About This Position
SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE This is a temporary appointment not to exceed 90 days, No appointment will exceed 30-SEPTEMBER-2026 regardless of appointment date. Students must meet eligibility and requirements by the announcement close date. Anticipated employment period is June to September 30, 2026. Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.
Qualifications
This position requires good hand and eye coordination, alertness, integrity, tact, and courtesy, as well as the skill to operate simple equipment repetitively. To be eligible you must have a high school diploma or a GED diploma completed under an approved State or local governing body. To be considered you must provide appropriate supporting documentation. See Required Documents for more information. Physical requirements: (1) Stand for prolonged periods. (2) Lift up to 25 pounds independently. (3) Twisting, bending and manual dexterity using hands and upper body.
You will attest to your ability to perform these physical requirements in the Questionnaire. Work conditions: Environment is subject to temperature changes, including blasts of cool air from automatic doors. Overtime: Occasional Bargaining Unit Status: Differs by location Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Nonexempt Obligated Position: No Reemployed Annuitants Considered: No, DoD criteria not met. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: None Telework eligible: No Remote work eligible: No Position confers or leads to eligibility for noncompetitive conversion to Federal career service: No
Major Duties
Sales Store Checkers work in a military grocery store. The work is similar to a cashier or clerk at your local grocery or retail store. As a student trainee and under close supervision, your primary task is to operate a cash register.
Tasks and responsibilities include: Receiving change fund, Operating a cash register scanning system to list and total the prices of individual items purchased, including determining proper prices by scanning, price look-up, unit marking, or referring to price lists, Collecting payment, assuring validity of cash items accepted and making correct change when required, and Turning in cash and negotiable instruments to supervisor at the end of the shift. Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.
Education
You may use foreign education to qualify provided a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses.
Your application package must include a copy of the equivalency evaluation results letter with a course by course listing.
How You Will Be Evaluated
Your application materials and questionnaire responses are evaluated against the qualifications and requirements stated in this announcement. Errors and/or omissions affect your consideration for employment.
Your questionnaire score is a preliminary measure of how well your background matches the required competencies. Under category rating procedures you are placed into one of three categories based on the evaluation results: Best Qualified - Candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that substantially exceeds the position's minimum qualifications, including all selective placement factors and appropriate quality ranking factors. Candidates in this category are referred to hiring managers before candidates in other categories.
Highly Qualified - Candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that exceeds the position's minimum qualifications. Qualified - Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and are proficient in some but not all the position's requirements. Veterans' preference eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more (CPS, CP) are placed at the top of the highest category on the referral list (except for scientific or professional positions at the GS-9 level or higher).
Other preference eligibles are placed above non-preference eligibles within their assigned category.
Additional Information
Executive Order 12564 requires a federal workplace to be free of illegal drugs and prohibits the use of illegal drugs both on and off duty by federal employees. As a reminder, marijuana is still classified as an illegal drug by the Federal government and is prohibited for use by Federal employees even if such use is legal in the state where the Federal employee resides and/or works. The Defense Commissary Agency is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace where the use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated and may result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal service.
Positions may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after it closes. Applicants with financial difficulty are not automatically removed from consideration. Selectees are required to complete an online onboarding process.
All start dates for this position will begin in June 2026. If selected, DLA HR determines your first day of work (reporting date or entrance on duty date) and only DLA HR can change that date. Upon first appointment to a civilian position in the Federal government, you are entitled only to the lowest step (Step 1) of the grade for which selected.
The display of a salary range on this announcement does not suggest or convey an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. Refer to Salary Tables to find salary range for a specific location. Retired military service members appointed to a Department of Defense (DoD) civilian position within 180 days of their retirement date require a waiver before starting work. 5 United States Code 3326.
The following may result in a rating of ineligible. Ineligible applicants receive no consideration. Submitting an incomplete application package, such as missing documents, illegible documents, and/or missing information necessary to determine qualifications and eligibility.
A resume reflecting part-time (PT)/full-time (FT) or nothing rather than the number of hours worked per week (e.g., 40, 30, 20, etc.) is incomplete. Submitting encrypted documents or uploading Adobe portfolio documents. Submitting any document that contains a photo or image of you.
Including social media links, inappropriate material or content, classified or government sensitive information, or personal information such as age, gender, race, religion, or social security number on your resume. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or questionnaire responses. Deliberately attempting to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this announcement into your resume.
How to Apply
Submit a complete application package by 11:59 PM ET on 05/04/2026. A complete application package includes your resume, required documents, a completed questionnaire and applicable supporting documents.
You may include a copy of your performance appraisal and list awards on your resume, which will receive due consideration. You are responsible for verifying your application package is complete, accurate, and submitted timely. As uploaded documents may take one or more hours to clear the virus scan, plan accordingly to ensure your application process is complete and your application package is submitted by the specified closing date and time. To begin, click Apply to access an online application.
Follow the prompts to select your resume, required documents, and/or other supporting documents. You need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply or create an account before applying.
You will be taken to an online application.
You may select no more than 2 locations.
Follow all prompts and complete the online application, verify you've included all required and supporting documentation, and submit your application. Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application is found at the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center. To receive consideration, you must complete all steps of the application process.
You can verify your application status by logging into your USAJOBS account, selecting the Application Status link, and then selecting the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page displays your application status, the documents received and processed, and your questionnaire responses.
Required Documents
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documentation should provide the minimum qualifications and relevant experience for the announced position.
Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for qualifications and referred for selection consideration, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages.
We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text.
We recommend using a font like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found at: USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job?
The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.
Your resume must thoroughly describe how your skills and experiences align to the criteria defined in the Qualifications section of this announcement and it must support your responses to the assessment questionnaire. We do not assume you have the necessary experience to successfully perform in this job regardless of your employment history or academic career. At a minimum, your resume MUST contain your name, address, and contact information, and the following for each listed job experience: Job title; Pay Plan, Series and grade, if it is a federal civilian position; Employer's name and address; Employment beginning and ending dates (Month/Year); and Description of duties performed.
Part-Time employment MUST include work hours for each job entry. Transcripts. Required when using education to meet qualifications or when education is required. Questionnaire. Preview at https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12940665 .
Appointment Eligibility Criteria. You choose how you wish to be considered for this position by selecting one or more of the eligibilities listed in the Assessment Questionnaire and providing the supporting documents for the selected eligibility/eligibilities. Documents required to prove you can be considered for the selected eligibility/eligibilities are listed within the eligibility description.
HR does not select or change your eligibility/eligibilities for you, regardless of the supporting documents you submit. You are considered ONLY for the eligibility or eligibilities you select and for which you provide all required supporting documents. If you have questions about which eligibility/eligibilities apply to you, contact the HR POC listed on this announcement.
SF 50 Notification of Personnel Action. To obtain copies of your SF 50s, all current Department of Defense (DoD) employees can access MyBiz, employees receiving HR servicing from DLA can access eOPF and former civilian employees can request a copy from the National Archives. All DeCA employees, regardless of location or human resources provider, submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 showing your current position title, pay plan-series-grade, tenure, and position occupied.
Current active duty armed forces personnel within 120 days of separation must submit written documentation from the armed forces certifying that the service member is expected to be separated from active duty service not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed. The document must include the following information: (1) service member's name, (2) date of the expected separation from active duty, (3) expected character of the active duty service at separation, (4) pay grade/rank/rate at separation, (5) dates of active duty service, and (6) any campaign or expeditionary medals received.
You must submit the DD-214 when it becomes available. PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumentation.pdf