This position is located in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Assistant State Conservationist for Management and Strategy Organization (MSO). The purpose of this position is to serve as staff support specialist providing program support and performing assignments, projects related to programs and activities surrounding the National Service Delivery Team and Financial Management Resources programs.

Duties

Provides advice and assistance to the Supervisory Program Manager on administrative program operations and performs special projects as requested. Oversees the Division onboarding, mentoring, training, safety, and student programs. Develops and maintains computer spreadsheets, databases, and other software to monitor NRCS operations. Participates in developing operational (Strategic and Business plans).

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check. If selected you will be sent instructions on obtaining fingerprints. Please note we are not able to reimburse any fees incurred for fingerprints.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit--Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. AREA OF CONSIDERATION: Please note that this job opportunity announcement is only open to current Career/Career-Conditional employees of the NRCS. If you do not possess this status, you will not receive consideration. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-7 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-9 level. One year at the GS-9 level is required to meet the time in-grade requirements for the GS-11 level. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No Award or General Adjustment SF-50's will be accepted). Time-in-grade requirements also apply to VEOA applicants having held a GS position in the past year. See addition information. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level(s) in which you are applying: GS-09 Specialized Experience: One or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties: Providing support in planning, coordinating and reporting on a variety of administrative services; Reviewing procedures for internal processing of administrative work and recommending revisions to improve workflow and efficiency; Reviewing administrative process or policy changes and; Operating as the point of contact for various administrative functions. (Your resume must CLEARLY demonstrate this experience) OR Education: Must possess a Master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in business, accounting, finance, or other directly related field. (You MUST submit supporting academic transcripts.) OR Combination: Must possess a combination of specialized experience and graduate education that total 100% when combined. First, determine total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required in above; then determine the education as a percentage of the education required above; and then add the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Only graduate education in excess of the first year (18 semester hours) may be used when combining education and experience for this grade. (You MUST submit supporting academic transcripts.) GS-11 Specialized Experience: One or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties: Overseeing onboarding, mentoring, training, safety, student programs, and staffing needs for the organization; Developing computer spreadsheets, databases and other software to monitor operations; Performing assignments that require knowledge of administering financial resources such as grants and agreements; and Managing IT inventory to distribute phones, tablets and other IT supported items to staff. (Your resume must CLEARLY demonstrate this experience) OR Education: Must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in business, accounting, finance, or other directly related field. (You MUST submit supporting academic transcripts.) OR Combination: Must possess a combination of specialized experience and graduate education that total 100% when combined. First, determine total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required above; then determine the education as a percentage of the education required above; and then add the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Only graduate education in excess of two years (36 semester hours) may be used when combining education and experience for this grade. (You MUST submit supporting academic transcripts.) IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

You must submit a copy of your college transcripts or a list of college courses with credit hours, dates completed, and grades received to verify all education requirements (i.e. substitution of education and/or basic education requirement). If a relevant course is not clearly qualifying (e.g. special topic, seminar, research, thesis, obscure or misleading course title, etc.), please submit an official course syllabi and/or detailed course description from the university/college for that particular course to ensure you are properly evaluated. Please note that qualifications determinations are based solely on the information submitted for each particular vacancy announcement. You must document all requirements on every vacancy; we cannot use previous determinations as a basis for rating. All required information must be received by the closing date of this announcement, and non-submission of all required documents/documentation will result in non-consideration. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted. This information must be received by the closing date of this announcement. Non-submission of these documents will result in non-consideration.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Applicants must, therefore, only report attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation via this link. All education claimed by applicants will be verified accordingly. Important: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. Click on this link for more information.

Contacts

• Address Natural Resources Conservation Service 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US
• Name: Midwest Services Branch
• Email: [email protected]