Farm Loan Officer - Posting No. 1656
Date Posted
December 02, 2009
Employer
USDA Farm Service Agency
Location
multiple locations
Job Description
Description of Organization: Through the Farm Loan Program, the USDA’s Farm Service Agency makes direct and guaranteed farm ownership (FO) and operating loans (OL) to family-size farmers and ranchers who cannot obtain commercial credit from a bank, Farm Credit System institution, or other lender.
Description of Duties Farm Loan Officer's (FLO's) are required to successfully complete all of the requirements for the Farm Loan Training Program. FLO's may be reassigned to another training office during their training program. In addition, upon completion of training program, FLO's may be reassigned, at any time, to a different duty station if workload activity changes or vacancies occur.
The selectee assists the Farm Loan Manager in administering farm loan programs in a USDA Service Center serving one or more Counties. Major responsibilities include making, servicing, and supervising loans and providing technical advice, guidance, and credit counseling to loan applicants and borrowers. The selectee has delegated loan approval authority to approve loans within a specific limit. The position requires knowledge of agency farm loan programs and eligibility requirements, the technicalities of farm financing and credit, financial management concepts and practices, farm operations, land use and value, production and marketing of various crops and livestock, and prices and markets in the serviced farming areas.
Job Qualifications
please see announcement
UK302317-FSA-AD and UK301968-NY-DD at http://www.usajobs.gov/.
Salary
Not Available
Contact Information
Aileen Anderson
Phone - 315-477-6309
Fax - Not Available
Cell Phone - Not Available
Email - Aileen.Anderson@ny.usda.gov
Website - www.fsa.usda.gov (agency website) www.usajobs.gov (announcement and application website)