SUMMER EMPLOYEE (CLERK)

Clarification from the agency

See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.

• Clerical duties are in an office environment and may include typing, filing, receptionist work, customer service and answering telephones.
• Laborer duties are more physical in nature and may include working indoors/outdoors, light to moderate lifting, and yard work.
• Summer Hire candidates may be placed in either Clerk or Laborer positions depending on availability of vacancies.

Conditions of employment

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• Copy of Sponsor's orders/Command Sponsorship Letter/Letter of Employment is required
• College Students/Graduating High School Students: Fall 2026 registration or current letter from school registrar is required.
• Copy of DoD Issued ID Card to verify family member status is required.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Summer hire Student Employees may not work more than 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week.
• No overtime or compensatory time is authorized for Summer Hire Student Employees. Most Student Employees will work Monday through Friday.
• Student Employees may be required to work on Saturday. However, the total number of hours may not exceed 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week.
• The workday normally begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. Some organizations start at 7:30 a.m. and end their day at 4:30 p.m.
• Summer Hire Student Employees may not work between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
• Appointments will not exceed September 01, 2026.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Overseas Family Member Youth Eligibility

Employment Authority/Eligibility RequirementsYou are eligible for this hiring category if you are:

• A Family member according to DOD Instruction 1400.25, volume 1232, in that you are a Family member of a Member of the U.S. Forces on active duty or a family member U.S.citizen civilian employee of a U.S. Government agency.
• An unmarried U.S.-citizen family member 14 through 23 years of age (including stepchild, adopted child, and child under the legal guardianship of sponsor or sponsor's spouse)

AND

Physically reside in the same household with your sponsor at the time of application (unless attending a college or university in the United States) and during employment.

Note: The following individuals are NOT eligible for placement in the Summer Hire Program:

• Family members of contractor employees
• Family members of local national employees
• Dual-nationality citizens with U.S. citizenship and citizenship in the country of intended placement
• Family members considered ordinary resident

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Basis for Placement: Candidates will be selected in random order based on the OPM's Random Referral Procedures. Organizations may request placement of a summer hire candidate who worked for them in the previous year's Summer Hire Program. All applications received by the closing date will be considered. Late applications will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Applicants filing a late application must submit a written statement to their servicing HR Service Center which explains why the application was late.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. The following documents are required to verify your eligibility for employment: A copy of your sponsor's permanent change of station orders, including:

• A statement authorizing you (the spouse/family member) to accompany your sponsor to the permanent duty station.
• The specific location to which the sponsor is assigned, reassigned, or transferred to permanent change of station orders.
• The effective date of the permanent change of station

OR

• If your sponsor was locally hired in the overseas area, a statement from the local Human Resources office verifying you are an authorized dependent (Letter of Employment).

AND

• College Students: Proof of enrollment for Fall 2026 is required (registration documentation or current letter from school registrar).

AND

• Copy of DoD Issued ID Card to verify family member status is required

2. Your resume:

• Your resume may be submitted in any format.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• For additional information see: What to include in your resume.

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration. The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.

This appointment is a Youth Employment Summer Hire position. Due to the length of the appointment employees are not entitled to benefits, such as annual leave, life insurance, retirement, health benefits, etc.

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