be accepted in place of a Resume.

The below items are accepted and may be needed to support a qualification and/or a claimed priority/preference:

• Cover Letter
• DD-214/ Statement of Service
• Diploma/ GED
• License
• DA Form 3433, DA Form 3434 or equivalent Agency Notification of Personnel Action, PCS Orders
• DA Form 3433
• Professional References
• Valid state driver?s license to operate a 15 passenger vehicle OR Commercial drivers license (CDL) with no restrictions to operate a 24 passenger vehicle
• Valid state driver?s license
• PCS Orders
• Proof of Marriage Status
• Resume
• SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.