Risk Management Specialist

**Duties**:

- Expand and improve the crop insurance program throughout the region using various resources by staying abreast of agricultural developments and conditions.
- Assess the need and interest for agricultural risk management tools for producers of specific agricultural commodities.
- Research, assemble and release crop insurance actuarial materials (rates, coverage levels, prices, program dates, codes).
- Participate in rating crop insurance and agricultural determinations.
- Utilize agricultural and crop insurance related principles, concepts, methods and practices to ensure compliance with actuarial soundness statutes.
- Perform outreach activities to support the successful development and delivery of agricultural risk management tools and education.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
- Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.

**Qualifications**:

- Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.- **Specialized Experience for GS-09**:

- Completion of at least two full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in a field of study in agriculture, agricultural business (agribusiness), agricultural economics, animal science, farm management, agronomy, horticulture, soil science, agricultural actuarial science or statistics, or any other field directly related to the field of agriculture **OR**:

- A combination of graduate level education and specialized experience. Only graduate education in excess of the first year (18 semester hours) may be combined with experience.

**Specialized Experience for GS-11**:

- Completion of at least three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited college or university with a major in a field of study in agriculture, agricultural business (agribusiness), agricultural economics, animal science, farm management, agronomy, horticulture, soil science, agricultural actuarial science or statistics, or any other field directly related to the field of agriculture; **OR**:

- Combination of graduate level education and specialized experience. Only graduate education beyond the second full year (36 semester hours) may be combined with experience.

For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here: Qualification Standards.
- 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.

**Education**:
**Additional information**:
Location Negotiable After Selection. Duty location will be determined upon selection and **must** be within any of the listed States below:

- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Tennessee

Salary will be determined based on location in which you are selected.-
- If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.- Benefits

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**How You Will Be Evaluated**:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applications will be evaluated in accordance with Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Delegated Examining Procedures and USDA policy using category rating. Applicants who meet basic minimum qualifications will be placed in