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Job opening: Program Technician

Salary: $49 025 - 63 733 per year
City: Abbeville
Published at: Oct 22 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is in the Farm Service Agency, Louisiana State Office, located in Abbeville, Louisiana. About the position: Provides assistance with compiling data and preparing various reports. Answers questions concerning program procedures, form preparations, completion of required reports, and similar duties. Performs clerical assignments and technical work in support of State Office functions.

Duties

Answer questions concerning program procedures, forms preparations, completion of required reports, and similar issues not requiring interpretation of complex or ambiguous policy. Assists with reviewing materials and loading data into established electronic files and various data bases. Provides assistance with compiling data and preparing various reports. Review and summarize program reports and statistics, identify errors, omissions or inconsistencies. Perform clerical and technical assignments, prepare file folders, and perform varied levels of written and verbal correspondence involving email, phone and written letter communications.

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.
  • 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 https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including the following specialized experience and/or education, as identified. Specialized experience for the GS-7 level: One full academic year of graduate education or master's or higher-level graduate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in finance, business administration, economics, accounting, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural economics, farm, livestock or ranch management, or rural sociology -OR- Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-6 level in the Federal service or private sector equivalent applying office methods and procedures to provide clerical and limited technical support to independently perform a full range of farm program processes. For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here: General Business and Industry Series 1101a 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

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

You must submit a copy of your transcripts to include course number, title, completion and grade. 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. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. 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.

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.

Failure to provide all of the required documents/information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

  • Address Farm Service Agency 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US
  • Name: Jennifer Falkner
  • Email: [email protected]

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