Being Age 55 or Older is Good for The Environment! The Agricultural Conservation Experienced Services (ACES) Program offers unique opportunities in Scientific, Technical, and Agricultural support for individuals aged 55 and over to support the Department of Agriculture?s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through a grant administered program awarded to National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions). This is a unique program where your talents, expertise, and experience will truly be valued. The ACES program provides an opportunity to work side-by-side with NRCS staff that are doing important work every day.
Benefits: Paid Health Insurance Premium for positions budgeted at 60+ hours per pay period, Accrued Vacation and Sick Leave, Paid Federal Holidays, and optional Vision and Dental Insurance available for positions budgeted at 35+ hours per pay period.
NOTE: Positions listed here do not guarantee employment for any definite period. Enrollment in the Experienced Worker Programs administered by NEW Solutions is temporary. The enrollment relationship between NEW Solutions and the Enrollee is an "at-will" relationship. This means that an Enrollee is free to terminate enrollment at any time during the enrollment period, and NEW Solutions and the Agency have the right to terminate the relationship with the Enrollee.
NOTE: An ?ACES Enrollee? is not a federal employee, nor an employee of NEW Solutions. An ?ACES Enrollee? is a participant in a grant program established through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the USDA-NRCS and administered by NEW Solutions.
Please note, this opportunity applies to applicants legally eligible to work in the United States.
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Qualifications:Minimum of 10 year(s) of experience in working with federal and state agricultural and natural resource partners and functions to deliver conservation to private lands. OR BA/BS Degree in Soil Science, Agronomy, Forestry, Agriculture or related field. - Valid State Driver?s license.
- Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Excel
- Conservation desktop, Hel Determination tool and HEL/WC tracking tool, PowerPoint
Duties:Enrollee will provide mentoring support to NRCS Field Offices and staff in the onboarding, office space utilization, and functions of partner and affiliate employees, and complete management and strategy functions to increase delivery of technical assistance at the field level. - Coordinates information technology services including IT resource planning and inventory management to meet local needs, systems access, access requests, organizing work, and controlling work products in conformance with existing laws, rules and regulations, guidelines, and policy. 34%
- Provides support, and guidance, to the M & S unit and leadership team in planning, managing, coordinating, evaluating, and reporting to deliver conservation at the state, area, and/or field levels. Applies an understanding of the relationships between the assigned organizational component and the programs and functions of other NRCS organizations and other USDA and governmental agencies, in effectively accomplishing a broad range of complex services and functions. 33%
- Coordinates office space issues for field/area offices and partners. This includes providing reports on the status of NRCS office space within the organizational component. 33%
Other:- Subject to mandatory USDA Computer Security and Privacy training as mandated by law.
- Travel Requirements: This position may be required travel to Field Offices using GOV.
- Health and Safety Considerations: N/A
- Required Safety Gear: Enrollee hours will primarily be completed in an office environment. If outide accomodations are needed, the enroll should be prepared to provide safe walking shoes/boots suitable for rough terrain; enrollee should wear clothing suitable for inclement weather when necessary.
- Physical requirements: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position
- Remote work arrangements are available for this position.
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