Program Assistant

**Summary**:
**About the Position**: Lakenheath is a village in West Suffolk, England, notable for its major U.S. Air Force base that serves as home to the 48th Fighter Wing, the Liberty Wing.

Federal employees in Lakenheath, UK are currently entitled to receive a 42% Post Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary.

**This job is open to**:
**The public**:

- U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

**Duties**:

- Compile student statistical data and participates in forecasting transportation requirements.
- Record data on forms to evaluate the quality of transportation services provided.
- Conduct day-to-day operations for designated schools to provide timely and efficient transportation service.
- Arrange nonrecurring transportation services supporting curricular field trips, co-curricular sports, and academic enrichment activities.
- Perform periodic route safety and efficiency reviews, optimizes routes, and recommends commuting area changes.
- Participate with school representatives in monitoring and evaluating student transportation requirements and effectiveness.
- Evaluate the most cost effective and efficient new routes and recommends revisions to existing routes.
- Prepares descriptive route maps and narrative summaries for distribution.
- Utilizes transportation software programs to enter and retrieve transportation data.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of employment**:

- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement.
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship required.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- One year probationary period may be required.
- This position requires a Tier 1 (T1) investigation with Childcare Checks since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age.
- This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
- Individuals hired from the Continental United States (CONUS) and their family members (who are US citizens) are required to obtain Official Passports prior to departure to the overseas area.
- Valid Driver's License required.

**Qualifications**:
**Who May Apply**:U.S. Citizens

**Specialized Experience GS-07**:One year of specialized experience which includes analyzing data of transportation requirements; utilizing automated systems in support of program requirements; and recommending solutions to transportation requirements and operations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).

**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.**

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

- Manages and Organizes Information
- Planning and Evaluating
- Transportation

**Education**:
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

**Additional information**:

- Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.
- Applicants who have family members with special medical needs should ensure that prior to accepting a position overseas their family members' medical needs can be met. Access to care in a military treatment facility may not be available to civilian employees except on a space available basis. Consequently, host nation medical facilities may be the only care available. The availability and level of care at host nation medical facilities will vary by location.
- Employees (and family members) who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only.
- Medical and dental care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical and dental facilities will vary by location.
- Status applicants in their fourth year of an overseas assignment cannot be selected unless a waiver of the 5 year overseas service limitation requirement is approved.
- Selectees recruited outside the U.S. will have their eligibility for foreign area benefits determined at the time of hire.
- The initial length of this overseas tour is 36 months.
- This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.
- if you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.

You can find more information about this vacancy in the How You Will Be Evaluat