Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Grader (Cotton) (Assistant Area Director)

Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Grader (Cotton) (Assistant Area Director) Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Marketing and Regulory Programs Summary The Cotton Classing Office administers assigned programs on cotton and reled commodities provided for in legislive and administrive requirements in connection with standards, marketing services, and allied regulory responsibilities. As Assistant Area Director of a large, complex classing office, you will assist the Area Director in directing, administering, and carrying out programs and activities assigned to the office. Learn more about this agency Summary The Cotton Classing Office administers assigned programs on cotton and reled commodities provided for in legislive and administrive requirements in connection with standards, marketing services, and allied regulory responsibilities. As Assistant Area Director of a large, complex classing office, you will assist the Area Director in directing, administering, and carrying out programs and activities assigned to the office. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 05/29/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 29, 2026 Locion Lamesa, TX No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $89,508 - $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade GS 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 1980 Agricultural Commodity Grading 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 Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MP-12968187-26-CT

Control number 870262600 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 AMS Cotton and Tobacco Program employees with competitive stus and

CTAP/RPL

eligible candides. Duties Help The duties may include, but are not limited to: Participes in the formulion of programs within the assigned territory and in nional policies by contributing ideas, suggestions, and recommendions with respect to the cotton classing services Responsibility for the classificion of samples submitted in connection with the Program's cotton classificion program. Oversees the High Volume Instrument (HVI) operions to insure th readings are within tolerances, instruments are properly calibred, and repairs are made on a timely basis. Represents the Program in assigned geographical area in contacting ste and local officials on the Smith-Doxey Act, other applicable governing legislion, and other assigned functions. Plans and assigns the work of the group with the assistance of subordine supervisors so as to minimize the backlog of samples to be classed. Reviews the work of field representives, including their market informion reports. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a US Citizen or US Nional. Individuals who were born male after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to sisfactory adjudicion of background investigion and/or fingerprint check. Subject to one year supervisory/managerial probionary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probionary period.

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/. Selectee subject to a pre-employment medical stement and/or exam. In accordance with Office of Government Ethics regulions concerning conflict of interest, the incumbent required to submit a financial disclosure report within 30 days of their effective de of appointment and annually thereafter. Prior to an official offer, selectee required to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) acknowledging/accepting th geographic mobility is a condition of employment. Failure to sign the MOU will result in withdrawal of the job offer. All USDA employees are required to be enrolled in Continuous Vetting, which authorizes government agencies to receive notificions of criminal activity on individuals who hold low risk, public trust, or nional security positions. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Refer to the Next Steps section for more informion. Qualificions Applicants must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or educion, as defined below.

TIME-IN-GRADE

Current 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 THE GS-12 LEVEL

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-11 grade level) th demonstres: Interpreting and applying grading standards. Supervising and reviewing graders work. Independently makes borderline grading determinions. There is no educion substitution for this 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. Educion This position does not have an educion qualificion requirement. 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. First time hires to the federal government normally start the lowest re of the salary range for the grade selected. Travel, transportion, and relocion expenses may be paid. A final salary determinion made upon selection. Weekend and federal holiday work required during peak season. 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 reviewed to determine if you meet (a) minimum qualificion requirements. Your resume must address experience and educion relevant to this position. Applicants who meet the minimum qualificion referred to the hiring manager for considerion.

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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. Providing inaccure informion on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service. To preview the applicion questionnaire, please : https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12968187 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 or downtime, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Resume th includes:

1) personal informion such as name, address, contact informion; 2) educion; 3) detailed 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); 4) all supervisors' phone numbers and if they may be contacted; and 5) other qualificions. Resume cannot exceed two pages. Only one resume reviewed. If educion is required or being used to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient if it includes your name and all course informion. If selected, official transcripts required prior to entering on duty. Educion must have been obtained from an accredited institution. Educion completed in a foreign institution must include an evaluion by an organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs th it was deemed equivalent to an accredited U.S. educion program. For further informion, see: Foreign Educion Evaluion . All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. Current and former career/career-conditional Federal employees: Most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing you are/were in the competitive service (block 24 must contain a 1 or 2 and block 34 must contain a 1), highest grade held (or promotion potential) on a permanent basis, position title, series and grade. If your current grade is not your highest permanent grade, submit an additional SF-50 showing your highest grade. 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 (e.g., length of time in current position). A performance plan is not an acceptable substitute. Screenshots or printouts of electronic systems, including eHR Apps (ePMA), will not be accepted unless it is of the actual appraisal form with the end-of-year ring summary. Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP or 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), last performance appraisal, and the most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion. 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 in order to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resume cannot 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. Step 1: Cree a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) www.usajobs.gov. It is recommended th as part of your profile you set up automic email notificion to be informed when the stus of your applicion changes. If you choose not to set up this automic notificion, then you will have to log into your USAJOBS account to check on the stus of your applicion. Step 2: Cree a Resume with USAJOBS or upload a Resume into your USAJOBS account. You may want to customize your resume to ensure it documents duties and accomplishments you have gained th are directly reled to this position in order to verify th qualificions are met. In addition, your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire (you may preview the online questionnaire by clicking on the link the end of the How You Will Be Evalued section of the job announcement). Step 3: Click "Apply Online" and follow the prompts to complete the Occupional Questionnaire and tach any additional documents th may be required. You can upde your applicion or documents anytime while the announcement is open. Simply log into your USAJOBS account and click on "Applicion Stus." Click on the position title, and then select "Upde Applicion" to continue.

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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. Only one resume reviewed. Applicants who submit a resume th exceeds two pages removed from considerion. Agency contact informion MRP Human Resources Phone 612-336-3227 MRP.Applicion.

Help@usda.gov Address Agricultural Marketing Service

USDA APHIS MRPBS 250

Marquette Avenue, Suite 410 Minneapolis, MN 55401 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. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. This announcement may also be used to fill additional like vacancies, including vacancies elsewhere within the agency or other USDA organizions. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, 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 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 MRP.Fairchance@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. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, your system failure or downtime, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.

Resume th includes:

1) personal informion such as name, address, contact informion; 2) educion; 3) detailed 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); 4) all supervisors' phone numbers and if they may be contacted; and 5) other qualificions. Resume cannot exceed two pages. Only one resume reviewed. If educion is required or being used to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient if it includes your name and all course informion. If selected, official transcripts required prior to entering on duty. Educion must have been obtained from an accredited institution. Educion completed in a foreign institution must include an evaluion by an organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs th it was deemed equivalent to an accredited U.S. educion program. For further informion, see: Foreign Educion Evaluion . All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. Current and former career/career-conditional Federal employees: Most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing you are/were in the competitive service (block 24 must contain a 1 or 2 and block 34 must contain a 1), highest grade held (or promotion potential) on a permanent basis, position title, series and grade. If your current grade is not your highest permanent grade, submit an additional SF-50 showing your highest grade. 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 (e.g., length of time in current position). A performance plan is not an acceptable substitute. Screenshots or printouts of electronic systems, including eHR Apps (ePMA), will not be accepted unless it is of the actual appraisal form with the end-of-year ring summary. Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP or 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), last performance appraisal, and the most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion. 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 in order to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resume cannot 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. Step 1: Cree a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) www.usajobs.gov. It is recommended th as part of your profile you set up automic email notificion to be informed when the stus of your applicion changes. If you choose not to set up this automic notificion, then you will have to log into your USAJOBS account to check on the stus of your applicion. Step 2: Cree a Resume with USAJOBS or upload a Resume into your USAJOBS account. You may want to customize your resume to ensure it documents duties and accomplishments you have gained th are directly reled to this position in order to verify th qualificions are met. In addition, your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire (you may preview the online questionnaire by clicking on the link the end of the How You Will Be Evalued section of the job announcement). Step 3: Click "Apply Online" and follow the prompts to complete the Occupional Questionnaire and tach any additional documents th may be required. You can upde your applicion or documents anytime while the announcement is open. Simply log into your USAJOBS account and click on "Applicion Stus." Click on the position title, and then select "Upde Applicion" to continue.

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. Only one resume reviewed. Applicants who submit a resume th exceeds two pages removed from considerion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion MRP Human Resources Phone 612-336-3227 MRP.Applicion.

Help@usda.gov Address Agricultural Marketing Service

USDA APHIS MRPBS 250

Marquette Avenue, Suite 410 Minneapolis, MN 55401 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. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. This announcement may also be used to fill additional like vacancies, including vacancies elsewhere within the agency or other USDA organizions. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, 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 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 MRP.Fairchance@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 Posted today • Apply by 05/29/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 29, 2026 Locion Lamesa, TX No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $89,508 - $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade GS 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

MP-12968187-26-CT

Control number 870262600