The primary purpose of the position is to serve as a team leader and a source of technical expertise and guidance to Loan Technicians and Assistant Loan Technicians in the Loan Administration (LA) team 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.

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to: Serves as a team leader and a source of technical expertise and guidance to Loan Technicians and Assistant Loan Technicians. Provides guidance and training to staff; monitors quality, quantity, and timeliness of work; and assists with reviews and reports. Communicates with a variety of individuals (veterans, real estate attorneys, banking industry professionals, etc.) to provide information on the Loan Guaranty program. Uses knowledge & skill to apply techniques to obtain & evaluate a borrower's ability (or lack thereof) to reinstate a delinquent loan & to conclude whether a borrower can afford to repay the loan. Instructs servicers/holders on VA requirements for servicing delinquent VA loans and procedures. Reviews cases for approval and when appropriate, for payment. Implements training and process design to improve the quality of work completed Work Schedule: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday. Subject to change to meet the needs of the agency. Compressed/Flexible: Available. Telework: Available. Virtual: Yes, This is a virtual position to any of the existing [10] LGY locations: [Atlanta, Cleveland, D.C., Denver, Houston, Nashville, Phoenix, Roanoke, St. Paul, St. Petersburg]. Employee is expected to report to one of the [10] LGY locations listed in the announcement based on telework agreement. Position Description/PD#: Loan Specialist, GS-1165-12 #34186A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.

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:02/08/2024. 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. If you are a current VBA employee requesting a reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS-12 grade (or higher) and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-12. 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. You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" showing you are in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATION REQUIREMENT (IOR): This position does have an IOR (Individual Occupational Requirement) that must be met in addition to the basic Specialized Experience qualifications. In order to qualify for this position, you must have the education or experience listed below: This position requires Undergraduate and 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. OR 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. Specialized Experience: For the GS-12 you 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 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. There is no education substitution for this grade level. Physical Requirements: The work is mostly sedentary; however, there may be some walking, standing, and carrying of light items such as papers, books, folders and files. 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 Houston Regional Benefit Office 6900 Almeda Rd Houston, TX 77030 US
• Name: Teresa Teekell
• Phone: (303) 914-5499 X3626
• Email: [email protected]