Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

Agricultural Marketing Service•Beltsville, MD

About The Position

Serves as an Export Certifying Officer responsible for maintaining continuity of export certification systems, leveraging program data and information assets, improving quality controls for the export certification program, and serving as a liaison between the work unit, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and foreign government officials on detainments and non-tariff trade barriers. The role contributes to dairy export program and trade development, represents the Agency in bilateral agreement negotiations, manages complex foreign registrations for dairy facilities, and translates operational feedback into technical requirements for IT. It also supports headquarters and field offices by developing procedures and guidelines and prepares management reports, briefing materials, discussion papers, and procedures on complex dairy-related issues. The position requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level for the GS-12 level. Qualifying experience includes establishing and implementing dairy export program objectives; reviewing export certificates for compliance with policy and foreign requirements; instructing field personnel on export regulations and updates; providing technical support and interpreting foreign import requirements; collaborating with customers to ensure compliance; verifying and auditing certification processes; issuing accurate export documentation; and responding to customer inquiries about dairy export certification and registration services. There is no education substitution for the grade level, and the position has no education qualification requirement.

Requirements

U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
Individuals born male after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service or exempt.
Satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
Successful completion of a one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
Pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
Sign a memorandum of understanding acknowledging geographic mobility as a condition of employment.
Enroll in Continuous Vetting as required for USDA employees.
For current federal employees applying for promotion, meet the time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression.
For the GS-12 level, have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level, including experience with dairy export program objectives, export certification compliance, field personnel instruction, foreign import requirements, certification auditing, export documentation, and customer service.
No education substitution is available for the GS-12 grade level.

Responsibilities

Develop and contribute to program and trade development to implement department, agency, and program policies.
Represent the Agency in negotiations involving bilateral agreements with other organizations and Federal agencies.
Execute complex foreign registrations, including listing dairy facilities with foreign trading partners.
Translate operational feedback into technical requirements for IT.
Develop procedures and guidelines for headquarters and field offices in assigned administrative areas.
Prepare management reports, briefing materials, discussion papers, and procedures on complex dairy-related issues.
Maintain export certification systems, leverage program data and information assets, and improve export certification quality controls.
Serve as a liaison with the Foreign Agricultural Service and foreign government officials regarding detainments and non-tariff trade barriers.
Establish and implement dairy export program objectives, review export certificates, and instruct field personnel on export regulations and updates.
Interpret foreign import requirements, support dairy export certification, and verify and audit certification processes.
Issue accurate export documentation for dairy-based products and respond to customer inquiries about certification and registration services.