Child Care Assistant; Developmental

Child Care Assistant (Developmental) (3) – 6575

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Announcement: 6575

Opening Date: 29 December 2025

Closing Date: Until Filled

Work Schedule: Part Time (20‑29 hours/week)

Position: Child Care Assistant (Developmental‑3) Salary: $16.71/hour

Location: Kodiak, AK

Department: 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 caregiving 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 safety and well-being, completes reports, and interacts with parents.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Provides developmental support leading to a full performance level Child Care Assistant, NF-1702-02. Upon satisfactory performance and one year completion of general working experience, may be non-competitively promoted to the Child Care Assistant, NF-1702-02 with potential for a higher rate in pay.

• Required
  • High school diploma or GED certificate and must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Must be able to read, write and speak in English.
  • Ability to promote and foster effective working relationships with children, youth, and coworkers.
  • Physical ability to lift and carry up to 45 pounds, sit and rise from the floor, walk, bend, and stoop and stand on a routine basis. Duties may involve working both indoors and outdoors.
• Preferred (in addition to the minimum)
  • Prior experience working with children and/or youth.

• 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

All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit factor such as race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status.

• 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.
• 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, verification of employment history, and any other requirements applicable to this position.
• Applicants may not be employed in the chain of command of their relatives.
• This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case‑by‑case basis.

Applicants may apply through the official Coast Guard job portal. Please ensure your resume clearly identifies the announcement number, title, pay band, and includes a detailed description of relevant experience.

Applications must be submitted in English and may not be sent in franked Government envelopes. The first application and/or resume submitted for a specific requisition will be considered the only submission.

Final date to receive applications: 01/30/2025 (expiration of announcement)