County Program Analyst

County Program Analyst Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Maryland Summary This is a County Program Analyst position, loced in the Kent FSA County Office, in Chestertown, Maryland. Major responsibilities for this position can be found below. Learn more about this agency Summary This is a County Program Analyst position, loced in the Kent FSA County Office, in Chestertown, Maryland. Major responsibilities for this position can be found below. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/04/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $46,610

• $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade CO 5
• 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Chestertown, MD Remote job No Telework eligible No 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 9 Job family (Series) 1101 General Business And Industry Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

FSACO-12951992-26-MD-RW

Control number 867573400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to all US Citizens and US Nionals. Duties Help Carrying out office activities and functions pertaining to one or more of the program areas administered in the county. Interpreting and explaining procedures, program regulions and forms to producers and other agency personnel. Utilizing various web-based software applicions to maintain producer da and processing automed forms. Using a high degree of initiive and judgment in planning and carrying out assigned tasks and resolving problems encountered. 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. Requiring a REAL ID and/or Passport, U.S. Military card or current PIV card for completion. Successful completion of one year probionary 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 verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must be a high school gradue, or have a GED. Must be 18 years of age, or 17 years of age for high school gradues. Qualificions Qualificions are in accordance with requirements in Handbook 27-PM. Applicants must meet all qualificion and eligibility requirements by the closing de in the announcement, including the following specialized experience and/or educion, as identified below: You may start the CO-05 level if you have one of the following qualificions: Successful completion of four years of educion above high school in an accredited business, secretarial or technical, junior college, college or university in any field in which high school graduion or the equivalent is a prerequisite or bachelor's degree from such an accredited college or university. OR At least one year of general work experience in support of projects, programs, or assignments providing a requisite knowledge of agricultural operions, agricultural management, governmental programs, or reled office and customer service functions th indice the ability to: analyze problems, gher pertinent da, and recognize solutions; plan and organize work; resolve conflict; communice effectively both orally and in writing. OR A combinion of educion and experience as described above. You may start the CO-07 level if you have one of the following qualificions: Successful completion of one full year of gradue educion from an accredited college or university.

OR Superior Academic Achievement:

A bachelor's degree in any field of study from an accredited college or university with either: grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 based on a 4.0 scale; 3.5 GPA based on a 4.0 scale for required courses completed in a major field of study during the last two years of undergradue study; class standing of upper third of the graduing class in the college, university, or major subdivision of the college; membership in a Nional Scholastic Honor Society certified by the Associion of College Honor Societies, excluding freshman honor societies. An applicant must submit an unofficial copy of their transcript the initial phase of the applicion process demonstring th they qualify based on superior academic achievement. If selected for the position, an official transcript must be provided from the college or university before the applicant entering on duty. OR One-year specialized experience equivalent to grade CO-5 or GS-5 level. Specialized experience is experience th demonstres knowledge of basic principles, concepts, and methods of fact-finding, analysis, and problem-solving techniques as they apply to the analysis, evaluion, and applicion of agricultural program requirements. In addition , knowledge of and skill in applying analytical and evaluive techniques to assist in assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural program operions to make recommendions for improvements. OR A combinion of educion and experience as described above. You may start the CO-09 level if you have one of the following qualificions: A Master's or equivalent gradue degree or two full academic years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree from an accredited college or university. OR One-year specialized experience equivalent to least grade CO-7 or GS-7 in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience th demonstres knowledge of agricultural program policies and practices to independently examine applicions, supporting documents, and program reports. In addition, experience applying analytical and evaluive techniques to assist in assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural program operions to make recommendions for improvements. OR A combinion of educion and experience as described above.

Time in grade:

Current county and federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. For more informion on the qualificions for this position, click here: http://www.opm.gov/qualificions/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp .

Educion College Transcript:

If you are qualifying based on educion, submit a copy of your college transcript th lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, mh 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit with your applicion package evidence th any educion completed in a foreign institution was appropriely accredited by an accredited body recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Educion as equivalent to U.S. Educion standards. You may submit an unofficial copy of the 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 the transcript. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. Additional informion Veterans' preference does not apply since this position is being advertised under Title 7 authorities. Relocion expenses are not authorized. When promotion potential is shown, the agency is not making a commitment and is not obliged to provide future promotions to you if you are selected. Future promotions dependent on your ability to perform the duties a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrive approval. This is a Title 7, Non-Federal, Non-Civil Service position. This announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies. Persons with disabilities who require alternive means for communicion of program informion (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact: USDAs TARGET Center 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD). Optional

• This position may also be eligible for flexible work schedules in accordance with Department and Agency directives.

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. Your applicion, including the online Assessment Questionnaire, reviewed to determine if you meet: Minimum qualificion requirements and Your resume supports the answers provided to the job-specific questions. Your resume must clearly support your responses to all the questions addressing experience and educion relevant to this position . Those determined to meet qualificions referred to the selecting official 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 qualificions. Providing inaccure informion on County and Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to and including removal from County and Federal service. Clicking the link below will present a preview of the applicion form; i.e. the online questionnaire. 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/12951992 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. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in the mail service, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Resume th includes:

Resume cannot exceed 2 pages. Personal informion such as name, address, contact informion. Educion. Detailed Work experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; for current or previous Federal or FSA County employees, it should also include the Detailed Work experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment (month and year); for current or previous Federal or FSA County employees, it must also include the T itle, and Grade for each work experience entry. Other qualificions. If educion is required or you are using educion to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts . An unofficial copy is sufficient the time of applicion; however, if you are selected, you required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty . Educion must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any educion was completed a foreign institute, you must submit with your applicion evidence th the institute was appropriely accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion as equivalent to U.S. educion standards. There are prive organizions th specialize in this evaluion and a fee is normally associed with this service. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. For current and former USDA employees, the following documents are encouraged but not required. Performance Appraisal (Most Recent Signed) or a stement sting why you don't have a Performance Appraisal. SF-50 (Most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) or equivalent showing position title, series, grade and salary.)

NOTE:

If selected, applicant required to provide this documention within 7 days of receipt of Tentive Job Offer. Failure to provide required documention will jeopardize further considerion. You will not be contacted for additional informion. 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 11:59 p.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 8:00 a.m.

• 4:00 p.m., Monday
• Friday).

If applying online poses a hardship, contact us Rebecca.

Wilson@usda.gov 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. 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 Online" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and tach your resume and all required documents.

NOTE :

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. Once your applicion has been submitted, we recommend you save or print your completed applicion and a screen print of uploaded documents for your reference. Agency contact informion Suzanne Wisnieski Phone 443-482-2763 suzanne.wisnieski@usda.gov Address Farm Service Agency

• County Offices 339 Buschs Frontage Road, Suite 104 Annapolis, MD 21409 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 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). 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. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in the mail service, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Resume th includes:

Resume cannot exceed 2 pages. Personal informion such as name, address, contact informion. Educion. Detailed Work experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; for current or previous Federal or FSA County employees, it should also include the Detailed Work experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment (month and year); for current or previous Federal or FSA County employees, it must also include the T itle, and Grade for each work experience entry. Other qualificions. If educion is required or you are using educion to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts . An unofficial copy is sufficient the time of applicion; however, if you are selected, you required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty . Educion must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any educion was completed a foreign institute, you must submit with your applicion evidence th the institute was appropriely accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion as equivalent to U.S. educion standards. There are prive organizions th specialize in this evaluion and a fee is normally associed with this service. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. For current and former USDA employees, the following documents are encouraged but not required. Performance Appraisal (Most Recent Signed) or a stement sting why you don't have a Performance Appraisal. SF-50 (Most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) or equivalent showing position title, series, grade and salary.)

NOTE:

If selected, applicant required to provide this documention within 7 days of receipt of Tentive Job Offer. Failure to provide required documention will jeopardize further considerion. You will not be contacted for additional informion. 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 11:59 p.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 8:00 a.m.

• 4:00 p.m., Monday
• Friday).

If applying online poses a hardship, contact us Rebecca.

Wilson@usda.gov 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. 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 Online" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and tach your resume and all required documents.

NOTE :

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. Once your applicion has been submitted, we recommend you save or print your completed applicion and a screen print of uploaded documents for your reference. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Suzanne Wisnieski Phone 443-482-2763 suzanne.wisnieski@usda.gov Address Farm Service Agency

• County Offices 339 Buschs Frontage Road, Suite 104 Annapolis, MD 21409 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 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). 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 05/04/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $46,610

• $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade CO 5
• 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Chestertown, MD Remote job No Telework eligible No 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 9 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

FSACO-12951992-26-MD-RW

Control number 867573400