Supervisory Program Manager

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. If education is required or being used to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts. Time-in-Grade Requirement: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. You must meet this requirement by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience Requirement For the GS-13 level: Specialized experience is at least one full-time year of experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is providing agricultural or crop insurance technical support and guidance to agricultural program or federal crop insurance program stakeholders. This experience is identified as: Implementing program management and oversight, Providing explanations of agricultural programs or federal crop insurance programs to agricultural stakeholders', and Conducting impartial, uniformly consistent agricultural program or risk management evaluations. For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp. 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.

The Deputy Director collaborates with the Director in determining and guiding the direction and management of the Regional Office.
Develop procedures and guidance for new insurance, reinsurance, and/or agricultural risk management programs.
Interpret agricultural laws, regulations, and policies for an insurance program.
Develop, implement, and promote multiple peril crop insurance (MPCI) as a key component of agricultural risk management theories and strategies, and provides liaison with educational and marketing industries.
Work with Product Management in the testing of public acceptance of new and revised crop insurance program features through various media and informational efforts.
Provides technical assistance in policy and procedural interpretation and application, training and crisis management with all deliverers of crop insurance, various agricultural agencies and insurance trade associations or other organizations.
Act as a regional clearinghouse, provides customer service, assistance, problem identification and resolution or referral to higher agency officials within Insurance Services for timely guidance and direction.
Ensures effective communication with all crop insurance deliverers, agency personnel or other interested parties on important issues, policies and changes of the crop insurance program by scheduling and attending meetings, briefings.
Writes new or modifies existing policies or procedures for a program where no precedent exists. Provides written comments on new policies and procedures to improve a programs operation.