As a Legal Administrative Specialist at the GS-0901-12, you will be part of Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management. If selected, you will be responsible for analyzing and adjudicating full range of retirement reconsideration requests and benefit reconsideration requests as they affect denied requirement and insurance claims, survivor claims, and overpayments under Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS.)

Duties

Analyze and adjudicate the full range of retirement reconsideration requests and benefit reconsideration requests as they affect denied retirement and insurance claims, survivor claims, and overpayments under CSRS and FERS retirement systems. Analyze and determine merits of the initial claim based on cited laws and regulations. Review financial information submitted and compare the details with reports from credit reporting agencies and comparable cost listings. Review and prepare recommendation proposals for write-off, terminate, suspend, compromise, or waive documented overpayments. Sends detailed, specific reconsideration request determination correspondence to include information about how to appeal the final decision to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB.)

Requirements

Qualifications

For the GS 12: You must have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level or payband in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing all of the following: 1) Resolving appeals from prior decisions on matters under retirement and insurance programs; AND 2) Reviewing decisions involving benefits or entitlements concerning health benefits and life insurance determinations; AND 3) Reviewing consideration of requests for overpayments for final determinations; AND 4) Preparing decisional letters on a variety of legal and technical issues on retirement benefits. Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. One year at the GS-11 grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS12 level. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days of 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; 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. Note: A full year of experience is considered to be 40 hours of work per week. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must clearly indicate their duties and responsibilities for each position and annotate the number of hours a week spent in each position. This may be reflected on the resume as either hours work or full-time.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this position, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone. No substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address Retirement Services 1900 E St., NW Washington, DC 20415 US
• Name: OPM Human Resources
• Phone: 202-606-9321
• Email: [email protected]