Program Technician (Recent Graduate)

To be eligible, applicants must meet one of the following requirements. Completed all requirements for an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational, or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution within the previous two (2) years.

OR Individuals who, due to military service obligation, were precluded from applying to the Recent Graduates Program during any portion of the 2-year eligibility period described above shall have a full 2-year period of eligibility upon release or discharge from active duty. This eligibility period cannot extend more than 6 years from the date on which the requirements for the academic course of study were met.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Specialized Experience Requirement at the GS-5 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: applying office methods and procedures to provide clerical and limited technical support to any program. OR Education at the GS-5 grade level: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience as listed above.

Specialized Experience at the GS-6 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: difficulty and responsibility to the GS-5 level in the Federal service or private sector equivalent applying office methods and procedures to provide clerical and limited technical support to process and service loans or agricultural programs.

OR Education at the GS-06 grade level: One half year (9 Semester Hours) of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: finance, business administration, economics, accounting, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural economics, farm, livestock or ranch management, or rural sociology.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience as listed above. Specialized Experience at the GS-7 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: applying office methods and procedures to provide clerical and limited technical support to independently perform a full range of farm loan program processes.

OR Education at the GS-07 grade level: One full academic year of graduate education or a master's or equivalent graduate degree e.g, LLB.

JD, LLM, PhD in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: finance, business administration, economics, accounting, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural economics, farm, livestock or ranch management, or rural sociology; OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience as listed above.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Assists the Farm Loan Chief, Farm Loan Branch specialists, Farm Loan Team managers, and District Directors on farm loan program procedural matters.,Provides training to individuals and groups in the preparation and processing of loan documents and on loan procedural changes.,Provides technical assistance to the Branch in processing bankruptcy and farm foreclosure cases.,Furnishes information concerning FSA loan programs, eligibility requirements, application procedures and financial and credit requirements to a variety of requestors.,Prepares and discusses with borrowers’ new promissory notes, terms, Deeds of Trust, Title Options, conditions, responsibilities, maturity dates, security agreements, inspections, appraisals, etc. and obtains signatures.