Cook

Duties

• Use the full range of quantity cooking procedures from the common or frequently used recipes to creating new or complex recipes.
• Lead preparation for assigned tasks in one or more of the following work environments: Breakfast, lunch or dinner service Cocktail and other stand-up events; Formal luncheons and dinners.
• Set up of the work area, dining room, and alternate locations with required place settings, silverware, condiments, and other service equipment.
• Creates menus, production schedules and recipes, and determine type and quantities of items required for number of persons to be served and recipe requirements.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19 at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/131519p.pdf.
• Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment in Foreign Areas and Employee Return Rights. Visit https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/DoD-Issuances/140025/.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• Employee must pass a pre-appointment physical examination and meet established requirements.
• Rotating or shift work is required.
• This position has a requirement to lift up to 30 lbs. in the regular performance of duties and occasional lifting of over 50 lbs.
• Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment in Foreign Areas and Employee Return Rights.
• This position requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain a US Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) Driver's License and must be insurable in order to travel to other duty locations.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Government Motor Vehicle Operator's license.

Qualifications

Term Appointment NTE - Position may be filled as a Term Appointment NTE 36 months. Term appointments may be extended beyond of six(6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, Term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years.

Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment
• Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Reinstatement

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Cook without more than normal supervision.
Ability To Do The Work of The position Without More Than Normal Supervision - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

• Ability To Do The Work Of The position Without More Than Normal Supervision
• Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Dexterity and Safety
• Work Practices

• Physical Effort: Work involving frequent lifting or moving of objects weighing up to 30 pounds (e.g., utensils or containers of food); constant standing, bending and walking, and occasional lifting of over 50 pounds. When operating a motor vehicle, moderate physical effort is required in the frequent handling of objects weighing up to 20 pounds, and occasional handling of objects weighing over 50 pounds while loading and unloading cargo.
• Working Conditions: Kitchens are often uncomfortably warm and noisy. At times, cooks are exposed to steam, fumes, and odors from cooking. There is danger of falling on floors that have been freshly mopped, or where food has been spilled, burns from steam or hot foods, and cuts from knives or electrical machines. Cooks are exposed to extremes in temperatures when entering walk-in refrigerators from the warm kitchens. When operating a motor vehicle, works outside and is occasionally exposed to bad weather while loading and unloading vehicles. May be subject to cuts, bruises, and broken bones as a result of accidents while driving or when loading and unloading vehicles. Is exposed to the possibility of serious accidents when driving in all types of traffic and weather. The work place is located within a high security underground facility. During National Emergency and Exercises incumbent may be required to stay overnight and multi-days. Position is under Shift Work.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness & whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance & conduct; agency needs & interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; & whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest
• Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area
• If an employee brings a child to an overseas location & that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, the DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 & DoDM 1342.12
• If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3 years of age) to an overseas location, & that infant or toddler, but for the child's age, is entitled to attend the DoDEA on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, then the Military Department responsible for EIS will provide the infant or toddler with the required EIS in accordance with the eligibility criteria consistent with DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12
• Employees & family members who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining & paying for such care. Access for civilian employees & their families to military medical & dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only
• Pay retention may be offered to selected applicants for positions at overseas locations. Pay retention will not be offered as an incentive for employees moving between overseas positions
• Selectees may receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance or government quarters, home leave, etc. Selectees will have their eligibility for foreign area benefits determined at the time of hire in accordance with Department of State Standardized Regulation (DSSR) and DoDI 1400.25 volume 1250
• For positions in a foreign country, that country's laws or international agreements may have a direct impact on the ability of an employee's same sex domestic partner or spouse to accompany the employee & receive certain benefits. If you believe you may be affected by these laws & agreements, you should familiarize yourself with relevant information & direct questions concerning a specific country (Foreign Duty Location) to the appropriate Army Human Resources point of contact prior to the acceptance of employment and your entrance on duty
• This is a(n) Installations Career Field position.
• Defense National Relocation Program will not be authorized
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station with the government, the Internal Revenue Service considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations.
• Relocation/Recruitment/Advanced Rate In-Hire/Advanced Leave Accrual incentive may be authorized if determined to be in the organization's interest