Loan Assistant/Specialist (Agricultural)

This position is located in the Farm Service Agency, Iowa State Office, Independence, Iowa.

This position assists the Farm Loan Manager in administering farm loan programs in a USDA Service Center serving one or more Counties. Farm Loan Officers are required to successfully complete all of the requirements of the Farm Loan Training Program. FLOs may be reassigned to another training office during their training program.

Duties

• Conducts interviews with loan applicants, reviews loan applications, and makes preliminary inquiries to develop factual information to assess the eligibility of applicants.
• Providing technical advice, guidance, and credit counseling to loan applicants and borrowers.
• Applies knowledge of agency farm loan programs and eligibility requirements.
• Applies technical knowledge 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.
• This position works in a developmental capacity receiving on-the-job and classroom training in the administration of farm loan programs.
• These positions assist the Farm Loan Manager in administering farm loan programs in a USDA Service Center serving one or more Counties.
• Upon completion of training program, FLOs may be reassigned, at any time, to a different duty station if workload activity changes or vacancies occur.

Requirements