STUDENT CAREER EXPERIENCE PROGRAM (SCEP) OPPORTUNITY
Flyer Number: 2012-05Student Trainee –Information Technology
Position: This student trainee position is with the Naval Sea Logistics Center (NSLC) and is established under the Federal Government’s Student Career Experience Program (SCEP). To qualify, students must be: 1) at least 16 years of age;2) a U.S. citizen; 3) attending or accepted for enrollment as a degree seeking student at a college or university; 4) pursuing an Information Technology, Information Science, Computer Science or related technology academic major or field of study; 5) attending college or university on at least a half-time basis (as defined by the college or university; 6) attending or accepted into the Cooperative Education Program, Intern or similar program at the Educational Institution or willing to work fulltime during breaks, holidays and summers when available and part time during the school years;7) maintaining a 2.0 grade point average (GPA) on a scale of 4.0; 8) able to satisfy any security or suitability requirements; and 9) physically able to perform assigned work.
About Us: NSLC is the U.S. Navy’s Center of Excellence for Logistics. Its mission is unique and complex and involves broad responsibility for providing cost effective life-cycle engineering, quality and logistics support products, services, through information technology solutions that enable customers to meet their current and future operational requirements. Customer base includes the Department of the Navy, Joint Services, Department of Defense, and other Federal Agencies. For additional information, see .
Location: Naval Sea LogisticsCenter, Mechanicsburg, PA (located at the Naval Support Activity, 5450 Carlisle Road, Mech, PA 17055)
Area of Consideration:Shippensburg University, Penn State Harrisburg, York College, Messiah College and Elizabethtown University
Earn While You Learn: Students earn while they learn. Salary is commensurate with academic credits and is set by the Federal General Salary Schedule. Entry will be at theGS-3grade level,requiring completion of one full academic year of post-high school study. Hourly pay rate is $11.95 per hour. Upon completion of 2 full academic years of post-high school study or an Associates Degree, students become eligible for promotion to the GS-4 level with an hourly pay rate of $13.41 per hour. Upon completion of 3 full academic years of post high school study, students become eligible for promotion to the GS-5 level with an hourly pay rate of $15.00 per hr. Tuition reimbursement is also available based on GPA.
About the Job: Student trainees work directly with project managers, IT Specialists, the technical community, and the customer and sponsor base to provide them the opportunity to apply fundamental IT approaches and methodologies, assist in determining functional and systems requirements and specifications; design and develop applications; and provide customer training and support. Student trainees will be exposed to and develop knowledge, skills, and abilities in the utilization of leading edge technology on industry standard platforms while providing IT solutions to support current and future U.S. Navy life-cycle logistics support requirements. Some IT packages used, JAVA, J2EE, Power Builder, HTML, SQL, PL-SQL and others, working with Sys Admin, DBAs and Information Assurance IT specialist to complete workloads.
Work Schedule: Students may alternate school and work schedules. They must work full time during the summer months and are encouraged to work part time during the academic year if the college or university is within commuting distance of the work site. Flextime schedules are available while working full time.
Conversion: Students are eligible for non-competitive conversion to afull-time permanent, career or career conditional Federal service appointment upon graduation if they are able to complete 640 hours of career-related student trainee work experience at NSLC prior to the graduationdate; meet all other program requirements; and demonstrate satisfactory performance as documented by their supervisor of record. Conversion is neither promised nor guaranteed.
How to Apply: Submit a resume via email to r regular mail to: Naval Sea Logistics Center, 4158 West Patton Road, Bldg. 1581, Indian Head, MD 20640-0100 Attn: Kathy Funk.If you have any questions pertaining to the application process, please contact Kathy Funk at 301-744-6236.
Applications sent via email must be received no later than midnight on 4June 2012or, if sent via regular mail, post marked on or before 4June2012. Include the referenced flyer number of2012-05-Student Trainee Position-IT on your application.
Resumes must include the following: full address of past employers; citizenship (must be a U.S. Citizen);veterans preference (if claiming);education information including an unofficial transcript, and expected date of graduation. If you ever served in the military, please submit a copy of your DD-214.
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The Department of Navy is an Equal Opportunity Employer