Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker Department of the Interior Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services - District 1: Yankton Adult Detention Facility Summary This position is loced with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 1-Yankton Detention in Wagner, South Dakota. This is an

OPEN CONTINUOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until 06/15/2026. The initial cut-off for referral of eligible applicions 04/27/2026 followed by eligible applicions received after th de referred every two weeks as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 1-Yankton Detention in Wagner, South Dakota. This is an

OPEN CONTINUOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until 06/15/2026. The initial cut-off for referral of eligible applicions 04/27/2026 followed by eligible applicions received after th de referred every two weeks as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/13/2026 to 06/15/2026 Salary $17.78 - $20.75 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 2 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Wagner, SD Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 7408 Food Service Working Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number

ST-26-12912600-CAWV-SQ

Control number 865007200 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Nive Americans Nive Americans or Alaskan Nives with a tribal affiliion. Clarificion from the agency Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candides in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Verificion form

BIA -4432

must be submitted with the applicion if claiming Indian Preference. No other documents accepted as proof of Indian Preference. Duties Help As Food Service Worker, WG-7408, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Set trays in tray assembly line. Sets-up cups, utensils, condiments, and hot and cold beverages on trays according to standard practice. Loads and pushes tray cart to designed area. Follows established procedures and standards on in assisting the cook in cooking meals according to the menu and portion sizes. Practices good health responsibilities in the kitchen by using proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and sanition practices. Maintains dish machine, sets-up, operes, breaks-down and cleans dish machine, pot washers, tray conveyors, refrigerors, freezers or other comparable equipment or appliances. Follows standard practices to rote inventory promoting first-in/first-out issue. Moves covered and stored food for easy access. stores food according to standard practice. Cleans work tables, facilities or bhrooms as scheduled or when assigned. As scheduled or assigned, cleans toilets, sinks, mirrors, floors, etc. adheres approprie sanition standards. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship Required As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period OR 2-year trial period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued A background security investigion required for all new hires. Appointment subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigion and favorable adjudicion. If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency. Incumbent is required to opere a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 4 year period immediely preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607. Selectees must pass a pre-employment medical examinion and may be subject to post-employment medical examinions to determine if they are maintaining the fitness standards for this position. Drug Testing. This position is subject to both pre-employment and random drug testing as a condition of employment. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received. Qualificions

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

: Applicants must meet the qualificion requirements contained in the OPM Standards, OPM Federal Wage System Qualificions . For this position, the job element method is used to mch wh the applicant can do against wh the work calls for, meaning the knowledge skills , and abilities of applicants compared with the knowledge, skills, and abilities (called Job Elements) needed for success. Applicants must have sufficient training and experience to be trusted to perform duties on their initiive under general supervision .While no specific amount of experience is required, you must show th you possess the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Applicants red on the following

Job Elements:

Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision (screen-out). Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (Other Than Blue Print Reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Dexterity and Safety Knowledge of Merials Work Practices (includes keeping things ne, clean and in order)

Physical Effort:

May be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. May be required to work on ladders and use powered cleaning equipment. Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 40 pounds. Will be standing for prolong hours.

Working Conditions:

The work is performed in the detention center under high stressful situions. The work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and he from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperures and humidity. The work area is well lighted but usually noisy from food service activities, and there is danger of slipping on floors where food or beverages have been dropped, Regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot working surfaces, and extreme temperure changes when entering walk-in refrigerion or freezing units. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same locion within 90 days from the closing de. Additional informion The probionary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your [probionary period -OR- trial period] your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more informion see USA Jobs Wh are bargaining units? Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) OR Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Programs provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. Applicants claiming

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF50 noting position, grade level, duty locion with their applicion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For more informion : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp

SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY

Certain candides may be eligible to apply under a special hiring authority including those for disabled individuals, Peace Corps employees, Foreign Service employees, veterans, etc. For more informion, the following OPM websites:

USAJOBS Informion Center:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ ;

Vets Info Guide:

http://www.fedshirevets.gov/ . 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 A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your applicion package evalued against the minimum qualificion requirements specified above. In order to qualify, your resume must specifically describe your work history and the duties you performed in each position. Your resume evalued after the closing de of 06/15/2026 to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion and applicion questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, which may include a structured resume review, structured interview and/or accomplishment record. These assessments measure the critical competencies required to successfully perform the job. Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (Other Than Blueprint Reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Dexterity and Safety Knowledge of Merials Work Practices (Including Keeping Things Ne, Clean, and in Order) Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candides in accordance with the Indian Reorganizion Act of 1934 (Title 25, USC, Section 472). Verificion Form

BIA-4432

must be submitted with the applicion if claiming Indian Preference. Indian Preference eligibles not currently employed in Federal service may be appointed under the Excepted Service Appointment Authority Schedule

A, 213.3112

(a)(7). Considerion given to Non-Indian applicants in the absence of qualified Indian Preference eligibles. For more informion, please : https://www.bia.gov/jobs .

DUE WEIGHT FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS AND AWARDS.

For Current and Former Federal Employees, due weight given for performance and awards. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available. Please indice if any prior performance appraisals/evaluions were an acceptable level.

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You may preview the assessment questions here in the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12912600 . Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required for this position: Resume which details work experience including des worked (mm/yy-mm/yy); position title; position series and grade (if federal service); work schedule; hours worked per week; relevant duties performed; supervisor with contact informion, and 3 professional references and contact informion (Do not include current/former supervisors), etc Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. On-line Assessment Questionnaire Veteran's documention - (if applicable) VA letter on VA letterhead sting your overall combined ring, SF-15, DD-214 (Member 4 Copy Only) reflecting an honorable discharge and des of active duty military service. BIA Form 4432 The Form

BIA-4432

must be completed as sted in the Instructions on the Form and this form with must be submitted with your applicion for Federal employment (if claiming Indian preference). Performance Appraisal (if applying under the Land Management Flexibility Act) Current & Former Federal Employees. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee OR a former Federal employee who has reinstement eligibility you must submit the following by the closing de of this announcement, or you will not receive considerion as such: A copy of a recent SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action" documenting proof of competitive stus, tenure, position title, occupional series, grade level and step . If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade. If you have promotion potential in any of your positions, please provide an SF-50 sting your highest full performance level; and Due Weight for

Performance Appraisals and Awards:

Your most recent Performance Appraisal (if you do not have your most recent performance appraisal, please submit an explanion as to why it is unavailable); and If applicable, a list of any awards you received in the last 5 years (i.e., superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.). Click here for informion see Reading your SF-50 to determine your service and appointment type

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED OR ACCEPTED BY THIS OFFICE.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: 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. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. 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. In writing your resume, please be clear and specific. We will NOT make assumptions regarding your experience and/or employment stus. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Notificion to

Applicants:

Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion.

PLEASE NOTE - NO APPLICATION MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA E-MAIL

. Agency contact informion Stephanie Qahavi Phone 771-210-1415 stephanie.qahavi@bia.gov Address AS-IA Human Resources 12220 Sunrise Valley Dr., Room 4047 Reston, VA 20191 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 The following documents are required for this position: Resume which details work experience including des worked (mm/yy-mm/yy); position title; position series and grade (if federal service); work schedule; hours worked per week; relevant duties performed; supervisor with contact informion, and 3 professional references and contact informion (Do not include current/former supervisors), etc Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. On-line Assessment Questionnaire Veteran's documention - (if applicable) VA letter on VA letterhead sting your overall combined ring, SF-15, DD-214 (Member 4 Copy Only) reflecting an honorable discharge and des of active duty military service. BIA Form 4432 The Form

BIA-4432

must be completed as sted in the Instructions on the Form and this form with must be submitted with your applicion for Federal employment (if claiming Indian preference). Performance Appraisal (if applying under the Land Management Flexibility Act) Current & Former Federal Employees. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee OR a former Federal employee who has reinstement eligibility you must submit the following by the closing de of this announcement, or you will not receive considerion as such: A copy of a recent SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action" documenting proof of competitive stus, tenure, position title, occupional series, grade level and step . If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade. If you have promotion potential in any of your positions, please provide an SF-50 sting your highest full performance level; and Due Weight for

Performance Appraisals and Awards:

Your most recent Performance Appraisal (if you do not have your most recent performance appraisal, please submit an explanion as to why it is unavailable); and If applicable, a list of any awards you received in the last 5 years (i.e., superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.). Click here for informion see Reading your SF-50 to determine your service and appointment type

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED OR ACCEPTED BY THIS OFFICE.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: 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. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. 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. In writing your resume, please be clear and specific. We will NOT make assumptions regarding your experience and/or employment stus. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Notificion to

Applicants:

Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion.

PLEASE NOTE - NO APPLICATION MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA E-MAIL

. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Stephanie Qahavi Phone 771-210-1415 stephanie.qahavi@bia.gov Address AS-IA Human Resources 12220 Sunrise Valley Dr., Room 4047 Reston, VA 20191 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 04/13/2026 to 06/15/2026 Salary $17.78 - $20.75 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 2 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Wagner, SD Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time 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

ST-26-12912600-CAWV-SQ

Control number 865007200