The incumbent serves as the Senior Loan Technician in the Loan Administration (LA) Value Stream (VS). Serves as a team leader and a source of technical expertise and guidance to Loan Technicians and Assistant Loan Technicians in the LA VS who are involved in monitoring mortgage companies and financial institutions that service loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pursuant to Title 38, United States Code and protecting the interests of the U.S. Government.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2023. 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. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: This position does have an IOR (Individual Occupational Requirement) that must be met in addition to the Time-in-Grade and regular Specialized Experience qualifications. In order to qualify for this position, your resume must demonstrate you have: Specialized Experience IOR: Experience that demonstrated competence in agricultural, commercial, realty, or other types of loans. Experience may have been gained in such work as reviewing and passing upon applications for agricultural, commercial, bank or mortgage loans; servicing a loan portfolio of a bank or other loan association; performing financial analysis of commercial concerns for investment purposes; appraising real estate to determine property valuation; or similar work. And, Based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: Experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrating a thorough knowledge and expertise in all phases of the loan guaranty program. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience demonstrating a competence in agricultural, commercial, realty, or other types of loans. Experience such as reviewing and passing along applications for agricultural, commercial, bank or mortgage loans. Experience servicing a loan portfolio of a bank or other loan association. Experience performing financial analysis of commercial concerns for investment purposes. Experience appraising real estate to determine property valuation, or similar work. 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is predominantly sedentary, although there is some standing, walking, bending, stooping, and carrying of light items such as files, computer printouts, and other types of records. Must be able to carry on effective interviews and telephone conversations. The incumbent must be able to travel by common carrier and be able to operate a motor vehicle. The work requires long periods of sitting and mental concentration. Extensive use of a personal computer and keyboard are required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Atlanta Regional Benefits Office 1700 Clairmont Rd Decatur, GA 30033 US
• Name: Marraine Melton
• Email: [email protected]