The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.

For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Program Officers administer a program or major component of a program by planning, coordinating and managing services and activities in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and established program performance standards and objectives.

Incumbents recommend and implement changes to work plans, program performance standards and objectives for providing services, and eligibility requirements as permitted by program regulations and guidelines; and may train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of subordinate staff and/or a staff consisting of several students, volunteers and/or contract staff. This position works within the Department of Agriculture and is located in Elko, NV. The incumbent will be responsible for administering the daily program activities involved in the Department of Agriculture's Livestock Identification Program, these duties will include the complete oversight of a large intermittent deputy brands inspection workforce. The Program Officer 1 will be responsible for coordinating the hiring, training, work assignments, and monitoring of this workforce. Incumbent will be responsible for tracking and monitoring time worked on all intermittent deputy brand inspectors; ensuring compliance to state, personnel, and retirement regulations regarding the intermittent work; and monitoring and recording revenues collected and developing reports for management on the program activities. Incumbent will be responsible for administering the Recorded Brands Program, which includes researching new brands applications for conflicts of interest, transferring ownership of current brands with accurate and complete documentation, recording of temporary out of state brands. Additional duties will include entering data, corresponding with requestors on missing or conflicting information, compiling new brand data into database, publishing new brand book and supplements and distributing to brand inspectors and other entities.

Incumbent is responsible to manage livestock movement permits by sending out yearly renewals, receive renewals and verify eligibility, check head tax list to ensure permit holders are current, notify state veterinarian so new permits can be issued, notify permit holders of any violations, and maintain accurate records of permits issued and returned. The incumbent will respond to inquiries, and requests information on program areas, explaining regulations and procedures required; and takes complaints and reports from the public involving movement, transfer or sale of livestock and forwards to division administrator for action. Travel up to 25% of the time may be required. **Please note: if you applied for recruitment 33429, you will need to apply again for this recruitment.**

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: