Agriculture Program Specialist

Agriculture Program Specialist Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency

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Summary This position is loced in the Farm Service Agency, New Mexico Ste Office in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

About the position:

Responsible for administering and advising on assigned Farm Programs in the Ste, interpreting regulions and legal requirements, providing guidance to County offices on complex, precedent setting, or unusual situions. Provides informion to producers, the public, and groups interested in the program and its operions. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Farm Service Agency, New Mexico Ste Office in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

About the position:

Responsible for administering and advising on assigned Farm Programs in the Ste, interpreting regulions and legal requirements, providing guidance to County offices on complex, precedent setting, or unusual situions. Provides informion to producers, the public, and groups interested in the program and its operions. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 05/19/2026 Salary $62,392

• $117,625 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9
• 12 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Albuquerque, NM Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) 1145 Agricultural Program Specialist Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

FSA-26-12958865-MP-NM-OG

Control number 868850000 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted only from current permanent USDA employees with competitive stus; and

CTAP/RPL

eligible candides and permanent Farm Service County Office employees. Duties Help Serves as resource person to the Supervisor, Ste Executive Director, Ste Committee, County Offices and District Directors for informion and advice on assigned programs. Provides technical guidance on problems and resolves mters between program participants and County FSA Office. Interprets nional program policies, procedures and regulions to determine their applicability to impact upon program administrion in the Ste. Identifies and analyzes program non-compliance, recommending corrective solutions. Attends meetings and develops contacts with various governmental agencies, producers and trade organizions, County offices, Ste agricultural officials, and the public. Investiges allegions of fraud or program abuses. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a US Citizen or US Nional. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to sisfactory adjudicion of background investigion and/or fingerprint check. If selected, you may be sent instructions on obtaining fingerprints. Please note we are unable to reimburse for any fees incurred. Successful completion of one-year probionary period, unless previously served. Refer to the Next Steps section for more informion.

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 verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, e-verify.gov. Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualificions requirements as defined below by the closing de of the announcement. For more informion on the qualificions for this position, the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualificion Standards. Your applicion and resume must clearly show th you possess the experience requirements. If educion is required or being used to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts.

Individual Occupional Requirements Educion:

Undergradue Educion:

Major study

• economics, agricultural economics, marketing, business administrion, animal or poultry science/husbandry, agronomy, soil science, or reled curricula dealing with the production and distribution of farm products.

Gradue Educion:

Major study

• dairy science, agricultural marketing, domestic agricultural development, farm management, agronomy, or other agricultural specialty areas.

OR Experience:

Experience th demonstred: Knowledge of the laws and regulions governing agricultural stabilizion and conservion programs and of the particular applicion of nional policies and objectives the Ste level; Understanding of farming practices and customs in the United Stes, and of the economic needs of farm communities the Ste level; Knowledge of current Ste and Federal agricultural trends; and Ability to establish and maintain effective relionships with representives of public and prive organizions, farmers' associions, and others, and to interpret regulions, programs, and policies affecting them. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Agricultural extension work as a subject-mter specialist, county agent, or assistant or associe county agent. Teacher of vocional agriculture. District director, Ste program specialist, or county office employee performing duties in the operional phases of farm programs such as production adjustment, price support, and conservion. Experience the county, district, or Ste government levels in the operional phases of farm programs of the type carried out through such agencies as the Soil Conservion Service, Farmers Home Administrion, or reled programs. In addition to meeting the Individual Occupional Requirements, you must also possess experience and/or directly reled educion listed below . Specialized Experience Requirement For the GS-09 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as:

Reviewing and/or commenting on nional FSA conservion policy. Interpreting and applying regulions to resolve program administrion issues or problems. Explaining program requirements and provisions. conducting reviews and recommending solutions. OR Educion the GS-09 grade level: Master's or equivalent gradue degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if reled.

OR Combinion of Educion and Experience:

A combinion of educion and experience as listed above. For the GS-11 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as:

Assisting in the planning of agricultural and FSA conservion programs. Directing and/or coordining agricultural programs on a stewide basis through county committees and county offices. Working with representives of public organizions, farmers' associions, and others, to interpret agricultural regulions, programs, and policies affecting them. OR Educion the GS-11 grade level: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree or LL.M., if reled.

OR Combinion of Educion and Experience:

A combinion of educion and experience as listed above. For the GS-12 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as:

Experience in applying laws and regulions governing agricultural stabilizion and FSA conservion programs to serve as an advisor on the applicion of nional policies and objectives the Ste level. Understanding of farming practices and customs in the United Stes, and of the economic needs of farm communities the Ste level. Experience maintaining relionships with representives of public organizions, farmers' associions, and others, to interpret agricultural regulions, programs, and policies affecting them. The substitution of educion is not qualifying for the GS-12 grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade Requirement:

If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. You must meet this requirement by the closing de of this announcement.

Educion College Transcript:

If qualifying based on educion, you must submit a copy of your college transcript with course number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Mh 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours, and grade earned. 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 to ensure proper evaluion. Your educion must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion to be credited toward qualificions. You may verify accredition by ing the U.S. Department of Educion Dabase of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs website. We will verify your educion accordingly.

Foreign Educion:

You must submit verificion th educion completed in a foreign institution, was recognized by an accredition body accepted by the U.S. Department of Educion. You must include a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript. There are prive organizions th specialize in this evaluion and a fee is normally associed with this service. For a list of prive organizions th evalue educion, the Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services (NACES) website. Your transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. You may submit an unofficial copy of your transcript the initial phase of the applicion process. However, if selected, you required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Please refer to the "How to Apply" section for instructions on submitting transcripts. Additional informion Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Reemployment Priority List (RPL): Visit the OPM website for informion on how to apply as a CTAP or RPL eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL candides must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP candides must be red and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluion of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evalued section. When assessed through a score-based cegory ring method, CTAP applicants must receive a ring of least 85 out of a possible 100. Farm Service Agency (FSA)

County Employees :

Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probionary period.

Promotion Potential:

If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you placed under a career development plan and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

Telework:

This position is eligible for telework. As determined by the agency policy.

Incentives:

Recruitment and/or relocion incentives may be authorized.

Bargaining Unit:

This is not a bargaining unit position. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued based on your qualificions for this position as evidenced by the experience, educion, and training you described in your applicion package. A ring will not be used; all applicants who meet the minimum qualificion requirements, to include any selective placement factor(s), if applicable, referred to the hiring manager for considerion.

Note:

If after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Providing inaccure informion on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service. Clicking the link below will present a preview of the applicion form. The applicion form link below will only provide a preview and does not initie the applicion process. To initie the online applicion process, click the "Apply" button to the right. To view the applicion form, : https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12958865 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Resume th includes:

Personal Informion:

name, address, contact informion; Educion ; Work Experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); other qualificions . Resume cannot exceed 2 pages. Current Federal employees : Most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing you are/were in the competitive service, highest grade held (or promotion potential) on a permanent basis, position title, series and grade AND Most recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable. A performance plan is not an acceptable substitute. Current permanent FSA County employees must submit your most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing your highest grade (or promotion potential) held on a permanent basis, position title, series and grade AND most recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) per above. Surplus or displaced employees eligible for

CTAP/ RPL

priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity terminion), SF-50 documenting separion (as applicable), current performance appraisal with ring of least "Fully Successful" or equivalent, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this applicion process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m.

• 4:00p.m., Monday
• Friday).

If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing de for an alterne method. All hardship applicion packages must be complete and submitted no ler than noon ET on the closing de of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and tach your resume and all required documents. Please verify th documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limition to the number of documents th can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document forms: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume th exceeds two pages removed from considerion. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, your system failure, etc. Agency contact informion Olu Gbolade Phone 919-875-4823 Olukayode.

Gbolade@usda.gov Address Farm Service Agency 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US Next steps Your applicion reviewed to verify th you meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your applicion stus. You must choose to turn on email notificions in your USAJOBS profile if you want to receive important email notificions th may impact your applicant experience (e.g., If you start an applicion and do not submit it prior to the closing de, USAJOBS will send an email reminder th the closing de is approaching and your applicion is in an incomplete stus). Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

Probionary Period and Trial Period:

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period or 2-year trial period depending on your appointment type, unless previous federal service is creditable . During this time your employment evalued, and we may consider: your performance and conduct, the needs and interests of the agency, whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government, and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary or trial period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Under the Fair Chance Act , agencies are not allowed to request informion about an applicant's criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified informion; assignment to nional security duties or positions; acceptance or retention in the armed forces; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint or any other informion reled to an organizion's alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the approprie informion to SM.FairChanceFBC@usda.gov , subject line: Fair Chance Act. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Resume th includes:

Personal Informion:

name, address, contact informion; Educion ; Work Experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); other qualificions . Resume cannot exceed 2 pages. Current Federal employees : Most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing you are/were in the competitive service, highest grade held (or promotion potential) on a permanent basis, position title, series and grade AND Most recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable. A performance plan is not an acceptable substitute. Current permanent FSA County employees must submit your most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing your highest grade (or promotion potential) held on a permanent basis, position title, series and grade AND most recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) per above. Surplus or displaced employees eligible for

CTAP/ RPL

priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity terminion), SF-50 documenting separion (as applicable), current performance appraisal with ring of least "Fully Successful" or equivalent, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this applicion process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m.

• 4:00p.m., Monday
• Friday).

If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing de for an alterne method. All hardship applicion packages must be complete and submitted no ler than noon ET on the closing de of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and tach your resume and all required documents. Please verify th documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limition to the number of documents th can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document forms: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume th exceeds two pages removed from considerion. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, your system failure, etc. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Olu Gbolade Phone 919-875-4823 Olukayode.

Gbolade@usda.gov Address Farm Service Agency 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US Next steps Your applicion reviewed to verify th you meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your applicion stus. You must choose to turn on email notificions in your USAJOBS profile if you want to receive important email notificions th may impact your applicant experience (e.g., If you start an applicion and do not submit it prior to the closing de, USAJOBS will send an email reminder th the closing de is approaching and your applicion is in an incomplete stus). Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

Probionary Period and Trial Period:

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period or 2-year trial period depending on your appointment type, unless previous federal service is creditable . During this time your employment evalued, and we may consider: your performance and conduct, the needs and interests of the agency, whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government, and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary or trial period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Under the Fair Chance Act , agencies are not allowed to request informion about an applicant's criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified informion; assignment to nional security duties or positions; acceptance or retention in the armed forces; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint or any other informion reled to an organizion's alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the approprie informion to SM.FairChanceFBC@usda.gov , subject line: Fair Chance Act. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 05/19/2026 Salary $62,392

• $117,625 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9
• 12 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Albuquerque, NM Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

FSA-26-12958865-MP-NM-OG

Control number 868850000