Loan Assistant/Specialist (Agricultural)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; Coalville (UT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency in Coalville Summit, UT and Castle Dale, UT seeks a Developmental Loan Assistant to support the Farm Loan Manager in administering farm loan programs for one or more counties.

The role includes interviewing applicants, reviewing applications, providing credit guidance, and applying program knowledge. On-the-job and classroom training will be provided, with potential reassignment after training depending on workload and vacancies in the

Responsibilities

• Interview loan applicants and review loan applications to assess eligibility.
• Provide technical advice and credit counseling to borrowers.
• Apply knowledge of farm loan programs and eligibility requirements.
• Apply knowledge of farm financing, financial management concepts, farm operations, land use and value, and prices and markets in serviced farming areas.
• Participate in a development program with on-the-job and classroom training in administering farm loan programs.
• Assist the Farm Loan Manager in administering farm loan programs in a USDA Service Center serving one or more counties.
• Upon completion of training, may be reassigned to a different duty station if workload activity changes or vacancies occur.

Job description

This position is located in the Farm Service Agency, COALVILLE SUMMIT UT and CASTLE DALE EMERY UT

This position assists the Farm Loan Manager in administering farm loan programs in a USDA Service Center serving one or more Counties.

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.