Custodial Worker Job in United Kingdom - 97726261 - ZAFBNCCTBKRPM

Job Title:
Custodial Worker

Department:
Department Of The Army

Agency:
Field Operating Agency of Army Staff Resourced OA-22

Job Announcement Number:
EUHU11DECA3566UK

SALARY RANGE:
$27,256.00 - $31,764.00 /year

OPEN PERIOD:
Monday, March 14, 2011 to Saturday, December 31, 2011
SERIES & GRADE:WG-3566-02

POSITION INFORMATION:
Multiple Schedules Career/Career Conditional

PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
2

DUTY LOCATIONS:
few vacancies - Alconbury, AE United Kingdom; few vacancies - Lakenheath, AE United Kingdom; few vacancies - Mildenhall, AE United Kingdom

WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Status Candidates (Merit Promotion Eligibles)

JOB SUMMARY:

DeCA's mission is to deliver a premier Commissary benefit to the Armed Services Community that:

-Encourages an exciting shopping experience
-Satisfies customer demand for quality grocery and household products
-Delivers exceptional savings

About the Position:

***Applications to this announcement will not be reviewed for possible referral to the selecting official until after 1 April 2011.  Subsequent referrals will then be issued on an as needed basis.  Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.***

Permanent, Temporary, and/or Term positions may be filled with this announcement. Please indicate your availability for employment type (permanent, temporary, term) and work schedule (full-time, part-time, or intermittent) in your application.

NOTE:  If you decline a position covered by this announcement and want to be reconsidered, you must submit a new self-nomination. Military spouse preference or family member preference is lost when declining a valid job offer for a permanent (full time or part time) position.

Applicants in the local commuting area in the categories listed below are eligible to apply for this position.

Veteran Preference Eligibles and Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 Eligibles may self-nominate regardless of geographical location.

• Current Civilian DeCA employees with competitive status

• DoD Transfer (excluding DeCA)

• Non-DoD Transfer

• Executive Order 13473 for Certain Military Spouses

• Reinstatement

• 30% Disabled Veteran

• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA)

• Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)

• Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) Interchange

• People with Disabilities

• Military Spouse Preference for Overseas Employment

• Family Member Preference for Overseas Employment

• Family Member Preference for Overseas Employment on LWOP

• Excepted Service Family Member for Overseas Employment

• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs are not authorized.

Additional Duty Location Info:
few vacancies - Alconbury, AE United Kingdom; few vacancies - Lakenheath, AE United Kingdom; few vacancies - Mildenhall, AE United Kingdom


Working alone or as a member of a crew, performs a full range of janitorial duties of which the following are typical: Maintains an orderly and clean specified area following general instructions regarding the tasks to be performed. Sets up own schedule and sequence of tasks within the framework of a general schedule, which states the required frequency of each task. Sweeps, mops, strips, scrubs, waxes, and polishes floors, using heavy industrial powered equipment. Washes and cleans windows inside and outside of building. Uses brushes, buckets, squeegees, chamois, cleaning cloths, and cleaning solutions. Assists in special preparations for special displays, customer appreciation sales, holiday sales, or other promotion activities in the commissary.  Performs seasonal tasks such as the following: Cuts grass, pulls weeds, and trims bushes. Picks up litter from immediate area outside building. Sweeps sand and other debris from the front entrance of the commissary.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Click on link below to view qualification standard.
Trades and Labor

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT:  In order to receive consideration for this position, applicants must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of this position consistent with accepted practices of the trade. 

Applicants must meet the required screen out element:  Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision.  This includes, but is not limited to: ability to perform recurring tasks involving several procedures or steps; ability to concentrate on work assignments to determine amounts or servings prepared for customers using common kitchen equipment; ability to read signs, follow simple oral an dwritten instructions, move around well enough to work safely, lift and move lightweight objects. 

The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened for the Office of Personnel Management's basic qualifications requirements, and the skills needed to perform the duties of this position as described in the screen out element above.

Physical effort: Possess and maintain the physical ability to lift and carry up to 40 pounds.

Working Conditions: Must be able to stand for long periods of time; or recurring activities such as bending, crouching, stooping, stretching and reaching.

Other Requirements:
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Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

One year trial/probationary period may be required.

Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.

Required to work an uncommon tour of duty, to include shift work, weekend, evenings, days, nights and holidays, as required.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be reviewed to verify that you meet the basic eligibility and qualification requirements.  Your responses to the questionnaire will be used to evaluate your relevant personal, educational, and work experiences.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).  The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.  If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if:  1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.  Well-qualified is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. Under competitive delegated examining, an ICTAP eligible will be considered well-qualified if they attain an eligibility rating of 90 or higher, not including points for veterans' preference. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority.  Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form.  Information about ICTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/ctap/index.asp. 

BENEFITS:The Department of Defense offers excellent benefits programs some of which may include:

Comprehensive health and life insurance

Competitive salaries

Generous retirement programs

Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time

Flexible work environment and alternate work schedules

Paid employment related training and education

Possible student loan repayment

Payment of licenses, certification, and academic degrees as applicable

Bonuses, incentives, and awards as appropriate for the job.

For more information on benefits and entitlements please visit:

https://cpolrhp.cpol.army.mil/eur/overseas/employee_handbook/guide/index.htm

OTHER INFORMATION:Click here for more information.  Special Note to NSPS Applicants: If you apply for and accept a GS position, your GS pay will be set differently than if you transition out of NSPS with your organization. If you apply for and accept a position and your pay cannot be set within the GS grade range, you may not be eligible for pay retention. Be sure to refer to the NSPS web site (http://cpol.army.mil/library/general/nsps/docs-repeal/NSPS_Empl_Transition_Bulletin_031510.pdf) for more details on how this might affect your specific situation."
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. The DoD policy is available at http://www.cpms.osd.mil/ASSETS/E8AB932EA1E44617BAC7222922E42A62/DoDl140025-V300.pdf.• In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e. retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8416(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD instructions 1400.25, Volume 300, at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.)
• Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19 at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/131519p.pdf.
• U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
• Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area.
• On this overseas accompanied tour, medical and DoDDS special education services may not be available in the immediate location of this position. • In the overseas areas, access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Medical care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical facilities will vary by location. Movement overseas may require you to initiate a change in your health benefits plan to ensure coverage.  • Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.


HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your resume
2. Your responses to the questionnaire
3. Additional required documents (see Required Documents section below)

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Saturday, December 31, 2011.

To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.  Follow the prompts to complete the questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process. 

To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following Vacancy ID449975.  Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.

If you cannot apply online:

1. Click the following link to view and print the questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire,
2. Print the 1203FX form to provide your response to the questionnaire http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdfimage/opm1203fx.pdf, and
3. Fax the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to 1-478-757-3144. Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.

The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

The following documents are required:

• Resume
• If the position has an education requirement or you are qualifying based on a combination of education and experience or solely on education, you must submit your college transcripts with your application
• You MUST submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. These documents may include, but are not limited to: for current employment verification, a SF-50 or DD3434; for MSP claims, PCS orders and marriage certificate; for verification of Veteran status, DD214 (which indicates character of service) SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activation/Deactivation orders.

If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and will not be considered any further.

PLEASE NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.   Some supplemental documents like military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for other than the applicant. These documents may be sanitized to remove such personal information before submission with the application. Applicants may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents upon selection to confirm eligibility.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: (410)306-0137
Email: APPLICANTHELP@CPSRXTP.BELVOIR.ARMY.MIL Agency Information:
Defense Commissary Agency Lakenheath
314 Johnson Street
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
UNITED STATES

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.

If no email address is provided, applicant is responsible for checking status updates and notifications in Applicant Manager.Hard copy notifications will not be sent to applicant.

For questions regarding the status of your application, eligibility or qualifications determination contact: applicanthelp@cpsrxtp.belvoir.army.mil