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COOK

Air Force Special Operations Command

Department of the Air Force

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Location

Salary

$21.47 - $21.47

per hour

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SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job is for a cook at a club on an Air Force base in Florida, where you'll prepare full meals, including roasting, baking, and making sauces from scratch, while coordinating to serve everything on time.

It's a flexible part-time role with hours varying from 0 to 40 per week, offering federal benefits like paid leave and tuition assistance after a year.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on cooking experience in a busy kitchen setting, who is physically fit and enjoys working in a military community environment.

Key Requirements

  • Experience in food preparation principles, including roasting, broiling, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, and stewing meats, fish, and poultry
  • Knowledge of planning processes to coordinate cooking multiple items for complete meals on time and at proper temperatures
  • Ability to adjust standardized recipes, perform yield testing for portion costs, and prepare cold items like platters, salads, sauces, and garnishes without packaged mixes
  • Experience with ordering, issuing, and storing food, gained in settings like grills, snack bars, restaurants, or clubs
  • Physical ability to lift up to 40 pounds frequently (and more occasionally), stand, walk, stoop, reach, push, pull, and bend for long periods
  • Satisfactory completion of pre-employment physical, obtain Food Handler's Certificate or complete training, and pass Tier 1 background investigation

Full Job Description

This position will be assigned to The Soundside Club and is not guaranteed a set number of hours but can be scheduled 0 - 40 hours per week.

As a federal employee you will have access to all Hurlburt Field FSS facilities.

After 1 year of employment, you will be eligible for the following benefits: - 12 weeks Paid Parental Leave - Tuition Assistance Growth and other benefit opportunities also available.

Who May Apply: Open to everyone. Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities.

An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 03/19/2026 Business Based Action, Military Spouse Preference, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Qualifying Experience: Must have experience in and knowledge of food preparation principles and characteristics of food, and of planning processes to ensure entire meals are prepared and cooked on time.

Knowledge to perform yield testing to determine portion cost and to adjust ingredients in standardized recipes. Must have knowledge of procedures to order, issue and store food.

Experience and knowledge must have been gained in a grill, snack bar, restaurant, club or similar food activity.

Must be physically able to frequently lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds, and occasionally over 40 pounds.

Must be able to continuously stand, walk, stoop, reach, push, pull and bend for long periods of time. Must be able to satisfactorily complete a pre-employment physical.

Must be able to obtain a Food Handler's Certificate and/or complete food handler's training.

Successful completion and favorable adjudication of applicable background investigation (Tier 1 Level) is required. Major Duties:

Performs duties which include, but are not limited to, the following: roasts, broils, bakes, fries, boils, steams and stews meats, fish and poultry.

Prepares soups, stocks, broths, gravies, sauces and puddings without the use of packaged mixes.

Adjusts standardized recipes for number of servings, performs yield testing; prepares cold food platters such as ham, salmon and roast beef platters, and salads and hors d'oeuvres; mixes and prepares cold sauces, meat glazes, molded aspics and salad dressings, and carves vegetables and fruits as garnishes for food platters and dishes.

Prepares entire meals which requires coordinating the cooking of several items with different cooking times and characteristics.

Plans the cooking process to produce complete meals on time and at the proper temperature.

Prepare cold food platters such as ham, salmon, and roast beef platters, and salad and horsd'oeuvers; mix and prepare cold sauces, meat glazes, molded aspics, and salad dressing and carve vegetables and fruits as garnishes for food platters and dishes.

Performs other related duties as assigned. If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12903957

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/6/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 26-8JFSWC219182