This announcement has been amended for clarifications to the Hiring Path. The Lead Appraiser is located in the Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office at any of the existing Loan Guaranty operational locations to include St. Petersburg, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Cleveland, Ohio; St. Paul, Minnesota; Nashville, Tennessee; Houston, Texas; Roanoke, Virginia; and Atlanta, Georgia.

Duties

Team Lead: Serves as a team leader over multiple review appraisers working in remote locations, with the majority of the team at the GS-11 level. Serves as subject matter expert with high degree of technical proficiency, coach, facilitator and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus building activities among team members. Ensures that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to an assigned team and integrated into the team's objectives and output. Oversight of Full Range of C&V Operations: Completes oversight tasks to ensure operations meet all applicable VA program performance goals, policies, and procedures, including oversight of external program participants including fee personnel and personnel at VA approved lenders and servicers associated with appraisal activities. Performs a full range complex appraisal review processes to ensure established values, appraisal reports and notice of value (NOV) meet VA and industry standards. Reviews, facilitates, and approves applications and waiver requests and makes recommendation to management for final action for construction and stakeholder complaints, and assists in determining appropriate disciplinary actions or sanctions against stakeholders who violate VA and industry standards. Appraisal Review: The lead appraiser is responsible for a wide range of complex appraisal review related responsibilities to ensure established values, appraisal reports and notice of value (NOV) meet VA and industry standards. Serves as a technical expert and maintains close managerial coordination with C&V management. Reviews appraisals of real property, including existing, new, and proposed properties, consisting of one to four living units for the purposes of loan origination, liquidation, and partial release. Customer Service: Communicates clearly with Veteran, Veteran-designees, contractors, officials, and other stakeholders throughout the construction, remodeling, or adaptation process. Organizes, develops, and leads periodic formal and informal training to fee personnel, program participants, and other parties/organizations including but not limited to trade organizations and VA staff.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A probationary period may be required for employees and supervisors
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards, associated individual occupational requirements (IOR), and individual qualification standards covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here. To qualify, applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-11) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as possessing an expert knowledge of and skill in applying a wide range of concepts, valuation approaches, practices, regulations, policies, precedents, analytical and diagnostic techniques, and procedures related to Veteran Affairs guidelines and Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices. Applicants must also have extensive knowledge of appraisal concepts and practices to appraise and/or review the appraisals of property with complex characteristics and to analyze complicated valuation problems.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-12 level.

Contacts

• Address Cleveland Regional Benefit Office Federal Building, 1240 East 9th St Cleveland, OH 44199 US
• Name: Melody Williams
• Phone: (313) 596-7255
• Email: [email protected]