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USDA Liaison Officer – is a full-time USDA employee who has knowledge of USDA programs and activities and serve as a liaison between the USDA and university and provides assistance to the assigned institution in such areas as: student recruitment and counseling; academic program development; grants; teaching and research assistance; outreach; including working small and limited resource farmers.
- Primary
responsibilities
- The liaison officers are responsible for providing assistance to the 1890 Land Grant Institutions in the areas of student recruitment and counseling; academic program development; teaching and research assistance; and outreach activities with small and limited resource farmers.
- Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA)
Assignments – are intended to facilitate
cooperation between the Federal Government and non-Federal
entities through the temporary assignment of skilled personnel. An
IPA allows Federal employees to serve with non-Federal
organizations without loss of employee rights and
benefits.
- IPA
Agreement
– the Federal and non-Federal official and the employee must sign the IPA Agreement.
- Salary
– is equivalent to a GS-12 salary (ranging from $54,221-$70,484 plus locality pay, if applicable).
- Assignments - There
are a total of eighteen assignments.
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Location of Assignments – 1890 Land Grant
Universities
Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL
Alcorn State University, Lorman, AL
Delaware State University, Dover, DE
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA
Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY
Langston University, Langston, OK
Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO
North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee ,AL
University
of Arkansas @ Pine Bluff, AR
University
of Maryland @ Eastern Shore, MD
Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
West Virginia State
University, Institute, WV
- Length
of Assignment – is up to two years, and may be
extended an additional two years. All parties must agree to an
extension.
- Supervision – A
university official will supervise the Liaison Officers.
- Federal
Standard of Conduct and Conflict-of-interest
Provisions – apply to all Federal employees on an
IPA with a non-Federal entity.
- Termination – An
assignment may be terminated at any time at the option of the
Federal or non-Federal organization or employee.
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