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Human Resources

The Human Resources (HR) office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in South Dakota performs the full range of HR actions for the agency and its employees, to include: recruitment, classification, training, retirement, performance management, counseling and discipline, leave, health and life insurance benefits, workers compensation, awards, and maintenance of personnel records. In our continuing effort to provide you with as much relevant and timely information possible, we have included links to web pages and information papers which we hope you will find useful in your decision-making concerning employment with NRCS. We appreciate your comments and suggestions to improve our Web page.

    South Dakota Human Resources Office
    Phone: (605) 352-1200
    Fax: (605) 352-1270
    E-mail: sdhumanresources@sd.usda.gov
    Mailing Address: USDA-NRCS
                              Federal Building, 200 4th St. SW, Room 203
                              Huron, SD 57350-2475

Thrift Savings Plan Updates

Thrift Savings Plan What's New Update is a monthly publication of TSP Plan News and used as an avenue to provide information about various TSP topics as well as for special TSP related announcements.

NRCS is Looking For a Few Good Men and Women

Job Hunting Tips

KSA Guide

NRCS Vacancies in South Dakota

It is our practice to announce each of our vacancies in two different ways. You will often see Vacancy Announcement Numbers like NRCS 07-SD-007A and NRCS 07-SD-007B to indicate these two ways.

A Vacancy Announcement like NRCS 07-SD-007A will have the suffix "Merit Promotion" after the title of the job being filled. It is open to current and former Federal employees, (commonly referred to as Status candidates), Career Transition Assistance Program CTAP/ICTAP Eligibles; Veterans Employment Opportunities (VEOA), and those who are eligible for special hiring authorities (i.e., Veterans' Recruitment Appointment (VRA); Handicap; Peace Corps; Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA); 30% Disabled Veteran)

A Vacancy Announcement like NRCS 07-SD-007B will have the suffix "Delegated Examining Unit" after the title of the job being filled. It is open to all U.S. Citizens. You may see the term "Non-Status" candidates used to distinguish between all U.S. Citizens and the Status candidates covered in the category above.

An applicant can apply under both announcements by submitting a separate application for each. It is recommended that you clearly label each application package with the number of the announcement you are applying for.

Current Vacancies

Career Intern and Student Employment Opportunities

NRCS hires college graduates and college students for scientific and technical positions. Information about these programs can be found at this link: Career Intern/Student Employment Programs

2008 Pay Rates for Federal Employees in South Dakota

Especially for NRCS Employees

Languages of Vacancy Announcements

We have developed a detailed guide for vacancy announcements under Quickhire and another guide for announcements that use KSA's. The language of the guides is similar but not identical so please read them very carefully when you are considering applying for a position. Of course, if you have any questions after you read the guide, please contact us and we will be happy to walk you through it.

Non-Competitive Candidates - Quickhire

Non-Competitive Candidates - KSA's

Career Intern Appointments

Education - Junior College

More Careers Information

	Carreras Competitivas en el Servicio de Conservación de Recursos solo-texto descargar para imprimir (10 MB) descargar para imprimir (41 MB)
	Challenging Careers in the Natural Resources Conservation Service Printable Version

Homeland Security

USDA Homeland Security measures continue to evolve with regard to hiring new employees and protecting vital physical facilities and computer networks. NRCS is initiating some new procedures that will impact all employees as well as applicants for employment. We thought you might find these links of interest.

E-verify - Explains the steps we must take to verify the identity of new employees.

LincPass - Explains the new employee identification card that will be issued to current and new employees.

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) - PII is information that can be used to uniquely identify an individual. The following are some examples of data which when combined with an individual's name constitute PII. For a decision on other data elements not indicated on this list, you should contact the USDA Chief Privacy Officer.

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