Supervisory Food Services Specialist

Supervisory Food Services Specialist Department of Defense Department of War Educion Activity Summary About the

Position:

This position is loced in Richland, Fort Jackson South Carolina. The Department of Defense Educion Activity (DoDEA) is transitioning to the Department of War Educion Activity (DoWEA). Learn more about this agency Summary About the

Position:

This position is loced in Richland, Fort Jackson South Carolina. The Department of Defense Educion Activity (DoDEA) is transitioning to the Department of War Educion Activity (DoWEA). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 6, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Jackson, SC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $61,722 - $80,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1667 Food Services Supervisory stus Yes 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

NC7X-26-12994329-MP

Control number 874378600 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. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. 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. Clarificion from the agency See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualificions" section for more informion on who is eligible to apply for this position. Duties Help Plans and distributes menus according to the standards of the Nional School Lunch, School Breakfast and Summer Food Service Programs. Ensures meals are nutritional, well balanced, palable, tractive, and varied. Provide receipts to be used and preparion techniques to cafeteria managers. Analyze sale trends and adjust menus to maximize sales and meet nutritional guidelines. Purchases all foods, supplies, and equipment though various approved vendors. Inspects cafeteria equipment. Conduct monthly inventories of purchased food, supplies, and USDA foods and conducts regular spot checks of supplies on hand. Verify daily cash receipts, deposit slips, and cash reports. Administers the free and reduced-price meal program in accordance with applicable laws and regulions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Requirement. Proof of U.S. Citizenship required. Direct deposit of pay is required. One year trial or probionary period may be required. Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determinion, as determined by a background investigion. One year supervisory probion period may be required. This position requires a Tier 1 (T1) investigion with Childcare Checks since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age. A valid driver's license is required.

Qualificions Who May Apply:

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority cegories below are eligible to apply for this job. You asked to identify which cegory or cegories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the cegory or cegories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Competitive Service Department of War Educion Activity (DoWEA) Civilian Employee Current Department of War (DoW) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropried Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of War (DoW) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoW MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoW Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) In order to qualify, you must meet the educion and/or 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 qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion.

Specialized Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes: Working with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrition Programs serving children in a prive or public school/district or in a childcare facility. Working with and/or knowledge of free and reduced meal programs for children. Applying USDA food standards, laws, or regulions for breakfast or lunch programs. Opering within a predetermined budget to order cafeteria food supplies. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Educion:

Master's or equivalent gradue degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree in a field which demonstres the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition educion, culinary arts, business, or other reled field.

OR Combinion of Educion and Experience:

A combinion of educion and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed gradue semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total gradue semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. You evalued on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Time in

Grade Requirement:

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07). Educion

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/internional/usnei/us/edlite-us-forrecog.html Additional informion Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of War referral system for displaced employees. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion or hiring process should notify David Walton r a@dodea.edu This position is not covered by a bargaining unit. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the informion in the Reemployed Annuitant informion sheet. You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference. You may claim Military Spouse preference. 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. This recruitment is using a Structured Resume Review assessment process. Subject mter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your technical qualificions for this portion based on the required specialized experience. SMEs will review your resume, starting your work experience. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume). Applicants passing the structured resume review will move on to the next phase of the assessment process. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your resume 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 is made th you have infled your 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. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your resume package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your 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. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be red well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website . Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.

Your resume:

Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. 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. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Proof of Eligibility to

Apply:

Your applicion must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and wh document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further considerion.

Time-in-grade documention:

If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstres you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of approprie SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective de more than one year old).

Transcripts:

This position has an individual occupional requirement and/or allows for substitution of educion for experience. You MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible. You MUST scan, upload and tach legible photocopies of the following transcripts: Bachelor's Transcript Master's Transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you. EDS Transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you. Doctore's transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you.

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 apply for this position, you must 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 07/06/2026 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 ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12994329 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. 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. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address DoWEA Headquarters 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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 documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.

Your resume:

Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. 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. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Proof of Eligibility to

Apply:

Your applicion must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and wh document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further considerion.

Time-in-grade documention:

If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstres you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of approprie SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective de more than one year old).

Transcripts:

This position has an individual occupional requirement and/or allows for substitution of educion for experience. You MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible. You MUST scan, upload and tach legible photocopies of the following transcripts: Bachelor's Transcript Master's Transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you. EDS Transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you. Doctore's transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you.

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 apply for this position, you must 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 07/06/2026 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 ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12994329 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. 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. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address DoWEA Headquarters 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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 Posted this month • Apply in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 6, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Jackson, SC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $61,722 - $80,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes 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

NC7X-26-12994329-MP

Control number 874378600