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Little Rock Child and Youth Services Flight

Cook

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A Cook prepares food in a restaurant or institutional kitchen. May be responsible for a specific station or type of food preparation in a larger kitchen, or specialize as a short-order or fast-food cook. May prepare meals in private homes, or cater parties.

$31,344 / year median in Arkansas

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Cook Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command Summary About the position: This position assigned to the - Little Rock AFB, AR -Child Development Center. This position is guaranteed a minimum of 20 hours but can be scheduled to a maximum of 20-34 hours per week.
Physical Effort:
Light to modere physical effort in lifting up to 45 pounds or pushing carts. Constantly standing and walking. Learn more about this agency Summary About the position: This position assigned to the - Little Rock AFB, AR -Child Development Center. This position is guaranteed a minimum of 20 hours but can be scheduled to a maximum of 20-34 hours per week.
Physical Effort:
Light to modere physical effort in lifting up to 45 pounds or pushing carts. Constantly standing and walking. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion few vacancies in the following locion: Little Rock AFB, AR No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $21.69 - $25.28 per hour New to Federal Employment will start Step 1: $21.69 Pay scale & grade NA 6 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Part-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 7404 Cooking Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-5FFSYC226624 Control number 883122600 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 A Resume is always required! Other 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 employee, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,) Please see Required Documents section below. USAJOBS Help Center - Unique Hiring Phs is also helpful informion. Duties Help Boils, bakes, fries, and broils mes, fish, and poultry by wching the item cooking; turning as required, reguling temperure, and removing when done. Adjusts standardized recipes for large quantity cooking. Maintains proper temperure for all food during holding, transport, reheing, and serving to ensure food safety. Washes and cleans kitchen equipment. Assists in training guidelines on new policy and procedures. Responsible for meal preparion/serving of all meals and snacks in specified quantities to meet Air Force requirements reled to Air Force Childcare Food Programs. Prepares an Air Force Form 287 for the Director's review and approval for purchasing food. Purchases supplies weekly. Assists in preparing USDA forms CCFP-6 and food counts. Submits reports to the CDC Director for review. Attends all training sessions and staff meetings as required. Responsible for general food sanition of the kitchen. Maintains cleanliness throughout the kitchen/dining room areas during scheduled hours of duty. Follows posted menu. Informs Child Development Center Director of any necessary menu changes for recording. Provides food for other staff members for field trips and cooking experiences for the children in the center. Uses Air Force-approved seasonal cycle menus and rotes on the approved schedule. Provides nutritionally equivalent substitutions for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Performs other reled duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment
Citizenship/Residency:
Must be a U.S. Citizen OR a non-U.S. citizen with 3+ years of U.S. residency. Must be 18 years of age. This position requires the applicant to be able to obtain a Food Handler's Certifice and/or complete food handler's training. 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 sisfactory completion of pre-employment checks in accordance with Air Force and DoD policy, and a Child Care Tier 1 background investigion.
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: 09/09/2026Business 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 have adeque experience in preparing and serving nutritional foods for young children. Must have basic knowledge of food preparion principles and practical understanding of physical changes th occur during the processing and cooking of food. Must have ability to follow instructions, work safely, and do simple arithmetic. Must be able to follow USDA requirements. Must be willing to go through training required by the service regulion. Knowledge of opering and cleaning food service equipment and the ability to season food and decide when foods are done is required. Must have practical knowledge of methods and procedures necessary for ordering, issuing, and storing food items in accordance with inventory and sanition requirements. Must be 18 years of age, hold a high school diploma or equivalent, have the ability to speak, read and write English. Must be physically able to frequently lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds with assistance. Must be able to obtain Food Handler's card and sisfactorily complete all pre-employment and investigive requirements. 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. Additional informion Individual must fully meet qualificion/eligibility/background requirements for this position. 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. 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 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 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 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 To qualify for Military Spousal Preference required documents: Marriage Certifice and Sponsor's Orders To qualify for Veterans Preference required a minimum documents: DD-214 Member 4 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. 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 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 09/09/2026 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 Little Rock NAF HR Office 19fss.nafhr@us.af.mil Address Little Rock Child and Youth Services Flight 19 FSS/FSCN 1255 Vandenburg Blvd, Suite 227 Little Rock
AFB, AR 72099-4942 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 To qualify for Military Spousal Preference required documents: Marriage Certifice and Sponsor's Orders To qualify for Veterans Preference required a minimum documents: DD-214 Member 4 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. 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 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 09/09/2026 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 Little Rock NAF HR Office 19fss.nafhr@us.af.mil Address Little Rock Child and Youth Services Flight 19 FSS/FSCN 1255 Vandenburg Blvd, Suite 227 Little Rock
AFB, AR 72099-4942 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 Locion few vacancies in the following locion: Little Rock AFB, AR No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $21.69 - $25.28 per hour New to Federal Employment will start Step 1: $21.69 Pay scale & grade NA 6 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Part-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-5FFSYC226624 Control number 883122600