Child Care Assistant

OMB NO:

Expiration Date: 01/30/2025

Announcement: 6574

Opening Date: 29 December 2025 Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NF-1702-02

Closing Date:
Until Filled

Work Schedule:

Full Time (30-40 hours/week)

Position:
Child Care Assistant (3) Salary: $18.38/hour +DOE

Who May Apply:
All Sources

Location:

Kodiak, AK

Child Development Center

Plans and executes appropriate early childhood education experiences with a variety of material to promote the healthy emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development of each child. Works with the director and teachers in developing and implementing age appropriate curriculum and activities. Helps establish a program environment that promotes positive child and youth interactions with other children, youth and adults. Assists in providing and leading planned activities for program participants.

Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques. Interacts professionally with staff members, parents, and the command. Assists in maintaining program participation data and completing required daily reports.

Helps prepare, arrange, and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedule. Monitors children in the classroom, on the playground, in hallways and restrooms, during study halls, during lunch, and in bus loading areas. Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children at all times. Helps arrange for/serve appropriate snacks/meals where applicable.

Performs routine care giving tasks, helping with materials and activities, receiving children, interacting with children and attending to the children's physical needs. Ensures care is provided in accordance with standards, assists in planning, and conducting activities, conducts health checks, ensures the safety and well‑being of children, completes reports, and interacts with parents.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Minimum:
• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• Must be able to read, write and speak in English.
• One year of general experience working with children or working in a group program with children and/or youth.
• Possess physical ability to lift and carry up to 45 pounds, sit and rise from floor, walk, bend, stoop and stand routinely; duties may involve working both indoors and outdoors.
• Ability to satisfactorily complete Tier 1 background investigation, including state checks, upon hiring and renew every 5 years.
• Ability to satisfactorily pass the Civilian Medical Clearance Examination performed at preplacement and then every two years for every childcare position type.
• Preferred:
• Two (2) years of education above the High School level, which includes twelve (12)-semester hours of college credit in early childhood/elementary/secondary/special education, child/youth development, psychology, human development, youth program administration or related behavioral sciences or a One (1) year vocational certificate in childcare.

• Paid Annual and Sick Leave
• Holiday Pay
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible/Dependent Spending Account
• Pension Plan
• 401k Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave

• Residency Requirements:
  Non‑U.S. nationals, who are authorized to work in the U.S. and applying for any DHS position, must have resided within the United States, or U.S. territories, for at least three of the last five years.
• Selectee will be required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer as the standard method of payment for payroll and travel purposes.
• Males born after 12/31/59 and at least 18 years of age must be registered with the Selective Service System, unless covered by an exemption under the Selective Service Law, in accordance with 5 U.S. Code 3378. Selectee will be required to provide a written statement regarding their registration status unless exempted by this statute.
• Must satisfactorily complete a Federal Background check and all pre‑employment requirements, which may include, but are not limited to, background checks, security clearances, drug testing,…