This position is located in the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), Office of Examination, Staff Development Division. The Staff Development Division develops and prepares Associate FCA Bank Examiners to successfully evaluate an institution's financial and lending operations, management, information technology, and compliance with federal regulations.

Duties

As a Student Trainee (Associate FCA Bank Examiner), you will be responsible for gaining hands-on experience in financial institution examination work. Candidates selected to participate as an Associate FCA Examiner (Intern) will receive on-the-job exposure to credit examination of a financial institution, participate in a comprehensive group project evaluating select institutions' exposure to various commodity concentrations, and interact with co-workers and Farm Credit System personnel. Interns will: Learn about the Farm Credit System institutions and the Farm Credit Administration through a credit examination, a compliance review, and a group analytical project on lending; Gain knowledge of the five credit factors (character, capital, capacity, collateral, and condition), their interrelationships and relative importance through formal training and on-the-job training of loan files; Learn effective verbal and written communication skills and practice active listening and reading comprehension by interacting with System personnel and agency staff; Expand their exposure to working professionally in a team environment; and Learn time management skills and how to organize tasks to ensure timely and accurate completion of work products.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• Must be able to work full-time during summer break.
• You may be required to travel up to 20 nights (4 weeks) over the summer.
• Must possess or be be able to obtain a valid Driver's License prior to employment , due to frequent travel to remote locations.
• Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required

Qualifications

As a Pathways Intern, you must meet and comply with PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS: Maintain your enrollment on at least a half-time basis at qualifying educational institution. Half-time is typically 6 semester hours for undergraduate and 3 semester hours for graduate students but may be defined differently by your educational institution; Provide course registration information at the start of each school term and verification of academic status (transcript) at the end of each academic term; Meet and maintain the required GPA; Sign a Pathways Internship agreement that sets forth the expectations for the internship upon entry on duty; Have the ability to work a full-time schedule (40 hours/week) during your summer break from school; and Be available for occasional weekday travel away from your duty location. Failure to meet or maintain qualifications or program requirements or failure to provide required documentation will result in termination of your appointment. You may be non-competitively converted to a term, career-conditional or career appointment, within 120 days following successful completion of all of your educational and work experience requirements in accordance with 5 CFR 362.204, at the discretion of the Agency. Conversion is not automatic nor guaranteed. If you meet program requirements and are approved for conversion, you will be appointed at the grade level for which you are qualified to a FCA Examiner position, which has promotion potential to the VH-39 (GS-13) band level. In addition, you must meet STUDENT STATUS REQUIREMENTS to be eligible for this internship opportunity. You must: Be enrolled as a student in an accredited 4-year college/university Bachelor's or Master's degree program on at least a half-time basis; Have substantially completed 3 academic years of progressive, higher level education, i.e., be a current college junior or higher. Three full academic years of undergraduate or graduate education is the number of credit hours determined by your college/university to represent three years of full-time study; Provide proof that you have completed your third academic year of higher level education by submitting an official transcript at the end of your school's 2024 spring term Have and maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.95 on a 4 point scale. If your school uses an alternate grading system, you must submit proof and explanation of the grading system with your application or you will not be considered for this position; Have a planned graduation date not earlier than August, 2024 and no later than June, 2025; and Be in good academic standing (e.g., not on academic probation). If you graduate before August 2024, you are not eligible for this Pathways Internship unless you are pursuing further education and provide proof of enrollment or acceptance into a degree or certificate seeking program with your application. If you aren't planning to pursue further education at this time, you may qualify for a permanent position under the Pathways Recent Graduates program. Please see Recent Graduate announcements VA-24-001-RG-VD and VA-24-002-RG-VD for requirements.

Education

In addition, you must meet EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS to qualify for this internship. Your undergraduate or graduate-level education must be in one of the following major fields of study:

• Accounting
• Banking
• Business Administration
• Commercial or Banking Law
• Economics
• Finance
• Marketing
• Other areas of major study directly related to the work of the internship position such as Agricultural Business, Agricultural Finance, or Agricultural Economics

You MUST submit copies of your transcript(s) that include: your name, the name of the educational institution, course titles, number of semester/quarter hours, cumulative GPA, grade(s) earned and degree(s) awarded. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable at the time of application, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. Educational institutions must be accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Pass/Fail Courses: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

Graduate Education: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

BAND/GRADE LEVEL:
In addition to meeting the Student Status and Educational Requirements you qualify at the VH-32 (GS-5 equivalent) band level if you have completed 1) at least 2 full academic years of post-high school study or 2) an associate's degree.

You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements and submit all required supporting documentation by the closing date of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Office of Agency Services OAS-HRD 1501 Farm Credit Drive McLean, VA 22102 US
• Name: FCA HR Division
• Phone: 703-883-4135
• Email: [email protected]