Program Specialist Agriculture US Peace Corps Washington, DC

• Geographical or regional technical resources-as resources in all areas related to the project design, implementation, monitoring, learning, adaptation, and reporting of agricultural plans. Provide a global perspective as a channel for departmental information and resources to positions, and assist in the formulation of effective plans and training strategies, including the formulation of strategic objectives, related policies and procedures, and supporting documents.
• Monitoring and evaluation-reviewing data, conducting analysis and making recommendations on the results of project status reports and other project data, including progress in achieving target results, trends, challenges, and promising practices to inform agricultural planning.

• Training course development and/or consulting-assist in the evaluation of global formal and informal training and development activities, and assist in the formulation of effective new strategies, including the formulation of strategic objectives and supporting documents. Participate in the review of agricultural planning projects involving major institutional policy issues, point out the pros and cons of the proposal, and seek to improve the institutional arrangements and structure to promote growth and development. Participate in the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the inter-agency global food security strategy.
• Resource Management and Dissemination-Identify, manage and provide relevant and current agricultural sector resources, including policy and strategy documents, technical resources and best practices, to support the resource needs of the position.

Travel Required
Occasional travel – Up to 20 percent (20%) may be required for this position.

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
03

Job family (Series)
0301 Miscellaneous Administration And Program

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Intelligence Background Information:

Section 611 of the Peace Corps Handbook applies to this position. This article prohibits the employment of certain personnel who have engaged in intelligence activities or have connections with intelligence agencies in the past 10 years. If you have worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), you are not eligible to work for the Peace Corps in any capacity and you should not apply for a job.

Form PC-1336: Applicants found to meet other conditions will be required to submit a complete Form PC-1336 or a signed statement in the future, stating whether the applicant is involved in or has any intelligence-related activities or related work. If so, The nature and date of his or her involvement. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the applicant being assessed as ineligible for further consideration. If you have any other types of possible intelligence contacts, your application will not be further considered before you submit this form. Unless it involves the Central Intelligence Agency or the National Security Agency (NSA) (see below), if your contact with the Intelligence Agency involves an immediate family member who has worked or has worked in the intelligence service, the immediate family member should fill out the form, not the applicant. Relying on memory is usually sufficient to answer most (if not all) questions. If your immediate family members work or have worked for the CIA, they should not be asked to fill out this form. Please contact your relative in person—not by phone, email, social networking, or any other non-personal method—and ask him or her to contact the CIA’s General Counsel’s Office.

If you or your immediate family members are employed by or associated with the NSA, you or your family members must call the NSA Pre-Public Review Office at 443-634-4095.

Program Specialist Qualifications:

You must meet the professional experience of the grade level you choose to consider by 11:59 PM. Eastern Standard Time (EST) for the announcement deadline. You will gain all qualified experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure that your experience is fully recognized, please indicate the date of employment and the number of hours worked per week in your resume by month, day and year.

The vacancy is announced in the first (1) grade:

FP-3
Qualified experience at the FP-3 level includes at least one year of professional experience equivalent to the FP-4 or GS​​-11/12 level, which is related or directly related to the job line of the position to be filled, and has the ability to successfully perform the position Applicants with specific knowledge, skills and abilities of duties Professional experience includes: plan design, implementation and monitoring related to strengthening community agricultural plans, including gardens, animal husbandry, nurseries, beekeeping, planting, cultivation, harvesting and capacity building of agribusiness.

Additional information about eligibility requirements is outlined in the general program position in the OPM Eligibility Standards Manual. You can view it on the OPM website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/.
Working hours requirements: Internal applicants and federal employees who currently hold or have held non-temporary appointments in competitive or exceptional service positions within the past 52 weeks must meet the “working hours” requirements (have been in the next higher grade of your application) 52 weeks in the junior year). Note: All current or former federal employees (including internal employees) must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), “Personnel Action Notice”, indicating identification and working time Qualified. SF-50 must include your position, title, series, level, steps, tenure and type of service (competition or exception).

All Qualification requirements must be met before the deadline for this announcement. The eligibility statement will be verified.