Director of Outreach

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Farm Service Agency, Office of Management & Strategy, Administrator's Office.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide direction, vision, and short/long-term planning of Program Outreach to all farmers and ranchers in support of FSA Farm Loan and Farm Programs.

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement.

For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. If education is required or being used to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts.

Specialized Experience Requirement For the GS-15 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: Experience developing and implementing policies, initiatives, and multifaceted communications and outreach strategies for programs and policies administered to program participants and other stakeholders by headquarters and field office employees to meet Agency goals and objectives; Experience gathering and analyzing data to determine the effectiveness of communications and outreach efforts and strategies to provide leadership with decisions and suggestions for areas of improvement; Experience developing partnerships with other agencies and/or external entities (e.g., universities, land grant colleges, State, Tribal and local governments, community-based organizations, trade organizations) to deliver outreach, technical and program information; Experience with grants and agreements that includes project and policy development, executing, budgeting, monitoring, and closeout of projects; Experience with grants and agreements administering compliance, internal controls, funding monitoring, performance metrics and reporting by recipients, and audit management.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-15 grade level.

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.

Time-in-Grade Requirement: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.

You must meet this requirement by the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

• Provides recommendations to the Administrator and Associate Administrator along with Senior Leaders from Farm Program and Farm Loan Programs.
• Ensures FSA program outreach for FSA programs and Congressional Supplemental programs are effectively and efficiently communicated to FSA stakeholders and farmers and ranchers.
• Interprets policy promulgated by higher authorities within and outside of the organization and determines their effect on program outreach needs.
• Actively participates in the ultimate determination of FSA policy.
• Administers and coordinates the Agency’s Outreach efforts for the Farm Loan and Farm Program to all farmers and ranchers.
• Responsible for the overall management and implementation of the FSA Outreach program in the State and County offices and the Beginning Farmers and Ranch program across the USDA Agencies.