county Executive Director - Expanded Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Pennsylvania Summary This is a County Executive Director Expanded position loced in the Erie County Farm Service Agency Office, in Werford, Pennsylvania This position is only open to current permanent CO or GS Farm Service Agency employees nionwide. Per 27-PM, Par. 472E, this vacancy is being advertised with an expanded area of considerion. Learn more about this agency Summary This is a County Executive Director Expanded position loced in the Erie County Farm Service Agency Office, in Werford, Pennsylvania This position is only open to current permanent CO or GS Farm Service Agency employees nionwide. Per 27-PM, Par. 472E, this vacancy is being advertised with an expanded area of considerion. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Werford, PA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678 - $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade

CO 11 - 12

Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1101 General Business And Industry Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

FSACO-13059056-26-PA-HA

Control number 883919900 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This position is only open to current permanent CO or GS Farm Service Agency employees nionwide. Duties Help Responsible for directing and managing program and administrive operions for one or more counties. Carrying out permanent and ad hoc farm bill programs and policies established by USDA as well as crop insurance operions under policies established by the Risk Management Agency (RMA). Providing basic FSA farm loan program services. May perform additional farm loan program assignments based on authorities deleged. Performing office and field activities as needed to accomplish program objectives. Managing and directs activities of subordine staff. 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. Must be a high school gradue or equivalent. Must be 18 years of age or 17 years of age for high school gradues. Subject to sisfactory adjudicion of background investigion and/or fingerprint check. 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/. Successful completion of one-year supervisory/managerial probionary period, if required. Financial Disclosure Required (FSA-324). 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-11 level if you have one of the following qualificions: One-year experience equivalent to least grade CO-9 or GS-9 in the federal service. You may start the CO-12 level if you have one of the following qualificions: One-year experience equivalent to least grade CO-11 or GS-11 in the federal service. If the selectee is not a current CED or has not successfully completed the CEDT program, then successful completion of the CEDT training program per requirements in handbook 27-PM paragraphs 472P and 477 is required.

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. 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). 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 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/13059056 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, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Required Documents:

Resume th includes: Resume cannot exceed 2 pages. Personal informion including name, phone number and email address. Work Experience must include title, employment des (month/year), and detailed jobexperience reled to each position listed on the resume. Resume should include work schedule, and hours worked per week. Current or previous Federal or FSA County employees, resume must also include the Title and Grade for each applicable work experience entry. Transcripts, if applicable If educion is required or you are using educion to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts the time of applicion. The most recent unofficial copy is sufficient ; 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.

Optional Documents:

These documents cannot be used for qualificion purposes. For current and former federal and FSA county 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.)

If Selected:

A pplicant required to provide the following documention within 7 days of receipt of Tentive Job Offer. Failure to provide required documention will jeopardize further considerion. All current/former Federal and FSA county must provide the most recent SF-50 ( non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) or equivalent showing position title, series, grade and salary.) All current/former USDA employees must provide Performance Appraisal (Most Recent Signed) or a stement sting why you don't have a Performance Appraisal. You will not be contacted for additional informion. 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 submitted, we recommend you save or print your completed applicion and a screen print of uploaded document for your reference. Agency contact informion Dodie Yohn Phone 717-237-2126 Fax 855-778-8909 dodie.yohn@usda.gov Address Farm Service Agency - County Offices 359 East Park Drive, Suite 1 Harrisburg, PA 17111 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, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Required Documents:

Resume th includes: Resume cannot exceed 2 pages. Personal informion including name, phone number and email address. Work Experience must include title, employment des (month/year), and detailed jobexperience reled to each position listed on the resume. Resume should include work schedule, and hours worked per week. Current or previous Federal or FSA County employees, resume must also include the Title and Grade for each applicable work experience entry. Transcripts, if applicable If educion is required or you are using educion to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts the time of applicion. The most recent unofficial copy is sufficient ; 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.

Optional Documents:

These documents cannot be used for qualificion purposes. For current and former federal and FSA county 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.)

If Selected:

A pplicant required to provide the following documention within 7 days of receipt of Tentive Job Offer. Failure to provide required documention will jeopardize further considerion. All current/former Federal and FSA county must provide the most recent SF-50 ( non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) or equivalent showing position title, series, grade and salary.) All current/former USDA employees must provide Performance Appraisal (Most Recent Signed) or a stement sting why you don't have a Performance Appraisal. You will not be contacted for additional informion. 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 submitted, we recommend you save or print your completed applicion and a screen print of uploaded document for your reference. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Dodie Yohn Phone 717-237-2126 Fax 855-778-8909 dodie.yohn@usda.gov Address Farm Service Agency - County Offices 359 East Park Drive, Suite 1 Harrisburg, PA 17111 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 Locion Werford, PA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678 - $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade

CO 11 - 12

Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

FSACO-13059056-26-PA-HA

Control number 883919900