School Support Assistant
Department of Defense Education Activity
Posted: March 2, 2026 (0 days ago)
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Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense
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).
This job involves managing school supplies, tracking inventory, and handling equipment maintenance requests to support students and staff at a Department of Defense school in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
It's a support role focused on logistics and ensuring everything runs smoothly for education.
A good fit would be someone organized with experience in inventory or administrative tasks, who enjoys working in a school environment and can handle details accurately.
About the Position:This position is with the Department of Defense Education Activity in the Americas Southeast District as part of the Fort Knox Schools Community.
The purpose of this position is to perform material management and support services, providing adequate and timely logistics support to the students, staff, and faculty of a DoDEA school.
This position is covered by the Federal Education Association Stateside Region bargaining unit. 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.
GS-05 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing inventory of supplies, utilizing automated systems to record inventory, and assisting with processing work orders for equipment maintenance.
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.
GS-06 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes maintaining inventory records, processing work requests of equipment for maintenance or repair, and preparing reports.
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 job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:
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