Child Care Assistant

Overview

Position:
Child Care Assistant (2) —

Location:

New London, CT

Opening Date: 22 October 2025
• Closing Date:
Until Filled
• Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NF-1702-02
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Schedule:

Full-Time (30-40 hr/wk)
• Salary: $19.61/hour

Agency:
Academy Child Development Center

Who May Apply:
All Sources

OMB No:  
• Expiration Date: 01/30/2025

Plans and executes appropriate early childhood education experiences with a variety of materials to promote healthy development across emotional, social, intellectual, and physical domains of each child. Collaborates with the director and teachers to develop and implement age-appropriate curriculum and activities. Helps establish a program environment that promotes positive child and youth interactions with others. Assists in providing and leading planned activities for program participants.

Interacts with children and youth using approved guidance techniques. Maintains professional interactions with staff, parents, and the command. Assists in maintaining participation data and completing required daily reports.

Helps prepare, arrange, and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to support the daily schedule. Monitors children in the classroom, playground, hallways, restrooms, study halls, lunch, and bus loading areas. Maintains supervision of children at all times. Assists in arranging for snacks/meals where applicable.

Performs routine caregiving tasks, assists in planning and conducting activities, conducts health checks, ensures safety and well-being of children, completes reports, and communicates with parents.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required:

Minimum:

Preferred (in addition to the minimum):

USCG Community Services Command Comprehensive Benefits include paid leave, holiday pay, medical/dental/vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, pension plan, 401k, life insurance, disability, tuition assistance, and paid parental leave. Benefit offerings depend on employee category and location.

• Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required for payroll and travel purposes.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 and at least 18 must be registered with the Selective Service System, unless exempted.
• Must satisfactorily complete a federal background check and all pre-employment requirements (which may include background checks, security clearances, drug testing, and verification of employment history).
• Applicants may not be employed in the chain of command of relatives.
• The agency provides reasonable accommodations during the application and hiring process on a case-by-case basis.

Resume or application must clearly demonstrate required experience and/or education. Include paid and unpaid experience, volunteer service, or internships. Provide clear, detailed descriptions of your experience.

You must submit a resume or written format in English. Include information such as the announcement number, job title, pay band, full name, address, citizenship status, education, work experience with dates, supervisor’s name and contact, and any relevant certifications or veteran preference information.

External candidates: apply via the Coast Guard Careers site. Internal candidates: sign into ADP Workforce Now and search by location or job title for the position.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All candidates will be considered without regard to non-merit factors such as race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status.

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The Coast Guard rates applicants under various U.S. law provisions.

Principal

Purpose:

To determine qualifications based on education and work experience.

Routine Use:
Information may be shared with the hiring manager, interview panels, or as required by proceedings.

Disclosure:
Voluntary, but non-disclosure may affect consideration.

Paperwork Reduction Act:
This collection requires a current OMB control number and expiration date (OMB , expiration 01/30/2025). Estimated completion time: 40 minutes. For comments, contact the Coast Guard Community Services Command.