Food Services Assistant (Food Service Assistant)

US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System in Phoenix seeks corrections professionals who promote humane, secure environments and prepare individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered, applicants must meet qualification requirements for education or experience at the next grade level, including data entry, budgeting, report writing, and minutes transcription. Eligibility is determined by responses to the application questions.

Qualifications

• Education may credit graduate study if directly related to the work.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.
• Experience includes data entry, budgeting, and report preparation.

Responsibilities

• Enter and retrieve data using designated systems.
• Track budgets, maintain logs and generate reports.
• Prepare minutes and distribute documentation.

Skills

Data entry

Budget tracking

Report writing

Education

Graduate education creditable if related

Tools

Food Service programs

Budget computer programs

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

Education:

As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

OR

Experience:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are listed per grade:

GL-06:

• Experience entering and retrieving data, using Food Service programs, and maintaining disks with back-up copies.
• Experience typing and proof reading a wide range of correspondence, memorandums, reports and other written materials.
• Experience tracking and preparing reports, tracking and maintaining budget and typing budget requests.

GL-07:

• Experience that provided a basic knowledge of arithmetic and the ability to perform responsibilities associated with tracking and maintaining budget, stock records and logs.
• Experience recording and transcribing minutes of various meetings, and compiling minutes for distribution.
• Experience utilizing a financial management budget computer program, coordinating budget data and information and keeping an updated budget account for the department.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**