Department: Department of Defense
Agency: Defense Commissary Agency
Hiring Organization: DLA-DHRCD-D Defense Commissary Agency DeCA
Job Announcement Number: DECA-15-1447154-DE
SALARY RANGE:
$18.33
to
$21.38
/ Per Hour
OPEN PERIOD:
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 to
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
SERIES & GRADE:
WG-6914-04
POSITION INFORMATION:
Part Time –
Permanent
DUTY LOCATIONS:
Many vacancies in the following location(s):
Hickam AFB, HI View Map
Kaneohe, HI View Map
Pearl Harbor, HI View Map
Schofield Barracks, HI View Map
WHO MAY APPLY:
This announcment is preferable to US Citizens in the local commuting area of Zone 13. (Pearl harbor, Schofield Barracks, Hickam AFB and Kaneohe Bay Commissaries.) PCS moving expensees are not authorized.
SECURITY CLEARANCE:
Public Trust – Background Investigation
SUPERVISORY STATUS:
No
JOB SUMMARY:
About the Agency
The foundation for success of the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) mission is our people. It is DeCA’s goal to have a workforce that is representative of the nation’s diverse cultures and backgrounds. We strive for a work environment of world-class enterprise leaders and an engaged, highly motivated, and capable workforce with a results oriented performance culture.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO VETERANS CLAIMING PREFERENCE: PLEASE REFER TO THE OTHER INFORMATION SECTION FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON VETERANS’ PREFERENCE CRITERIA.
The DeCA operates a worldwide commissary system that provides quality grocery products at cost to active duty military personnel and retirees, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and their families. The agency employs about 18,000 people and its annual sales exceed $6 billion.
Employees Serviced by DLA: Civilian Federal employees who receive human resources servicing through the Defense Logistics Agency DO NOT need to submit supporting documentation if applying through merit promotion. Your record in Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) will be used to verify your eligibility. It is your responsibility to ensure the required documents are in your eOPF for verification purposes. If your documents are not in eOPF, you must submit them to the announcement you are applying for at the time of application. Failure to submit all of the documents on time will result in automatic disqualification.
All current and former Federal employees must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 showing your tenure, grade and step, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive).
TRAVEL REQUIRED
- Occasional Travel
- Incumbent may be subject to travel within DeCA for staff assistance visits, training, and special workshops/seminars.
RELOCATION AUTHORIZED
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Must be a United States citizen.
- Application materials must be received by 11:59PM EST on the closing date.
DUTIES:
•Maintains adequate stock of resale items.
•Identifies any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
•Receives, supplies, equipment and resale items.
•Operates a computer system that calculates and marks prices, and determines weights of merchandise.
•Transports items to shelving and display areas.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Per OPM Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations, http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/x-118c/index.asp , the applicant’s experience and training must show enough knowledge, skills and abilities to demonstrate the potential to successfully perform the duties of the position. Under this system, how applicants gained their skill and knowledge or the length of time they have spent in a line of work are not as important as the fact that they have the required ability or potential to do the job. This job has one critical element, called the screen-out element (SOE). Applicants who clearly fail to meet the lowest acceptable requirements in the SOE will be rated ineligible without further review of their application.
Applicants who do not receive two points on the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition.
Examples of qualifying experience include:
•Ensuring the proper care and handling of resale grocery items.
•Locating items for customers.
•Rotating stock, stacking containers and participating in inventories.
•Operating a computer system to calculate prices and label merchandise.
•Arranging stock on shelves and in displays.
Conditions of Employment:
•Work Schedule: Part Time Hours Vary from store to store.
•Tour of Duty: Irregular Schedule including nights, weekends and holidays
•Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Costs: ARE NOT Authorized
•Position Sensitivity: Non-Sensitive
•Security Requirements: Not Applicable
•Overtime: Occasionally
•Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel: Occasionally
•Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
•Bargaining Unit Position: No
•Drug Testing: Not Required
•Physical Requirement: Continuous walking, standing, bending, and/or stooping, and moving of arms to fill shelves, counters, and to build displays. Frequently lifts or moves heavy boxes or crates weighing up to 50 pounds. Occasionally, with assistance, lifts items weighing over 50 pounds.
•Selective Service Requirement: All male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the selective service system or exempt from Selective Service. Please visit https://www.sss.gov for more information.
•Obligated Position: No
Other Notes:
• Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement upon its closing for up to 90 days.
• 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.
• This announcement establishes a pool of candidates to fill future positions. We accept applications continuously during the open period of this announcement. To maintain an active application, renew your application every 90 days. We review applications and refer candidates for selection consideration as vacancies occur within the organization.
• Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
Optional form 306 (OF-306): If you are referred for this position you will be asked to submit the OF-306 declaration for Federal Employment. This form can be submitted with your application along with your supporting documents.
The form can be found at: http://www.opm.gov/Forms/pdf_fill/OF306.pdf
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Specifically you will be evaluated on the following job elements:
• Ability to perform the duties of a Store Worker without more than normal supervision (SOE)
• Work practices
• Technical Practices
• Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc.
• Knowledge of Materials
• Dexterity and Safety
REVIEW OF APPLICATION DOCUMENTS (FOR ALL APPLICANTS): To determine if you meet the qualifications, requirements and quality of experience required for this position, we review your resume, supporting documents and responses to the questionnaire. The score you receive is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the competencies required. If, after this review, we determine that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience we can and will adjust your score to more accurately reflect your qualifications for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully as errors or omissions may affect your rating.
Based on the results of the evaluation process, we place those who apply under delegated examining procedures in one of the following quality categories:
Best-Qualified : Candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that substantially exceeds the position’s minimum qualifications, including all selective placement factors and appropriate quality ranking factors.
Highly-Qualified : Candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that exceeds the position’s minimum qualifications.
Qualified: Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and are proficient in some but not all of the position’s requirements.
We send candidates in the Best-Qualified category to the hiring manager for employment consideration first. We send candidates in other categories to the hiring manager based on category rating procedures.
Veterans in the Best-Qualified category who (1) provide all applicable and required documents (See the Required Documents section for more information) and (2) meet all the positions’ requirements are referred before non-veteran candidates. If there are no veterans in the Best-Qualified category meeting these criteria, we refer non-veteran candidates for employment consideration.
Volunteer Experience: Your 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.
BENEFITS:
The federal government offers a number of exceptional benefits to its employees. You may explore the major benefits offered to most federal employees at https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Pay_and_Benefits
OTHER INFORMATION:
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO VETERANS: The Office of Personnel Management has published the end date for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) as August 31, 2010. To receive veterans’ preference for service during the Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom era, you must have served for more than 180 days between September 11, 2001 and August 31, 2010 OR be in receipt of a campaign badge or expeditionary medal. The updated CFR language is available at: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR ? Other qualifying eligibility for preference (e.g., disability) remains unchanged.
REGARDING INTERVIEWS: Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodations may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.
Reemployed Annuitant: This position Does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant.
The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25-V300.pdf
Reemployed Annuitant: A former Federal employee who has retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) is an Annuitant. An annuitant cannot be hired (i.e. reemployed) unless the vacant position meets the criteria in the Department of Defense (DOD) policy on employment of annuitants issued December 10, 2008. Reemployed Annuitant : “Does Not Meet Criteria” the vacancy does not meet the criteria for appointment of annuitants (irrespective of eligibility or qualifications). Annuitant applicants are advised, in accordance with DoD Policy, that further consideration for the vacancy is not permitted.
Individual with Financial Difficulty : https://hru.gov/Studio_Recruitment/tools/Mythbuster_on_Federal_Hiring_Policies.pdf
If you are using part-time work to qualify for this position, be sure your resume reflects the beginning and ending dates of your employment and the number of hours you worked per week.
HOW TO APPLY:
This allows you to track your progress to a complete application package using the “My Application Packages” checklist and status displays. Your application package status must be complete byWednesday, September 30, 2015
Option A: (Perferred Method)
1. If your résumé is from the USAJOBS Resume Builder, begin by selecting “Apply Online”. Upon selecting “Apply Online”, your résumé will only be attached to the current application package you have completed and submitted. You will need to submit separate applications to each announcement for which you wish to apply.
2. If your résumé is prepared outside of USAJOBS Résumé Builder, select this link to begin: Online Questionnaire .
Option B: Fax
You may use the following steps to complete your application:
1. Print a copy of this job announcement to view the qualifications offline. Also select View Occupational Questionnaire to view and print the questionnaire.
2. Print a copy of the OPM Form 1203-FX, which you will use to provide your answers. To obtain the form you may use the link ( http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf ), call us at (614)692-7831or e-mail us at DHRC-D.DECAHR.APPLICANT@DLA.MIL.
3. You may submit the Form 1203-FX (hard copy questionnaire), resume, and/or any supporting documents by fax.
•If you are faxing a Form 1203-FX, do not use a separate cover sheet. Simply make sure the Form 1203-FX is on top of any other documents you are faxing.
•If you are faxing any documents without the Form 1203-FX on top, always use the official cover sheet ( http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf ) and be sure it is completed in its entirety and clearly legible. The fax number is 1-478-757-3144.
4. In accordance with 5 CFR 2635.704, applications will not be accepted in a postage paid government envelope.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
Application packages should include the following documents:
• Resume: Required. To ensure full consideration of your experience and education we encourage you to use the USAJOBS resume builder to prepare your resume or to guide you in preparing your resume. See http://www.usajobs.gov/Content/pdfs/Tutorials-Resume.pdf for more information. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain a description of your duties, the number of hours worked per week and the beginning and ending dates (month/year) for each position. Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.
• Questionnaire: Required
• Transcripts: Not applicable
• If you are claiming Veterans’ Preference, you must submit supporting documents with your application package. These documents must provide acceptable documentation to verify: the type of preference claimed (i.e. 5 point, 10-point, etc.) and the character of the service (i.e. Honorable Discharge). A copy of your DD214, “Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty,” Showing your Character of Service is required when claiming veterans preference. The member 4 copy of your DD214, “Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty,” is preferable. If unable to verify Character of Service, you will not receive veterans preferance. If claiming 10 point preference, you will need to submit a Standard Form 15 “Application for 10-point Veterans’ Preference”, http://www.opm.gov/Forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf .
• If you are currently serving on active duty and expected to be released or discharged within the next 120 days: You must submit written documentation from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days from the date the written documentation is signed. If selected, additional documentation may be required prior to appointment.
• If you are Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) eligible, indicate on your resume that you are applying as ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy you must be well-qualified for the position. Applicants must be well-qualified for the vacancy. Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the position’s minimum qualifications, including all selective placement factors and appropriate quality ranking factors. Provide (1) a copy of the agency notice, (2) a copy of your most recent performance rating and (3) a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, showing your current position, grade level and duty location. For more information on ICTAP see http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp#ictap .
• Additional required supporting documentation: Required documents vary based on the authority under which you are applying (i.e. current permanent Federal employee, military spouse, Schedule A, etc.). See https://tools.hr.dla.mil/downloads/USAStaffing/DeCASupDoc.pdf for more information.
AGENCY CONTACT INFO: DECA WEST Applicant Help
Phone: (614)692-7831
Email: DHRC-D.DECAHR.APPLICANT@DLA.MIL
Agency Information:
Defense Commissary Agency
3990 E Broad Street
Building 306
Columbus,
OH
43213-2526
USA
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement via email that your submission was successful. Approximately 45 days following the closing date of the announcement, you will receive a notice of rating with the final disposition of your resume. To check the status of your application, please refer to Application Manager at http://applicationmanager.gov .
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