WATCH: Join USDA’s Rural Partners Network as a Community Liaison!
Description: Hear first hand from a USDA Rural Development Community Liaison about the exciting Rural Partners Network positions now open. Visit https://www.usajobs.gov for more information and to apply. Search "Community Program Specialist" USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
The Rural Partners Network (RPN) is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between federal agencies and networks of local leaders and stakeholders working together to improve the community and economic well-being of rural areas.
USDA is hiring RPN Community Liaisons to work on the ground with selected Community Networks in Alaska, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Community Liaisons will help rural people clarify community improvement priorities, navigate federal programs, build relationships, and identify additional resources to promote locally driven solutions.
Complete applications must be submitted by December, 12, 2022.
Learn More During Zoom Office Hours
We have scheduled virtual office hours for prospective applicants to ask questions via Zoom.
- Thursday, December 1 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1611523638?pwd=aTRMYUJIVzM1QkxkRFZQN0NKV3N1QT09
- Monday, December 12 at 4:00 pm Eastern Time: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1601730459?pwd=aEN6UFZlSUluZTRqVkFJaXh3R01LQT09
The Jobs
Alaska
- 3 vacancies in Alaska
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691726400
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691724700
Kentucky
- 1 vacancy in Hazard, Kentucky
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691759800
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691758700
Mississippi
- 1 vacancy in Batesville, Mississippi
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691761900
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691760700
Nevada
- 3 vacancies in the following locations: Carson City, Elko, and Las Vegas, NV
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691728200
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691727300
New Mexico
- 1 vacancy in Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691763400
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691762400
North Carolina
- 3 vacancies, which may work from the following locations: Greenville, Halifax, Kinston, Lumberton, Winton, or Smithfield, North Carolina
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691733900
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691732700
Puerto Rico
- 3 vacancies in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691755600
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691755000
West Virginia
- 3 vacancies, in the following locations: Beckley, Cross Lanes, and Elkins, West Virginia
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691736800
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691734700
Wisconsin
- 3 vacancies, which may work from the following locations: Menomonie, Shawano, Spooner, or Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- Apply Merit Promotion (current federal employee, etc.): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691758100
- Apply DE (general public, displaced or surplus federal employees): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/691756800