- Position Title
- DEPUTY STATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Agency
- Farm Service Agency
- Announcement Number
- FSA -24-12520067-MP-TX-WS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, August 23, 2024 to Friday, September 6, 2024
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current Farm Service Agency employee who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment?
2.
Are you a Farm Service Agency employee who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment AND you have held or currently hold a position on a permanent basis in the competitive service with the same or higher promotion potential of the position being advertised?
3.
Are you a current USDA employee who meets the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee, in which received official notice that your job is no longer needed or that you will lose your job by Reduction-in-Force (RIF)? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
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• you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
4.
Are you a current or former permanent Farm Service Agency County employee?
5.
Have you registered for reemployment consideration AND meet one of the below:
• Are you a current or former competitive service USDA employee who will be or was separated by Reduction-In-Force (RIF) and received a rating of satisfactory or above as your last annual performance rating?
OR
• Are you a former USDA competitive service employee who separated due to a compensable injury or disability?
• Are you a current or former competitive service USDA employee who will be or was separated by Reduction-In-Force (RIF) and received a rating of satisfactory or above as your last annual performance rating?
OR
• Are you a former USDA competitive service employee who separated due to a compensable injury or disability?
Preferences
1.
Are you a current or former Political appointee, Presidential appointee, and/or non-career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointee?
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Deputy State Executive Director GS-0301-14 Position with Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA). Please respond to the following questions. Mark only one response for each question. Any experience claimed in response to the following questions MUST be supported by information in your application (resume or any other written format). This information must be SPECIFIC (i.e., duties, responsibilities, and accomplishments). Failure to provide this supporting documentation may result in receipt of a lower or ineligible rating. (Note: One year of specialized experience is based on a 40-hour workweek. If you have worked less than 40 hours per week, you must prorate your experience.)
1.
Select the one statement that best describes the experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Deputy State Executive Director at the GS-14 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
2.
Provide direction for FSA activities to ensure that the resources of the Agency are adapted to and utilized for the attainment of program objectives.
3.
Plan and/or direct administrative activities within the State to determine their effectiveness and the means for improvements.
4.
Recommend decisions on program operations and resources.
5.
Participate in the development of long and short-range goals within the respective State.
6.
Participate in formulating and developing of internal State policies, plans, and programs.
7.
Recommend policy changes to meet the needs related to the State's current agricultural and economic conditions.
8.
Develop procedures for administering programs through producer-elected FSA county committees and offices, and through participating industries such as commercial banks, cooperative associations, warehouse owners, transportation companies and processors.
9.
Determine County Office annual administrative fund requirements.
10.
Oversee the preparation of data, analysis and briefing materials for high-level meetings.
11.
Implement FSA activities such as FSA price support, production adjustment, compliance, farm loan, conservation and emergency programs, and other related polices as required.
12.
Your responses to the Announcement and Assessment Questionnaires, along with your resume and all supporting documentation are subject to evaluation and verification to ensure accuracy. Submitting false information or attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for terminating you after you have been hired. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy.