Store Associate

Store Associe Department of Defense Defense Commissary Agency Summary Store Associes work either independently or as part of a team in any assigned retail area of a commissary store within the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). This is an open-continuous announcement with an established initial cut-off de of 11/16/2025. Please see the "How You Will Be Evalued" section for more informion. Learn more about this agency Summary Store Associes work either independently or as part of a team in any assigned retail area of a commissary store within the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). This is an open-continuous announcement with an established initial cut-off de of 11/16/2025. Please see the "How You Will Be Evalued" section for more informion. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/01/2026 to 04/30/2027 Salary $17.82 - $22.68 per hour Pay scale & grade GS 4 Locions MANY vacancies in the following locions: McConnell AFB, KS Offutt AFB, NE Tinker AFB, OK Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Part-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 1101 General Business And Industry Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

DECA-26-12946210-OC-DH

Control number 867521300 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Clarificion from the agency This is a direct hire authority announcement. All qualified applicants are considered and Veterans' preference does not apply. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. Duties Help Assisting customers by answering questions such as item price or locion, and handling bulky/heavy items. Opering an electronic checkout system to record unit price, total customer purchase, and make change. Performing a variety of duties in handling, preparing and maintaining stock levels of grocery and produce items. Reviewing stock levels and ghering inventory da in order to maintain the Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO) system. Preparing and maintaining a variety of documents to order commissary items, reconcile invoices and submit requisitions. Maintaining security, safety, and sanition practices and procedures. Read the entire job announcement. Focus on the following sections to understand whether or not you qualify for the position. Duties and Qualificions How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable) How You Will be Evalued Your resume must thoroughly describe how your skills and experiences align to the criteria defined in the Qualificions section of this announcement and it must support your responses to the assessment questionnaire. We do not assume you have the necessary experience to successfully perform in this job regardless of your employment history or academic career. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Be a U.S. citizen or nional. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. If selected, proof of citizenship is required. Meet the minimum age requirement. See Additional Informion. Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service. Appointment is subject to successful verificion of identity and employment eligibility through E-Verify. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, https://www.e-verify.gov/. Appointment is subject to a favorable suitability or fitness outcome, as determined by a completed background investigion. New federal employees fingerprinted. Be able to obtain and maintain clearance eligibility based on the approprie background investigion. May be subject to a probionary/trial period. Direct deposit of pay is required. Meet the physical requirements identified in the Qualificions section. May be subject to a supervisory probionary period. Qualificions You must meet the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) qualificions for series 1101 and additional requirements by the announcement closing de. Your resume (and/or transcript if necessary) must clearly show th you have the qualificions described below. You can use experience, educion, or a combinion of the two to qualify.

Experience :

One (1) year of progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work th indices the ability to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of this position (general experience).

OR Educion :

Two (2) full years of successfully completed educion above high school an accredited business, secretarial, technical school, junior college, college or university. Transcripts are required if relying on educion, in whole or in part, to qualify. See Required Documents for more informion. OR Combinion of experience and educion : To calcule the combinion, divide your total months of experience by 12, then divide your semester hours by 60 and add the two percentages. If the total is 100%, you meet the minimum qualificions through a combinion of experience and educion. You will receive credit for all relevant qualifying experience (paid and unpaid), including volunteer work done through Nional Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Physical requirements:

(1) Stand, stoop, kneel, bend and climb for prolonged periods. (2) Lift, push, pull, carry, and handle items weighing up to 40 pounds independently and occasionally over 40 pounds with assistance. You will test to your ability to perform these physical requirements in the Questionnaire. As part of the online applicion process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evalue your level of experience in the position's competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics).

The competencies are:

Clerical & Administrive Communicions Customer Service Electronic Checkout System Safety & Housekeeping Store Operions Overtime :

Occasional Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) :

Nonexempt Bargaining Unit Stus :

Varies by locion

Obliged Position:

If obliged, you occupying the position is subject to the former incumbent returning. If the former incumbent does not return to the position, your occupancy may become permanent. Tentive job offers identify if the position you are offered is obliged. Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered : No. DoD criteria not met. Work environment : May work in hot or cold weher and/or in damp or drafty conditions, be exposed to differences in temperure in storing or obtaining items from refrigered rooms or in the warehouse, and while working you may receive minor injuries such as cuts, scrapes, bruises, he sealer burns, and may slip on wet floors. Telework eligible : No Remote work eligible : No Educion

USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY.

You MUST provide transcripts and/or other documention to support your educional claims. Transcripts.

REQUIRED

when using educion to meet qualificions or when educion is required. Foreign educion may be qualifying if a prive organizion specializing in interpreting foreign educion programs has deemed the foreign educion equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program or a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses.

Unofficial transcripts from U.S. Department of Educion accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions listing your name, the name of the school, the de and degree awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned are acceptable for the applicion process. If selected, official transcripts are required before a firm job offer is made. A photocopy of your degree/diploma is not acceptable.

When relying on foreign educion, submit transcripts and a copy of the equivalency evaluion results letter with a course-by-course listing. Documents must be in English or include an English translion. The hiring employer for this position does not evalue degrees from foreign colleges or universities. Additional informion Executive Order 12564 requires a federal workplace to be free of illegal drugs and prohibits the use of illegal drugs both on and off duty by federal employees. As a reminder, marijuana is still classified as an illegal drug by the Federal government and is prohibited for use by Federal employees even if such use is legal in the ste where the Federal employee resides and/or works. The Defense Commissary Agency is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace where the use of illegal drugs will not be tolered and may result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal service. Positions filled under the DoD Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Facilities and the Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB). Upon first appointment to a civilian position in the Federal government, you are entitled only to the lowest step (Step 1) of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this announcement does not suggest or convey an entitlement to a higher re of pay. The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years . Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age, ensure you provide documention showing how you are eligible. Applicants with financial difficulty are not automically removed from considerion. Selectees are required to complete an online onboarding process. Retired military service members cannot be appointed to a Department of Defense (DoD) civilian position within 180 days of their retirement de. 5 United Stes Code 3326. The following may result in a ring of ineligible. Ineligible applicants receive no considerion. Submitting an incomplete applicion package, such as missing documents, illegible documents, and/or missing informion necessary to determine qualificions and eligibility. A resume reflecting part-time (PT)/full-time (FT) or nothing rher than the number of hours worked per week (e.g., 40, 30, 20, etc.) may be considered incomplete. Submitting encrypted documents or uploading Adobe portfolio documents. Submitting any document th contains a photo or image of you. Including social media links, inapproprie merial or content, classified or government sensitive informion, or personal informion such as age, gender, race, religion, or social security number on your resume. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or questionnaire responses. Deliberely tempting to falsify your applicion informion, such as copying portions of this announcement into your resume. 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. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your applicion made to ensure you meet the job requirements. This vacancy filled through a Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualificion requirements forwarded to the Selecting Official for considerion. We will evalue your applicion for basic eligibility and to determine if your experience meets the basic qualificion requirements described in the announcement. All applicants who meet the qualificions and other basic requirement are eligible for referral and selection considerion. Selections are subject to restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. 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 Your Resume.

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Your resume must thoroughly describe how your skills and experiences align to the criteria defined in the Qualificions section of this announcement and it must support your responses to the assessment questionnaire. We do not assume you have the necessary experience to successfully perform in this job regardless of your employment history or academic career. At a minimum, your resume MUST contain your name, address, and contact informion, and the following for each listed job experience: Job title; Pay Plan, Series and grade, if it is a federal civilian position; Employer's name and address; Employment beginning and ending des (Month/Year); and Description of duties performed. Part-Time employment MUST include work hours for each job entry. Questionnaire.

Preview https:

//apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12946210 . Appointment Eligibility Criteria . You choose how you wish to be considered for this position by selecting one or more of the eligibilities listed in the Assessment Questionnaire and providing the supporting documents for the selected eligibility/eligibilities. Documents required to prove you can be considered for the selected eligibility/eligibilities are listed within the eligibility description. HR does not select or change your eligibility/eligibilities for you, regardless of the supporting documents you submit. You are considered ONLY for the eligibility or eligibilities you select and for which you provide all required supporting documents. If you have questions about which eligibility/eligibilities apply to you, contact the HR POC listed on this announcement. SF 50 Notificion of Personnel Action. To obtain copies of your SF 50s, all current Department of Defense (DoD) employees can access MyBiz , employees receiving HR servicing from DLA can access eOPF and former civilian employees can request a copy from the Nional Archives . All DeCA employees, regardless of locion or human resources provider , submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 showing your current position title, pay plan-series-grade, tenure, and position occupied. Current active duty armed forces personnel within 120 days of separion must submit written documention from the armed forces certifying th the service member is expected to be separed from active duty service not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed. The document must include the following informion: (1) service member's name, (2) de of the expected separion from active duty, (3) expected character of the active duty service separion, (4) pay grade/rank/re separion, (5) des of active duty service, and (6) any campaign or expeditionary medals received. You must submit the DD-214 when it becomes available.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf ? 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 You are responsible for verifying your applicion package is complete, accure, and submitted timely. As uploaded documents may take one or more hours to clear the virus scan, plan accordingly to ensure your applicion process is complete and your applicion package is submitted by the specified closing de and time. To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Please review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Agency contact informion DeCA DE West Servicing Team Phone 614-693-3917 Fax 215-516-6081 DECADEWESTInquiries@dla.mil Address Defense Commissary Agency West 1300 E Avenue Fort Lee, VA 23801-1800 US Next steps Notices post to your USAJOBS account and are emailed to you. You can expect to receive a notice when you complete the applicion process, when your qualificions stus is determined (qualified or not qualified), and when your referral stus is determined (referred or not). If you are referred but not selected, you can expect to receive a final notice after the hiring manager makes a selection. The hiring manager may choose to conduct interviews and may conduct telephone interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants. Someone from the hiring agency (i.e., DeCA) will contact you if the hiring manager decides to interview you. Should you receive a tentive job offer, be aware such offers are automically withdrawn if you fail to (1) record an acceptance or declinion by the response de provided in the offer notice and/or (2) meet any pre-employment requirements, including a scheduled appointment. If you receive a job offer, use a computer to submit your response rher than a mobile/cell phone. 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 Your Resume.

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Your resume must thoroughly describe how your skills and experiences align to the criteria defined in the Qualificions section of this announcement and it must support your responses to the assessment questionnaire. We do not assume you have the necessary experience to successfully perform in this job regardless of your employment history or academic career. At a minimum, your resume MUST contain your name, address, and contact informion, and the following for each listed job experience: Job title; Pay Plan, Series and grade, if it is a federal civilian position; Employer's name and address; Employment beginning and ending des (Month/Year); and Description of duties performed. Part-Time employment MUST include work hours for each job entry. Questionnaire.

Preview https:

//apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12946210 . Appointment Eligibility Criteria . You choose how you wish to be considered for this position by selecting one or more of the eligibilities listed in the Assessment Questionnaire and providing the supporting documents for the selected eligibility/eligibilities. Documents required to prove you can be considered for the selected eligibility/eligibilities are listed within the eligibility description. HR does not select or change your eligibility/eligibilities for you, regardless of the supporting documents you submit. You are considered ONLY for the eligibility or eligibilities you select and for which you provide all required supporting documents. If you have questions about which eligibility/eligibilities apply to you, contact the HR POC listed on this announcement. SF 50 Notificion of Personnel Action. To obtain copies of your SF 50s, all current Department of Defense (DoD) employees can access MyBiz , employees receiving HR servicing from DLA can access eOPF and former civilian employees can request a copy from the Nional Archives . All DeCA employees, regardless of locion or human resources provider , submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 showing your current position title, pay plan-series-grade, tenure, and position occupied. Current active duty armed forces personnel within 120 days of separion must submit written documention from the armed forces certifying th the service member is expected to be separed from active duty service not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed. The document must include the following informion: (1) service member's name, (2) de of the expected separion from active duty, (3) expected character of the active duty service separion, (4) pay grade/rank/re separion, (5) des of active duty service, and (6) any campaign or expeditionary medals received. You must submit the DD-214 when it becomes available.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf ? 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 You are responsible for verifying your applicion package is complete, accure, and submitted timely. As uploaded documents may take one or more hours to clear the virus scan, plan accordingly to ensure your applicion process is complete and your applicion package is submitted by the specified closing de and time. To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Please review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DeCA DE West Servicing Team Phone 614-693-3917 Fax 215-516-6081 DECADEWESTInquiries@dla.mil Address Defense Commissary Agency West 1300 E Avenue Fort Lee, VA 23801-1800 US Next steps Notices post to your USAJOBS account and are emailed to you. You can expect to receive a notice when you complete the applicion process, when your qualificions stus is determined (qualified or not qualified), and when your referral stus is determined (referred or not). If you are referred but not selected, you can expect to receive a final notice after the hiring manager makes a selection. The hiring manager may choose to conduct interviews and may conduct telephone interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants. Someone from the hiring agency (i.e., DeCA) will contact you if the hiring manager decides to interview you. Should you receive a tentive job offer, be aware such offers are automically withdrawn if you fail to (1) record an acceptance or declinion by the response de provided in the offer notice and/or (2) meet any pre-employment requirements, including a scheduled appointment. If you receive a job offer, use a computer to submit your response rher than a mobile/cell phone. 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 05/01/2026 to 04/30/2027 Salary $17.82 - $22.68 per hour Pay scale & grade GS 4 Locions MANY vacancies in the following locions: McConnell AFB, KS Offutt AFB, NE Tinker AFB, OK Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Part-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

DECA-26-12946210-OC-DH

Control number 867521300