CHILD AND YOUTH PROGRAM ASSISTANT (LEADER LEVEL) - LAKEHURST

CHILD AND YOUTH PROGRAM ASSISTANT

(LEADER LEVEL) - LAKEHURST Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command 87 FSS Summary About the position: This position is Non-appropried Fund (NAF) and assigned to the Child Development Center, Lakehurst, New Jersey. The position may require the incumbent to transport children in a government vehicle. A valid ste driver's license must be obtained and maintained; a good driving record may be required as a condition of employment. Department of the Air Force Child and Youth Programs Employee Child Care Discount applicable to this position (see Additional Informion) Learn more about this agency Summary About the position: This position is Non-appropried Fund (NAF) and assigned to the Child Development Center, Lakehurst, New Jersey. The position may require the incumbent to transport children in a government vehicle. A valid ste driver's license must be obtained and maintained; a good driving record may be required as a condition of employment. Department of the Air Force Child and Youth Programs Employee Child Care Discount applicable to this position (see Additional Informion) Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 06/07/2026 Salary $28.49 - $28.49 per hour Pay scale & grade CY 4 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Lakehurst, NJ Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Part-time - This is a Regular Position (can work 20-34 hrs per week) Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 1702 Educion And Training Technician Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number 26-5NFSY295739 Control number 868214500 This job is open to Help 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 Help Serves as a team leader for program staff with responsibility for the operion and program in accordance with applicable regulions in one or more child and youth programs. Accountable for the whereabouts and safety of children and youth. Oversees arrival/departure of children/youth. Supervises children and youth ranging in age from 6 weeks to 18 years daily during daily schedule of indoor and outdoor activities, on field trips, outings, and special events. Works in rio with children and youth. Encourages participant interest and establishes a program setting th promotes positive child and youth interactions with other children, youth and adults. Monitors staff/child or youth rios to ensure adeque staffing. Plans coordines and conducts activities for program participants based on observed needs of individual children/youth. Prepares and implements program options for children and youth with special requirements. Works with trainer and supervisor to implement activities and special events th meet the physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs of children and youth. Works with team members to prepare, arrange and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and merials to accommode daily schedule. Assist children and youth with special projects, homework and life skills. Interact with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques. Interacts professionally with staff members, parents, supervisors and volunteers. Participes in conferences with parents, program staff, and other representives (as applicable). Briefs other employees and parents. Notes special instructions provided by parents. Ensure children and youth (as applicable) depart with an authorized person according to written parental instruction. Provides opportunities for parental involvement. Instructs team members in specific tasks and job techniques; makes available written instructions, reference merials, and supplies. Explains program guidance, procedures, polices, and directives to team members. Resolves problems and conflict situions or obtains informion and guidance from supervisor. Demonstres proper work methods and provides work-reled guidance to subordines. Models approprie behaviors and techniques for working with children/youth. Conducts on-the-job training and instruction for team members. Ensures team members follow safety, fire, fitness, health and nutrition procedures and informs supervisor of compliance concerns. Relays instructions from the supervisor, makes activity assignments and gets work started in accordance with the daily activity plan. Provides input to the supervisor as requested concerning promotions, reassignments, performance appraisals, incentive awards, etc. Observes program participants for signs th may indice illness, abuse or neglect and reports as directed. Arranges for/serves approprie snacks/meals, where applicable. Inventories equipment on a recurring basis and recommends replenishing damaged, missing and depleted supplies. Secures supplies, equipment, and facilities. Collects, maintains and reports program participion da. Uses designed evaluion merials to ensure assigned area is in compliance with AF standards and metrics. Ensures assigned area achieves and maintains standards for DoD certificion and nional accredition or equivalent. Provides care/supervision to children and youth ranging in age from 6 weeks to 18 years. Provides care/supervision, oversight, and accountability for program participants in compliance with AF and local policies, guidance, and standards. Ensures compliance with policies and regulions applicable to AF Child and Youth Programs. May be required to transport children in government vehicles. Acts as manager in non-routine/emergency situions for purposes of opening/closing of facility. Performs other reled duties as assigned. If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online applicion: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12955415 Requirements Help Conditions of employment This position requires sisfactory completion of pre-employment checks in accordance with Air Force and DoD policy, and a Child Care Tier 1 background investigion. This position has been identified as a Test Designed Position (TDP). The incumbent of this position subject to and must consent to a pre-employment and random drug testing. This position has physical lifting requirement which requires the incumbent to complete a favorable pre-employment physical. This position requires the incumbent to be able to obtain, maintain, and provide evidence of current immunizions this includes annual influenza vaccinions and be free of all communicable diseases. This position requires the incumbent to complete assigned training, to include Food Handlers certificion, within specified time from de hire or assignment to position. Must be least 18 years of age. Must have a valid driver's license and have a good driving record. Must provide copy of driving record.

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, 06/07/2026 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 a high school gradue, or equivalent; and be able to provide proof (i.e., diploma or equivalent) for verificion. Must possess murity and good judgement and like working with children/youth and their parents.

SPECIALIZED REQUIREMENTS

One year the CY03 level or equivalent. Must have completed an Associe of Art degree in early childhood educion, youth development, or reled fields or have a Child Development Associe Credential or a Youth Development Credential. (Must remain current). 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 Child Development Program will provide 100% child care fee discount for all CYP direct care staff for the first child enrolled in a full-time or regular part-time

DAF CDP. A 25

% discount will apply for any additional children of direct care staff. Direct care staff must spend a minimum of 75% of their work schedule in the classroom including flex employees who average 15 hours a week. Please contact local NAF HR Office for additional informion. Individual must fully meet qualificion/eligibility/background requirements for this position. This includes providing any supporting documents needed for verificion. Applicants must be least 18 years of age time of hire. 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. 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. Applicants must be able to provide a REAL ID or present a combinion of source identity documents authorized to facilite access to the installion. Please contact the servicing HR Office with any questions. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help Review our benefits How you 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 Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help 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.

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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 Help 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 06/07/2026 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 https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJobs account . 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, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus Agency contact informion

JBMDL NAF HR

Office 87fss.hro@us.af.mil Address JBMDL Lakehurst Child Development Center 87 FSS/FSCN 2905 Tuskegee Airmen Ave, Room 1 McGuire

AFB, NJ 08641-5012 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. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help 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 Help 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 06/07/2026 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 https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJobs account . 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, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion

JBMDL NAF HR

Office 87fss.hro@us.af.mil Address JBMDL Lakehurst Child Development Center 87 FSS/FSCN 2905 Tuskegee Airmen Ave, Room 1 McGuire

AFB, NJ 08641-5012 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. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 06/07/2026 Salary $28.49 - $28.49 per hour Pay scale & grade CY 4 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Lakehurst, NJ Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Part-time - This is a Regular Position (can work 20-34 hrs per week) 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 26-5NFSY295739 Control number 868214500