Religious Services Assistant

Religious Services Assistant

Department: Department of Justice

Location(s): Fort Dix, New Jersey

Salary Range: $61811 - $84395 Per Year

Job Summary: Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Major Duties:

• Supports the Chaplains, volunteers, and religious programming of all faiths in the institution or the Life Connections unit. Maintains the records, ecclesiastical documents, materials, and other references for the institution’s religious groups or Life Connections Program. Assist in the preparation of devotional and religious educational materials and audio visual displays. Work with the chaplaincy or Life Connections team to determine, develop, manage and maintain the logistical support requirements of the religious program. Helps supervise day-to-day inmate activities, programs, security, and provides administration of the inmate pass system in the religious program area. Performs clerical duties to include, typing, filing, proofreading, time and attendance, recording and transcribing meeting minutes as well as serves on the planning committees. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Qualifications: To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Education: GL-06 and GL-07: As a general rule, education is not credible above GS-05 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. OR Experience: GL-06 and GL-07: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: GL-06: Experience maintaining department records, and assisting with ensuring program requirements and timeframes are met. Experience in the preparation of educational materials, to include audio, video, and literacy libraries. Experience with financial documentation to include purchase requests, coordinating orders, tracking shipments, and verifying order status. Experience with clerical duties to include typing, proofreading, correct punctuation, and ensuring proper grammatical format. Experience keying and submitting Time and Attendance records, to include proper use of codes and pay differentials. GL-07: Experience in maintaining and controlling department records, documents and other materials, and assisting with ensuring program requirements are met. Experience in assisting with financial documentation, such as, maintaining and purchasing office supplies, tracking and verifying invoices. Experience in clerical duties, preparing and typing correspondence, to include ensuring format, grammar, spelling and correct punctuation. Experience in keying, submitting, and maintaining Time and Attendance and files, to include proper use of codes and supporting documentation. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. **Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

How to Apply: You must apply through the online application system at www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your application is ineligible for further consideration. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete application. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental materials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required information and/or materials will result in your application not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the application process and upload documentation to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documentation may result in you not receiving appropriate consideration during the assessment process. Required supporting documentation must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded). All required supporting documentation MUST be received by the Consolidated Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documentation. Supporting documentation for announcements with an application limitation MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than stated in the announcement. Paper applications: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolidated Staffing Unit at the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing date of the announcement for the alternate application procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants. Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line: DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolidated Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051 E-Mail: BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidatedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Phone: 972-352-4200

Application Deadline: 2025-11-19