COOK Position Available In Dorchester, South Carolina
Tallo's Job Summary: The COOK position at Charleston AFB, SC, offers a salary of $21.06 per hour. Responsibilities include preparing nutritious meals for children, following USDA guidelines, and maintaining kitchen cleanliness. Applicants must have food preparation experience, a Food Handler's Certificate, and be able to pass a criminal background check. This is a Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) position.
Job Description
COOK Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command Air Force Nonappropried fund (NAF) Summary About the position: This position is Non-appropried Fund (NAF) and assigned to the Youth Programs Center, Charleston AFB. The work schedule determined by the needs of the activity.
Physical Effort:
Light to modere physical effort in lifting up to 45 pounds or pushing carts. Constantly standing, walking, stooping, bending, pushing, pulling, and reaching. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/21/2025 to 06/21/2025 Salary $21.06 – $21.06 per hour Pay scale & grade NA 6 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Charleston AFB, SC Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Summer Work schedule Intermittent Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 25APR4UGASPERA816012 Control number 835585000 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Please see the “Who May Apply” section under the Qualificions section. Duties
THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED POSIOIN FROM 15 AUGUST 2025
• Applicants reviewed and referred every two weeks until the close of this announcement.
Regular & Recurring Duties and Responsibilities:
Cooking – Prepares a full range of nutritious food for approximely 90 plus children per day, supplying them with the USDA required supplements of vitamins and nutrition. Responsible for cooking breakfast, lunch (when school is out), and snacks for the children, and responsible for following the correct portion sizes for all ages. The cook is solely responsible for the measurements and ingredients in the food prepared by herself/himself and the other staff who work in the kitchen. The cook is also responsible for planning special meals such as scheduled events (Parent luncheons, Family Nights, etc.) and modified children’s diets as needed. Food is prepared, handled, and served according to AF instruction, USDA guidelines, Joint Base Charleston guidance; Food and Drug Administrion (FDA) guidance; and Council on Accredition guidance. Under the guidance of the School Age Program Coordinor or Youth Programs Director, the cook follows preplanned cycle menus and rotes periodically as directed. May prepare and/or assist with preparion of the menus. Adjusts daily menus as required by changing tendance. Determines qualified of food and supplies required. Submits requisitions sufficiently in advance to ensure adeque supply for items are on hand. Adjusts orders in accordance with anticiped requirements. Washes, thaws, mixes, fries, steams, stews, boils, bakes, mashes, and otherwise prepares soups, mes, fish, chicken, sandwiches, vegetables, etc. Moves heavy garbage cans and assists in unloading supply trucks and storing heavy supplies. Maintains stoves, refrigerors, equipment, and utensils in a safe and sanitary condition. Ensures th dishwasher operion is consistent with sanition rules. Stores ples, cups, and silverware. Maintains inventory food, supplies, and equipment on hand. Keeps working area clean and safe. Conducts daily self-inspections and maintains copies of inspections. Keeps labels on food and products upded in stock room, cooler and freezer. Conducts monthly and quarterly inventories. Prepares USDA and FDA reports. Maintains inventory and fills out purchase orders for necessary supplies. Performs other reled duties as assigned. If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online applicion: Requirements Conditions of Employment This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigion with favorable results.
Qualificions Who May Apply:
Open to everyone. Applicants cegorized by preference(s) and/or priority considerion eligibilities. An applicant’s eligibility determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with applicion by the closing de, 06/21/2025 Business Based Action, Military Spouse Preference, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion.
Qualifying Experience:
Must be able to obtain a Food Handler’s Certifice and sisfactorily complete installion and ste criminal background check. Must have experience in and knowledge of food preparion principles and characteristics of food, and of planning processes to ensure entire meals are prepared and cooked on time. Knowledge to perform yield testing to determine portion cost and to adjust ingredients in standardized recipes. Must have knowledge of procedures to order, issue and store food. Experience and knowledge must have been gained in a grill, snack bar, restaurant, club or similar food activity. Must be physically able to frequently lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds, and occasionally over 40 pounds. Must be able to continuously stand, walk, stoop, reach, push, pull and bend for long periods of time.
Conditions of Employment:
Must be able to sisfactorily complete a pre-employment physical. Must be able to obtain a Food Handler’s Certifice and/or complete food handler’s training. Successful completion and favorable adjudicion of applicable background investigion (Tier 1 Level) is required. You evalued on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Educion Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your educion for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for educion substitution.
FOREIGN EDUCATION
Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the educion credentials have been deemed to be least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. educion program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Additional informion Individual must fully meet qualificion/eligibility/background requirements for this position. U.S. Citizens and Non-U.S. Nionals who have resided in the U.S. Territory for three (3) or more consecutive years immediely preceding the start of Federal Affiliion or a signed memorandum indicing the installion’s decision on the 3-year residency requirement. A real id driver’s license is required for employment and entry into JB Charleston AFB. A dependent Id or Common Access Card (CAC) can be used with a current driver’s license. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct deposit is required. Sisfactorily complete an employment verificion (E-Verify) check. A probionary period may be required. Pre-employment requirements must be sisfactorily met prior to Entrance on Duty (EOD). Payment of Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determinion th a PCS move is not in the Government’s interest. Multiple positions may be filled from this job opportunity announcement. And additional selections may also be made from this job opportunity announcement. Selection(s) are subject to restrictions resulting from hiring preferences and priority considerion eligible. This is a Nonappropried Fund (NAF) position carrying out Morale, Welfare and Recreion (MWR) activities for the Air Force and Space Force. Benefits How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your resume and supporting document evalued against the qualificions of the position. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion has been made th you have infled your responses to meet the position’s qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as th informion may be taken into considerion during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documention. To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact informion (name, address, phone number, email, etc.,) for professional and personal references on your resume. Benefits Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference – MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,). The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your applicion by the closing de of this job announcement: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. Other accepted documents to support a qualificion and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person’s personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. How to Apply To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/21/2025 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJobs account to apply. If you do not have a USAJobs account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJobs account and designe the document type when submitting your applicion. Failure to complete this portion will result in an incomplete applicion package and you will not be further considered for this vacancy. It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your . Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applicions, your applicion stus and the de it was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : Agency contact informion JB Charleston NAF HR Office Address JB Charleston Child and Youth Services Flight 628 FSS/FSCN 101 E. Hill Blvd JB Charleston, SC 29404-5000 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Times may vary during the hiring process, as your applicion stus updes/changes you notified with a notificion letter via email. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference – MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,). The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your applicion by the closing de of this job announcement: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. Other accepted documents to support a qualificion and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person’s personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. How to Apply To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/21/2025 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJobs account to apply. If you do not have a USAJobs account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJobs account and designe the document type when submitting your applicion. Failure to complete this portion will result in an incomplete applicion package and you will not be further considered for this vacancy. It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your . Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applicions, your applicion stus and the de it was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : Agency contact informion JB Charleston NAF HR Office Address JB Charleston Child and Youth Services Flight 628 FSS/FSCN 101 E. Hill Blvd JB Charleston, SC 29404-5000 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Times may vary during the hiring process, as your applicion stus updes/changes you notified with a notificion letter via email. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/21/2025 to 06/21/2025 Salary $21.06 – $21.06 per hour Pay scale & grade NA 6 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Charleston AFB, SC Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Summer Work schedule Intermittent Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 25APR4UGASPERA816012 Control number 835585000 ., .