About the position: This position is located at the Kanto Lodge, Yokota AB.
This is Regular Full Time Position, 35-40 hours a week.
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U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Please see the "Who May Apply" section under the Qualifications section.
The primary purpose of this position is to perform as a Senior Guest Services Representative in support of the front desk/office operation for Lodging.
- Responsible for relaying work instructions from supervisor; provides on the job training for new employees; observes work in progress of new team members.
- Shares learned best practices of front desk operations
- Assists in correcting clerical and system errors.
- Exhibits work standards while following operational procedures and policies.
- Ensures adherence of established quality and safety standards.
- Balances workload of team members during shift ensuring efficient output of work.
- May be asked to provide input to supervisor on employee's performance of assigned work and/or identify training needs.
- Maintains log of incidents and reports.
- Reports all violations of safety to immediate supervisor.
- Ensures adequate stock supplies and equipment are available to do the work.
- Resolves straightforward guest complaints and documents situation with outcome.
- Elevates guest/employee complaints that are unresolvable at his/her level.
- Reports incidents to proper authority.
- Ensures customer service is the first priority.
- Receives and confirms room reservations by letter, telephone, email, or personal contact.
- Registers and assigns rooms to guests, makes and issues room keys, and may escort guests to rooms as needed.
- Ensures that only authorized patrons use government-sponsored quarters.
- Calculates and posts charges to patrons' accounts and balances totals with control records.
- Accepts payment, makes change, and presents departing guests' checkout statements.
- Prepares and safeguards cash receipts, prepares daily cashier's report, daily activity report, and may prepare consolidated daily activity report.
- Updates automated data base on occupancy and checkouts.
- Maintains current checkout list.
- Maintains and sells sundry sales items to patrons.
- Ensures required information is received from guest and entered into guest folio.
- Prints backup reports from property management system.
- Ensures housekeeping status of rooms is updated.
- Records and notifies appropriate person/organization of maintenance problems reported by guests.
- Ensures front desk area and lobby remains clean.
- Process Night Audit procedures and close credit card machines nightly.
- Maintains the lost and found program.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
If interested in this position please preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13007402
- This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigation with favorable results.
- This position requires the incumbent to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
- The incumbent must be a U. S. Citizen or legal U. S. residents residing within the commuting area of Yokota AB.
Who May Apply: Open to everyone. Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 07/29/2026
The Area of Consideration for this vacancy announcement is US Citizens and legal US residents who are residing within the commuting area of Yokota AB, Japan. Legal US residents must possess a social security number. Must be able to provide documentation proving residence status overseas.
- Business Based Action
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Family Member Preference
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Military Spouse Preference
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Outside Applicant Veteran
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Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran
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Transition Hiring Preference
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Qualifying Experience:
- utilizing automated systems and computer software (i.e., hotel property management system or equivalent)
- providing verbal and written communication tactfully when attending to the needs of guests and enforcing various policies, requirements and rules of the facility
- Performing front desk duties (i.e., reservation requests; assigning rooms; customer checkout procedures; running cashier reports, etc.).
- Previous experience leading the work of others is highly desirable.
Conditions of Employment: Successful completion and favorable adjudication of applicable background investigation (Tier 1 Level) is required. The position requires the incumbent to meet state and legal age requirement for sale of alcoholic beverages. The incumbent must be able to work a regular or rotating schedule that may include evening or nights, weekends, and holidays.
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution in order to qualify.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- U.S. Citizens and Non-U.S. Nationals who have resided in the U.S. or U.S. Territory for three (3) or more consecutive years immediately preceding the start of Federal affiliation.
- All Federal NAF employees are required by PL 104-134 to have salary payments made by electronic funds transfer/direct deposit.
- Probationary period may be required.
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from hiring preferences and priority consideration eligible.
- Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 60/90 days after the closing date. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest.
- LQA is not authorized.
- Post Allowance is authorized for Regular Full Time employment category.
- This is a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) position carrying out Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) activities for the Air Force and Space Force.
- Applicants must be able to provide a REAL ID or present a combination of source identity documents authorized to facilitate access to the installation. Please contact the servicing HR Office with any questions.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) for professional and personal references on your resume.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference - MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employee, etc.). The below documents are required and must be submitted with your application:
Your resume may be submitted in any format and
must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement. 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.
Other accepted documents to support a qualification and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include:
- Cover Letter
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DD-214/ Statement of Service
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Diploma/ GED
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Disability Letter (VA)
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License
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Other (1)
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Other (2)
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PCS Orders
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Professional Certification
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Proof of Marriage Status
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Resume
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Separation Notice (RIF)
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SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
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Transcript
As described above, your
complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting 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.
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 in-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/29/2026 to receive consideration.
To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJobs account to apply. If you do not have a USAJobs account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package and submit the application. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJobs account or your application will be incomplete.
It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant .
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Yokota NAF HR Office
Yokota Sustainment Services Flight
374 FSS/FSCN
Unit 5119, Bldg 316
APO AP, AP 96328-5119
US
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.
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