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This position is located on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center (FBC), Acquisitions Division. This position is responsible for providing acquisitions services and support to FPAC agencies and others through proactive, collaborative, and hands-on acquisition planning, requirement documents development, oversight, policy development and advisory services, and workforce training/certification programs.
07/07/2023 to 07/17/2023
$84,546 - $109,908 per year
Pay range above is according to base pay scale, pay will be set dependent upon locality scale/location after selection.
GS 13
Few vacancies in the following location:
Yes
Not applicable, this is a remote position.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
13
No
No
FPAC-23-12038099 MP-SA
735924600
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Current or former employees of a base management agency.
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Farm Service County Employees (FSA County), Current Federal Current Career/Career Conditional Competitive (Federal Comp), Federal Current Career/Career Conditional Noncompetitive(Federal Non Comp), Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA), Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan(ICTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), and VEOA eligibiles. These positions are remote jobs.
There is no substitution of Education for Specialized Experience at the GS-13 grade level.
College Transcript: Submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit with your application package evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution was appropriately accredited by an accredited body recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education as equivalent to U.S. Education standards. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process; however, if selected, you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Please refer to the "How to Apply" section for instructions on submitting the transcript.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated based on your qualifications for this position as evidenced by the experience, education, and training you described in your application package, as well as the responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine the degree to which you possess the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies listed below:
The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration.
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) 10:59 p.m. Central Time (CT) the of 07/17/2023 this announcement.
Please submit your most recent Performance appraisal that is Completed/Rated/Signed by Supervisor, which is dated within the last 18 months. DO NOT submit a Performance Plan, Progress Review or Current Appraisal in which the rating period is still on-going/not complete. If you do not have one, please submit a note explaining why you do not have one. Failure to do this will result in an ineligible rating. For FSA/RMA employees applying for vacancies, be sure to follow the instructions in the "How to Apply and Required Documents" sections. If you have questions, please call the HR Specialist that is listed as the contact on the announcement BEFORE the announcement closes.
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 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 Online" 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-50's 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.
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 account to check your application status.
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Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/735924600. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.