• Leading a team of credit specialists responsible for examining the most complex credit-related risks and loan portfolio management processes within the Farm Credit System (FCS). This includes examinations of FCS credit administration, underwriting, risk identification, large and complex loans, lending programs, collateral appraisal, overall asset quality, key credit control processes, and other loan portfolio management processes.
• Managing the ongoing operations of the Credit Specialist Program including planning, scheduling, hiring and staffing, training, and supervising assigned staff within the program.
• Providing guidance and oversight to Agency credit-related examination activities. Identifying and addressing areas of significant risks, including initiating analyses and examinations of emerging systemic risks in credit-related areas as well as individual System institutions with emerging risks.
• Providing leadership and influence on Agency-wide credit-related matters. Leading, participating, or providing resources to serve on Agency taskforces that develop credit-related guidance, policy, informational memorandums, bookletters, regulations, and address other matters related to credit areas.
• Providing presentations and briefings to senior FCA officials on credit-related issues. Represents the FCA at meetings with the Farm Credit System and interagency meetings to discuss FCA policies, decisions, and views. Leading presentations with FCS boards of directors and senior managers to foster corrective actions and other positive changes within FCS institution operations.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a current FCA career or career conditional competitive service employee.
• If an applicant does not comply with submitting all the required documentation as stated in the announcement, they will be removed from further consideration.
• Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• You may be required to successfully complete a supervisory or managerial probationary period, unless previously served.
• Submission of a financial disclosure report may be required.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the VH-41 (GS-15) band level if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the VH-40 (GS-14) band level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position includes serving as a subject-matter expert and managing and leading a team of examiners who analyze FCS institution's credit-related risks and operations.

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, knowledge, and skills 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 Requirements: Current and former Federal employees (including VEOA eligibles) must have served one-year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade in the Federal service to meet time-in-grade restrictions per 5 CFR 300, Subpart F, by the closing date of the announcement.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Structured Resume Review: You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your résumé (no more than 2 pages) and required supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the minimum qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your résumé will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your résumé, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

The competencies/KSAs you will be assessed on are listed below:

• Analyzing credit risk and risk management processes
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Leadership
• Oral Communication
• Project Management
• Skill in written communication.

If you are found qualified, your application will move forward to additional phase(s) of the review process.

All qualified Non-Competitive applicants and the best qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.

All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best qualified merit promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.

Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above based on the competencies listed above; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp