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Supervisory Fruit and Vegetable Market Reporter
Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salary
$106,437 - $172,980
per year
Type
Full Time
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GS-13 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team that gathers, analyzes, and shares information about fresh fruit and vegetable markets in a busy regional office.
The role focuses on training staff, building relationships with industry partners, and ensuring accurate and timely reports under pressure.
It's a good fit for someone with experience managing data collection teams in agriculture or markets, who is organized and good at handling high-volume work.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent, including developing methods for collecting, analyzing, and releasing market news data
- Experience managing and directing market reporters in data collection, preparation, and dissemination
- Ability to plan, implement, and oversee training for market reporters
- Skills in maintaining strong relationships with industry contacts like trade associations, wholesalers, and retailers
- Proficiency in directing preparation and dissemination of market reports using systems like MARS
- Demonstrated ability to maintain operational integrity and report accuracy despite pressures or intimidation
- 52 weeks of time-in-grade at GS-12 for current federal employees
Full Job Description
This position is located in a field office of the Market News Division, Specialty Crops Program.
The office is responsible for collecting, preparing, and releasing market news data concerning the very heavy volume of fresh fruits and vegetables and for the training of market reporters.
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, 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 at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.
FOR THE GS-13 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-12 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: Developing and standardizing methods for the collection, analysis, and timely release of market news information.
Managing and directing work of market reporters in the collection, preparation and dissemination of market reports. Note: There is no education substitution for this 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. Major Duties:
- The duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Plans, implements and oversees the training of market reporters.
- Responsible for ensuring that strong relations are maintained with industry contacts
- Contacts regional and local trade associations, wholesalers, processors, retailers, and other interested parties regarding collection of marketing data.
- Directs the preparation and dissemination of a very large number of market reports and ensures reporters are accurately inputting data into the Marketing Analysis and Reporting Services (MARS) system
- Maintains integrity in operations and accuracy in reports despite pressures and attempted intimidation by financially interested parties.
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