Serves as a Child and Youth Program Assistant in a Child and Youth Services program and maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children and youth.
Plans, coordinates, and conducts activities that meet the physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs for program participants based on the group and individual children and youth.
Establishes a program environment that sustains participant interest and promotes positive interactions with other children, youth, and adults.
Helps prepare, arrange, and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedules and provides program options for children with special requirements.
Maintains program participation data and complete daily report.
Must be 18 years of age or older at time of appointment or placement into the position
Proof of education is required at the time of application
Good mental and physical health, freedom from communicable disease (verified through physical examination). Immunizations must be current including annual influenza vaccinations
Meet qualification/eligibility/background requirements for this position
Satisfactorily complete an employment verification (E-Verify) check
A completed and signed copy of our job application form (DA Form 3433) is required prior to entrance on duty
Direct Deposit and Social Security Card are required
Additional conditions of employment can be found in the Applicant Information Kit, link is in additional information below.
A one year probationary period may be required
Appointment is subject to completion of a favorable suitability determination.
Any individual who was required to register with selective service and who has not registered or knowingly and willingly did not register before the requirement terminated or become inapplicable to the individual will not be appointed.
You must be available to work the operation hours of the facilities.
Child Development Centers and School Age Centers: 5:30am-6:00pm
Youth Center: Monday - Thursday 1:00pm - 8:00pm, Friday 1:00pm-10:00pm and
Saturday 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Qualifications
For Entry Level (CY-01):
At a minimum, must have a high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED)
Must be able to communicate in English, both orally and in writing
Note to applicants: College transcripts or certificates may be required at the time of application for applicants who want to be considered for Skill or Target level.
Education
At minimum a high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) is required.
Proof of education is required at the time of application. In order to meet entry level requirement you must upload a copy of your HS Diploma, HS Transcript (showing the completion date), GED certificate or proof of a college degree. To meet the requirements beyond entry level a college transcript showing course work or certifications will be required to validate the higher graded qualifications.
Additional information
Manual application: If you would like to apply manually, please contact the servicing NAF Human Resources (HRO) 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 pm on the closing date of this announcement in order to process your application in a timely manner.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs are not authorized based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest.
If you are claiming Military Spouse Employment Preference, please note: A military spouse is defined as the wife or husband of an active duty member of the US Armed Forces, including the US Coast Guard and the full time National Guard or Reserves. For the purposes of this preference, the marriage must have occurred PRIOR to the service member's relocation via a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move to the military sponsor's new duty station and PCS must authorize dependents. A copy of your Sponsor's complete Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Orders (along with proof of marriage if applicant's name does not appear on sponsor's orders) must be uploaded with your application to receive preference.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 90 days after the closing date.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants can claim the following eligibilities:
Spouse Employment Preference
Involuntarily Separated from the Military
Business Based Action
Current/Former NAF Employee / Current Appropriated Employee
Outside Applicant Veteran / Spouse/Widow/Mother of Veteran
Outside Applicant Non-Veteran
Required documents for each consideration category can be found in the applicant information kit, point of contact information is listed at the bottom of this announcement if you have any questions about these consideration groups or documents. You are also welcome to reach out to confirm receipt of the required documents when making your application for this position.
Eligibilities are listed above in the consideration order in accordance with the AR 215-3. Applicants will only be awarded the highest preference/priority consideration found eligible.
IMPORTANT: Applicants that make a claim for Current/Former NAF Employee(CNE/FNE) or Current Appropriated Funds (CAE) employee will not be given Outside Applicant Veteran priority consideration even if we are unable to validate the claim for CNE/FNE/CAE due to missing or incomplete documents at the time of application.
By claiming the CNE/FNE/CAE you are self certifying that you are not eligible for the Outside applicant consideration for a Veteran.
CNE/FNE/CAE consideration must be clearly defined in order to grant the prioirity consideration. We will need position title, series, grade, location and agency in order determine priority consideration. To ensure we have enough information, we encourage you to submit a copy of your most recent personnel action.
The following documents must be submitted with your application:
Diploma/ GED
Resume
PROOF OF EDUCATION IS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTS FOR PROOF OF EDUCATION ARE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA (GED) OR A COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT LISTING COURSES THAT WERE TAKEN. A HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT INDICATING A GRADUATION DATE IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE
To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) for professional and personal references on your resume.
Optional: Job Application DA 3433 will 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:
Please attend our Child and Youth Program Assistant CYS Hiring Event! Walk-ins are welcome, however priority will be given to those who apply online, in advance.
You may submit your application package using one of the two methods identified below:
Electronically: (preferred) at https://www.usajobs.gov and search for Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) Manually: Please refer to the "Additional Information" section of this announcement for instructions.
The following documents must be submitted with your application:
Diploma/ GED
Resume
PROOF OF EDUCATION IS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTS FOR PROOF OF EDUCATION ARE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA (GED) OR A COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT LISTING COURSES THAT WERE TAKEN. A HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT INDICATING A GRADUATION DATE IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE
To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) for professional and personal references on your resume.
Optional: Job Application DA 3433 will 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:
Please attend our Child and Youth Program Assistant CYS Hiring Event! Walk-ins are welcome, however priority will be given to those who apply online, in advance.
You may submit your application package using one of the two methods identified below:
Electronically: (preferred) at https://www.usajobs.gov and search for Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) Manually: Please refer to the "Additional Information" section of this announcement for instructions.
