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School Support Assistant

Department of Defense Education Activity

Department of Defense

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Salary

$40,736 - $59,031

per year

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March 11, 2026More DOD 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 supporting school operations by managing supplies, tracking inventory, handling purchases, and ensuring safety and security in a Department of Defense school setting.

It's ideal for someone with administrative or clerical experience who enjoys organized, detail-oriented work in an educational environment serving military families.

The role requires reliability and basic technical skills to maintain records and assist with logistics.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-05 level, including recording supply transactions, monitoring inventory, and purchasing supplies/equipment
  • For GS-06: One year of specialized experience including compiling financial data for budgets, coordinating equipment repairs, and assisting with safety programs (no education substitution allowed)
  • Education alternative for GS-05: Four years above high school in business, secretarial, or technical fields, or a combination of education and experience
  • U.S. citizenship
  • Ability to use automated supply and logistic systems for requisitioning, storing, and issuing procedures
  • Experience maintaining perpetual inventory of non-expendable property and ensuring audit trails
  • Assistance in monitoring school safety and security compliance with DoDEA and military installation standards

Full Job Description

About the Position: Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Americas Southeast District operates 24 schools in 4 states across 2 time zones.

There are nearly 900,000 military connected children of all ages worldwide, of which nearly 10,000 are enrolled in DoDEA Americas Southeast District schools and served by thousands of teachers and educational aides.

All schools within DoDEA are fully accredited by U.S. accreditation agencies. Who May Apply: U.S.

Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Specialized Experience for GS-05: One year of specialized experience which includes: recording supply transactions in an automated system; monitoring inventory levels; and purchasing supplies and/or equipment.This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

OR Education: Four 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 education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60.

Add the two percentages.

Specialized experience for GS-06: One year of specialized experience which includes: compiling financial data for budget forecasting for replenishment of supplies; coordinating equipment repair and/or maintenance; and assisting with safety programs.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this grade, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

  • Utilize supply and logistic support systems for standard requisitioning, stock, storing, records and issuing procedures.
  • Verify and record serial numbers upon receipt of goods, bar codes items.
  • Serve as property custodian maintaining a perpetual inventory of non-expendable property and supply records for durable items in the school.
  • Assist In monitoring the school safety and security programs to ensure compliance program requirements of DoDEA and the supporting military installation.
  • Confirm all supply transactions are recorded in an automated system and that copies of documents are filed appropriately to maintain an adequate automated and hard copy audit trail.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/2/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/2/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: NC7X-26-12895408-DE-R