Licensed Psycho-Educational Specialist (LPES): OIDD-Whitten
State of South Carolina
Posted: January 30, 2026 (1 day ago)
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Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense
Location
Location not specified
Salary
$17.82 - $22.29
per hour
Type
Closes
This job is for an educational aide who supports special education assessments at a middle school in Germany, handling paperwork, organizing files, and entering data to help assessors with their administrative tasks.
It's ideal for someone organized and detail-oriented with basic office experience or relevant education, especially if they live nearby and qualify under military or family preference programs.
The role focuses on behind-the-scenes support rather than direct teaching.
About the Position: This position is located at Wiesbaden Middle School in Wiesbaden, Germany All candidates must reside within the local commuting area where the position is located.
Local commuting area is defined as the geographic area surrounding a work site that encompasses the localities where people live and reasonably can be expected to travel back and forth daily to work based on the generally held expectations of the local community.
(5 CFR 575.203) 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 Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Competitive Service Civilian DoDEA Employee within the Commuting Area Current Excepted Service DoDEA Employee within the Commuting Area Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible To qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education 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 qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
General Experience: One year of general experience.
General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of an Educational Aide (Special Education Assessor), such as preparing letters, schedules and other documents through the use of a personal computer, or assisting with the preparation of instructional materials.
OR Education: Two years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.
OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.
To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of by 60. Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications Computer Literacy Manages and Organizes Information Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks may not be promoted more than 2 grades within the preceding 52 weeks.
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