Agricultural Marketing Specialist (Regulatory)

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.


FOR THE GS-09 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 grade level) that demonstrates:

- Knowledge of the livestock, meat or poultry industries operations and practices
- Utilizing verbal communications for presenting facts, findings, and/or recommendations on technical information.
- Utilizing written communications for creating clear, concise, detailed reports of facts and findings on technical information.
- Using computers and software create spreadsheets, graphs, charts and performing word processing functions.
- Working independently.

OR; master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in accounting, animal science, agricultural business, agricultural economics, food processing, commerce, transportation, marketing, or closely related field.

OR; LL.M., if related

FOR THE GS-11 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-09 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: .

For the GS-11 Level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-09 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates:

- Experience in financial or trade practices in livestock, meat or poultry industries.
- Conducting investigations and technical research.
- Working independently and creating work plans with little supervision.
- Experience researching, interpreting, and applying Local, State and Federal regulations and standard operating procedures.

OR; Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in accounting, animal science, agricultural business, agricultural economics, food processing, commerce, transportation, marketing, or closely related field.

OR: 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.

OR: LL.M., if related.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for these grade level.

TRANSCRIPTS are required if:

• You are qualifying for the position based on education.
• You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education.
• This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university.