Cook (School Age/youth) Na-04

**Duties**: - Applies knowledge and skill to assist in planning and implementing a comprehensive food service program that follows the policies and procedures of the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). - Prepares food by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring, or breading. - Follows established sanitation procedures when handling food. - Disassembles, cleans and assembles component parts and accessories, following safety procedures to avoid personal injury and damage to the equipment. - Serves as consultant to youth cooking clubs/health and fitness programs as required. Follow risk management procedures (i.e.. abuse prevention, identification, and reporting procedures; accident prevention etc). **Requirements**: **Conditions of Employment**: - Must be at least 18 years old or a 17 year old dependent of a Service member or Department of Defense Civilian Employee. - Direct Deposit and Social Security Card is required. - Meet qualification/eligibility/physical/background requirements for this position. - Must have current health assessment which documents good mental and physical health, freedom from communicable disease, and immunizations in accordance with current Army and DoD policy including annual influenza vaccinations. - A one year probationary period may be required (either initially or upon conversion, if applicable). - Successful completion of annual training requirements within the prescribed time frame and demonstrated on the job competence is required. - Satisfactorily complete an employment verification (E-Verify) Check. - Work involves continual standing and walking, frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. - Must be able to lift or move objects up to 40 pounds unassisted, and occasionally lift or move objects weighing over 40 pounds with the assistance of other workers or lifting devices. - Work is performed in kitchen areas, which are well lighted but are often hot and noisy. Employee is exposed to steam, fumes, odors from cooking, and to extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigerators or freezing units - Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 4 hours initial food sanitation and safety training is required within 30 days of employment and a minimum of 4 hours refresher training annually. - Citizenship eligible under country SOFA Agreement. - Official No-Fee Passport and Mission VISA. - Mission Soggiorno. **Qualifications**: Work experience related to the duties described above, that included skill in working with professional kitchen appliances and equipment. Be able to communicate (verbal and written) in English. Ability to lift and carry up to 40 lbs. on a routine basis. The full position description can be found here. **Education**: This job does not have an education qualification requirement. **Additional information**: **Area of Consideration** Applicants will be referred to selecting officials as vacancies occur. **Manual Application** **Allowances, Incentives and PCS Costs**: - Allowances, differentials, or incentives will not be paid. - Payment Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest. **Other**: - Additional referrals may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 90 days after the closing date. - Benefits Review our benefits **How You Will Be Evaluated**: You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Applicants can claim the following eligibilities: - Spouse Employment Preference - Involuntarily Separated from the Military - Business Based Action - Current/Former NAF Employee / Current Appropriated Employee - Outside Applicant Veteran / Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran - Outside Applicant Non-Veteran Eligibilities are listed above in the consideration order in accordance with the AR 215-3. Applicants will only be awarded the highest preference/priority consideration found eligible. By claiming the "Current/Former NAF Employee (CNE/FNE)" or "Current APF Employee (CAE)" priority consideration eligibility, applicants are self-certifying that they may not be eligible for other priority considerations. Failure to provide supporting documentation to validate preference or priority consideration claims could adversely impact the applicant's eligibility. For additional information on what may be required to support the applicant's eligibility claim, please refer to our Applicant Information Kit found in the applicant information kit. CNE/FNE/CAE priority consideration must be clearly defined in order to grant the priority consideration. We will need position title, series, grade, location and agency in order determine priority consideration. To ensure we have enough information, we encourage you to submit a copy of your most recent personnel action. By claiming the "Current/Former NAF Employee (CNE/FNE)" or "Current APF Employee (CAE)