Summary You are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of your application package. We encourage you to read the entire announcement before starting the application process. Qualifications and requirements must be met by the announcement closing date. This recruitment is subject to restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees and category rating procedures. Positions may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after it closes. Responsibilities Serves as a Store Associate in a commissary store at a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) facility. The primary purpose of this position is perform regular duties within their assigned area of responsibility in the Commissary. Employee can be rotated throughout the commissary (Front End, Grocery, etc.) to perform duties. This is a developmental position. Work assignments are progressively complex and intended to broaden the incumbent's skills and provide practical experience to prepare the incumbent to perform at the target grade level. Position responsibilities include: Assist customers answering questions such as item price or location and handling bulky/ heavy items. Operate an electronic checkout system to record unit price, total customer purchase and make correct change. Perform a variety of duties in handling, preparing and maintaining stock levels of grocery and produce items. Review stock levels and gather inventory data in order to maintain the Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO) system. Prepare and maintain a variety of documents to order commissary items, reconcile invoices and submit requisitions. Maintain security, safety and sanitation practices and procedures. Non-competitive promotion is primarily dependent upon these conditions: (1) Incumbent demonstrates ability to perform at target grade level. (2) Higher level work exits at target grade level. (3) Increased responsibilities are assigned. (4) Supervisor recommends promotion. (5) Incumbent performs satisfactory in the current development position. (6) Incumbent meets qualification requirements and satisfies time-in-grade requirements. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume and supporting documents must show that you possess (A) 6 months of general experience, OR (B) 1 year of education above high school that was complete in an accredited business, secretarial, technical school, junior college, college or university, OR (C) a combination of experience and education that equals 100% of the qualification requirements. To compute the percentage of experience and education you have that meets the qualification requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours by 60. Add the two percentages. General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates the ability to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of this position. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service program (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. Examples of qualifying experience: Progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of a Store Associate. See the OPM Qualification Standards for more information. This position is covered under Clerical and Administrative Positions. Education Education used to qualify for this position must be from an accredited school or educational institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and a copy of your transcript is required as part of your application package. For the application process, unofficial transcripts are acceptable if they contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. If selected, you must provide an official transcript before we set your entrance on duty date. Foreign Education. If using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or show that a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses. Additional Information We encourage you to review the Safer Federal Workplace information regarding COVID-19. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. This position requires U.S. citizenship. The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years of age. Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age, ensure you provide documentation showing how you are eligible. Subject to occasional overtime. Position is nonexempt from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Position is covered by a bargaining unit. Position is not obligated. I Financial Difficulty does not automatically remove you from consideration for a position. Position does not meet the DoD criteria for re-employing former Federal employees who retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration for this position.
