You will serve as a Paralegal Specialist for the Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Capital Access (OCA), Processing and Disbursement Center - PDC in Fort Worth, Texas. This position provides support working with attorneys in the processing, and the closing and disbursing of all disaster loans along with receiving work assignments and general direction and supervision from the Assistant Center Director-Accounts / Deputy Assistant Center Director-Accounts or their designee.

Duties

As a Paralegal Specialist at the GS-0950-11, some of your typical work assignments may include: Reviews home loans, business loans, and economic injury loans to a variety of ownership entities, such as individuals, sole proprietor, partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations, limited liability corporations, and limited liability partnerships. Reviews borrowers' correspondence and initiates appropriate action to borrower request, such as loan modifications, progress inspections, or document issuance, and drafts written responses. Addresses inquiries and concerns from borrowers and/or their authorized representatives regarding loan closing documentation and loan requirements. Manages a portfolio of loans and performs all loan closing duties including the most recent difficult and complex cases while complying with portfolio management requirements directives. Proficient in using desktop computers, common word processing programs, electronic spreadsheet programs, the Internet, and other electronic presentation programs in performance of daily duties. IMPORTANT NOTES: This is a Permanent position, which is a competitive service status position with a full-time work schedule. Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required while on assignment (up to seven days a week and ten to twelve hours a day). This position is not included in a bargaining unit. THIS POSITION IS LOCATED AT THE FORT WORTH OFFICE AND IS ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR AD HOC TELEWORK Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• You must be a current SBA career/conditional competitive service employee.
• You must successfully complete a background investigation.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Credit score below 500 may negatively impact consideration in the hiring process.

Qualifications

Generally, time in Non-Pay status is not creditable towards the specialized experience requirement listed below.You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.You may qualify based on experience, education or a combination of both. Experience: To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level. GS-11: To qualify you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-09 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following: *Providing customer service by responding to internal or external customer inquiries. *Utilizing Microsoft Office applications or equivalent, such as Outlook, Word, Internet Explorer, PowerPoint, Excel, and/or Access to produce documents. *Reviewing residential and business loan documents for compliance within established statutes or regulations. *Assisting borrowers with closing residential and business loans. *Providing guidance as a team lead monitoring workload or leading a project. 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; religious; 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.

Education

OR

Education:

If qualifying based on education, you must submit transcripts by the closing date of this announcement or you will not be found eligible.

GS-11: PH.D or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field or 3 full years of related progressively higher level graduate education leading to a PH.D or equivalent doctoral degree

OR

A combination of experience and education as indicated above.

Related Graduate Education: Major study -- finance, business administration, economics, accounting, insurance, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law, real estate operations, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural economics, farm, livestock or ranch management, or rural sociology.

Contacts

• Address Processing and Disbursement Center - PDC 14925 Kingsport Road Fort Worth, TX 76155 US
• Name: Brandon Pimpleton
• Email: [email protected]