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Posted: February 4, 2026 (8 days ago)

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Food Services Assistant (Food Service Assistant)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System

Department of Justice

Recent

Salary

$62,172 - $78,630

per year

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February 19, 2026More DOJ jobs →

GS-5 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves administrative support in a federal prison's food services department, including handling paperwork, managing records and budgets, and preparing reports while helping maintain institution security.

It's a good fit for someone with office experience in tracking inventories or finances who is comfortable working in a structured, secure environment like a correctional facility.

No advanced education is typically needed beyond high school, but relevant experience is key.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4 level, involving basic arithmetic, budget tracking, stock records, and logs
  • Proficiency in typing, proofreading correspondence, memos, reports, and other written materials
  • Experience entering and retrieving data using computer programs, especially food service or financial management software, with backup maintenance
  • Skills in maintaining files, ledgers, inventory records, and accountability procedures through posting and tracking
  • Ability to prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for submission to higher offices
  • Commitment to correctional responsibilities, including maintaining institution security on a regular and recurring basis

Full Job Description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Education: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

OR Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level.

To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are listed per grade: Experience that provided a basic knowledge of arithmetic and the ability to perform responsibilities associated with tracking and maintaining budget, stock records and logs.

Experience recording and transcribing minutes of various meetings, and compiling minutes for distribution.

Experience utilizing a financial management budget computer program, coordinating budget data and information and keeping an updated budget account for the department.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.** Major Duties:

Types and proof reads a wide range of correspondence, memorandums, reports and other written material.

Enters and retrieves data, using Food Service programs, on a personal computer and maintains disks with back-up copies.

Maintains systematic files, ledgers, stock index records, inventory accountability procedures through posting receivers.

Prepares monthly, quarterly and annual reports for submission to the Regional and Central Offices.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution.

The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/4/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/5/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: SEA-2026-0018