This senior level position is in the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), Office of Secondary Market Oversight (OSMO). The incumbent serves as the Deputy Director for OSMO, acting as an alter ego to the OSMO Director in planning, directing, and overseeing day-to-day operations of OSMO, including the examination, supervision and oversight of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac).

Duties

The Deputy Director's responsibilities include the following: Participates with the OSMO Director, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief of Staff (CoS), Farm Credit Administration Board and senior management in short and long-range planning for changes in functions and programs, and evaluation of program goals in terms of efficiency and effectiveness in meeting Agency objectives. Supervises directly, or through subordinate managers, staff of professional and support personnel. Hires, assigns duties and responsibilities, evaluates employee performance, recommends training/developmental activities, promotes, rewards and conducts disciplinary measures as necessary. Serves as the principal advisor to the OSMO Director, senior-level managers and executives on Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) oversight, including related policy, regulations and examination-related work. Recommends allocations of all human and material resources necessary to accomplish Office and program goals. Supervises staff assigned to regulation development and policy study workgroups, and assists in the coordination of OSMO's regulation development for Farmer Mac to assure that the agency's Farmer Mac regulatory initiatives are completed in accordance with FCA Board and OSMO Director policy objectives. Provides monitoring and oversight to ensure that the requirements of law and regulation related to Farmer Mac are met and that the Corporation's reports accurately reflect its performance and condition. Apprises the Director of significant issues related to the Corporation.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• One year probationary period, unless previously served.
• One year supervisory or managerial probationary period, unless previously served.
• Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Submission of a financial disclosure report may be required.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the VH-43 band level if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the VH-41 (GS-15) band or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Experience working securities transactions, securitizations, the U.S. Commercial Code or Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs, including Farmer Mac, the Farm Credit System, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as examples) sufficient to advise on emerging economic and financial trends or other risk factors. Experience in writing a variety of documents including Federal regulations, transaction documentation, examination guidance, reports, memorandums, briefing papers, correspondence, proposals, or recommendations. Experience developing and making recommendations on an annual budget Experience in short and long-range planning for changes in functions and programs, and evaluation of program goals in terms of efficiency and effectiveness in meeting objectives. Experience to include review of capitalization, liquidity, securities issuance and transactions for the review and formulation of policy and regulations, and for the furtherment of overarching GSE-related safety and soundness examination goals. Experience exhibiting leadership on behalf of the Director at various forums and meetings 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, knowledge, and skills 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 this position has a positive education requirement as part of the Basic Qualification Requirements, 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. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

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.

Contacts

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