Administrative Management Specialist

Administrative Management Specialist

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location(s): Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado, Washington, District of Columbia, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, Boston, Massachusetts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New York, New York, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Portland, Oregon, Austin, Texas

Salary Range: $142488 - $185234 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Field Operations Staff of the Deputy Administrator for Field Operations (DAFO). This position represents DAFO by providing instruction and policy guidance to State and county FSA offices related to administrative and management issues including, but not limited to those related to budget, workload analysis and reporting, personnel, fiscal management, and administrative services.

Major Duties:

• Administrative management issues are nationwide in scope, characterized by rapid change, and of critical importance to the operations of the Agency and to the provision of program services to Agency clientele.
• Represents DAFO in carrying out special assignments including those dealing with confidential issues.
• Oversees assigned clerical support staff. As assigned, provides general direction or policy advice to lower graded specialists on DAFO’s Field Operations Staff who work with specific farm programs and related operations.
• Represents DAFO and the Agency n dealings with Rural Development and Natural Resource Conservation Service personnel in Service Centers involving common administrative policies and the sharing of administrative resources.
• Represents DAFO in working with SEDs to ensure that service center personnel are properly trained in applicable administrative management policies and procedures.
• Speaks for DAFO in providing policy direction to individual State and county FSA offices on a nationwide basis as appropriate.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with employees and officials at all levels of the Agency.
• Participates fully in the development of Agency and inter-Agency plans and initiatives for resource sharing and common administrative policies and systems.
• Provides overall coordination and representation on the implementation and assessment of new and revised policies and and initiatives in FSA country offices.
• Represents DAFO by providing instruction and policy guidance to State and county FSA offices in all areas related to budget, workload analysis and reporting, personnel, fiscal Management and administrative services.
• Participates fully with Agency program officials in the development, implementation and review of program policies, procedures and regulations.
• Conducts negotiations to resolve conflicts and controversies for employee conduct issues and initiates necessary action to assure understanding and acceptance of DAFO policies and objectives.

Qualifications: 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-14 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Providing advisory services and authoritative policy interpretations of administrative management initiatives such as budget and fiscal management, procurement, workload analysis and reporting, human resources management, resource management and other administrative services; AND Experience performing analytical processes sufficient to evaluate the interrelated issues affecting administrative management initiatives on administrative programs, farm programs and farm loan program delivery for long-range administration of mission oriented programs. 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.

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 11:59p.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 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.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 to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. 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. Please verify that documents you are uploading 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. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc.

Application Deadline: 2025-12-31