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Posted: February 13, 2026 (7 days ago)

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Food Services Assistant (Food Service Assistant)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System

Department of Justice

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Salary

$50,241 - $66,599

per year

Closes

March 2, 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, such as typing reports, managing data entry with food service software, maintaining inventory records, and preparing financial summaries.

It also requires helping with overall prison security to keep the facility safe.

A good fit would be someone detail-oriented with office experience who is reliable and comfortable working in a secure, structured environment like a correctional facility.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, such as handling office tasks like answering calls, ordering supplies, or preparing reports (for GL-05 and GL-06)
  • For GL-05: 4 years of education above high school (e.g., 120 semester hours) from an accredited institution, or a combination of education and experience
  • Proficiency in typing and proofreading correspondence, memos, reports, and other documents
  • Experience entering and retrieving data using food service programs on a personal computer, including maintaining backup copies
  • Ability to track budgets, prepare budget requests, and maintain inventory and stock records
  • Preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for submission to higher offices
  • Commitment to correctional responsibilities, including maintaining institution security on a regular 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: GL-05: Successfully completed 4 years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite.

This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college or university.

One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.

GL-06: 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: GL-05 and GL-06: 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: GL-05: Experience in answering telephone inquiries, receiving and screening calls and properly routing matters to the appropriate personnel.

Experience in ordering and maintaining office supplies and equipment. Experience in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual reports for submission and typing purchase requests.

GL-06: Experience entering and retrieving data, using Food Service programs, and maintaining disks with back-up copies.

Experience typing and proof reading a wide range of correspondence, memorandums, reports and other written materials.

Experience tracking and preparing reports, tracking and maintaining budget and typing budget requests. OR Combination of Education and Experience: GL-05 only: A combination of education and experience.

This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above. 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: 2/13/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/14/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: THA-2026-0037