New Job Loan Assistant/Specialist (Agricultural) In Missouri

Duties

• Interviews loan applicants, reviews loan applications, and conducts factual inquiries to determine the eligibility of applicants. This activity is prioritized.
• Technical support services, including advice, credit counseling, guidance, and credit counseling, are available to loan applicants and borrowers.
• He has been given the authority to approve loans within a specified time frame. Additionally, he has been given loan approval authority to approve loan applications within a specific time frame.
• Advisory services on farm loan programs and eligibility requirements, including guidance.
• Provides technical expertise in farm financing and credit, financial management concepts and practices, farm management, farm operations, land use and value, production and marketing of various crops and livestock, and prices and markets in the serviced farming areas.
• Approves the decision to approve or disapprove individual loans and guarantees over delegated amounts, as well as individual guarantees and other delegated quantities.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• If you are a US Citizen or US national, you must be at least USCIS certified. Only US citizens or US nationals are eligible.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service or exempt from it. All men must be exempt from the selective service by 12/31/1959.
• Upon satisfactory outcome of a satisfactory background check and/or fingerprint check, you will be contacted with instructions to obtain your own fingerprints. Please note that we cannot refund any fees for fingerprints.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless otherwise specified, upon completion of probationary period.
• Public Law 104-134 mandates that federal payments made by direct deposit to financial institutions of all Federal employees must be made to their financial institution by direct deposit, and all employees must have federal payments made through direct deposit.
• E-Verify: Getting a job bypassing the E-Verification process. Learn more about E-Verified and your rights and responsibilities at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• Moreover, FLO's can be relocated to another duty station at any time after the training program ends, subject to workload changes or vacancies.
• In addition to classroom and on-the-job training, this position develops skills in managing farm loan programs to aid in the agricultural sector.

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• Benefits

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• Required Documents

  Depending on your position within the government, you may be eligible for additional benefits such as permanent, part-time, temporary, and intermittent. However, if you are already an active federal employee, you may still be eligible for some of the benefits listed below. If you have already worked for a federal agency, verify your eligibility for any benefits before applying.

  Your application package must include all the necessary documents. Incompatible software, system failures, and other issues may affect the quality of your application. Encrypted documents will not be accepted by our office. Failure to provide required, understandable documents may result in a loss of consideration.

  • To write a Resume that includes: 1) self-employee information, such as name, address, contact information, 2) educational details, 3) detailed work experience related to this position as described in the major duties, including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, title, series, grade (if any), and other qualifications.
  • If you are using education to qualify or are required to submit a copy of your college transcripts, you must include an official transcript prior to entering on duty. Education must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any education was completed at a foreign institute, you must provide evidence that the institute was accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as equivalent to the national accreditation system. If any educational program is not required to include a copy or your college transcript, even if it includes your name,
  • If you want to claim veteran's preference, you must provide a DD214, Certificate of Release from Active Duty, which identifies dates of service and discharge under honorable conditions. If you are currently on active duty, you must submit a certification of expected discharge or release from active duty service under acceptable conditions by 120 days. If you do not provide this documentation, you will not be considered eligible for veteran's preferance and your application will be evaluated based on the materials you provide.
  • In order to claim your preference for a 10 point distinction, you must also submit either the DD214 or certification requirements (as detailed in the bullet point) and proof of entitlement to the preference as stated on the SF-15 Application for 10 Point Veterans' Favorite. The absence of these documents may lead to the conclusion that there is insufficient documentation to support your claim. See FEDSHIRE for more information.
  • To be eligible for CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority, employees who are on their last day or vacation, as per 5 CFR 330, must provide proof of eligibility through: RIF separation notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity termination, SF-50 documenting separation (as applicable), and most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location.

  Education level varies depending on the individual's educational background, and certain qualifications may be necessary.

  To be considered a qualification, an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must provide accreditation to the school, which only provides attendance and/or degrees from accredited institutions. This is a prerequisite for qualifications.

  Insufficient information not listed in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or affect the overall rating. Please provide the correct information for consideration and consideration in writing.

• How to Apply

  Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.
  
  Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement in order to be entered into the system prior to its closing.
  
  This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this.
  
  To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents.
  
  NOTE: If a document is resubmitted, it replaces the previous submission, which means the previous document is no longer available to the Human Resources Office. If you are adding to, rather than replacing a previous submission, you must upload both the old document and the new document. You must verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBS transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Applicants may combine all like required documents (e.g. SF-50s or veteran docs) into one or more files and scan for uploading into the application. Each file must not exceed 3MB. Grouping like documents into files will simplify the application process. Documents must be in one of the following formats: GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, PNG, RTF, or Word (DOC or DOCX). Uploaded documents may not require a password, digital signature, or other encryption to open.

  Agency contact information

  Gail Nichols-Barton

  Email

  [email protected]

  Address

  Farm Service Agency
  1400 Independence Ave SW
  Washington, DC 20250
  US

  Next steps

  Your application will be reviewed to verify that you meet the eligibility and qualification requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS to check your application status. We expect to make a final job offer approximately 40 days after the deadline for applications.
  
  Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

• Fair and Transparent

  The federal hiring process is designed to be impartial and open-handed. The following guidelines are helpful in ensuring compliance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy #0, also known as the EEO, Policy #0 is the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy. What does the EEO policy say about the Equal Employment Chance (EEC) policy?
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

Required Documents