PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended. This position is located at Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Division of Customer Service. As a Legal Administrative Specialist, you will be responsible for analyzing customer requests, approving, and validating legal evidence, and communicating with the customer to process claims, make a payment, or complete other securities transactions.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-11. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As a Legal Administrative Specialist, you will: Examine electronic case files and approve the validity of legal evidence of varied and complex nature. Adjudicate and authorize claims for eligibility and payment for retail securities programs without further review. Analyze customer requests and supporting evidence to ensure that securities transactions are processed in accordance with Treasury securities regulations, policies, precedents, and federal and state laws in a timely and efficient manner. Provide technical guidance and assistance in the investigation of transactions where the outcome may result in a loss to the Treasury, accounts receivables are collected, or fraudulent activity occurs. Assume responsibility for the integrity of the master file records of United States Savings Securities by providing the correct posting of transactions.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé. Specialized Experience: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes applying analytical and evaluative techniques to the identification, consideration, and resolution of issues or problems of a procedural or factual nature, in researching securities laws and regulations in order to adjudicate cases and support decisions. Examples of such experience may include: - Evaluating documents, such as death certificates, fiduciary appointments, and decrees of distribution , to determine their acceptability; OR - Preparing recommendations for leads, supervisors, etc., for processing transactions for which there is no clear precedent; OR - Adapting procedures as needed in order to process transactions; OR - Explaining decisions to investors. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. Specialized Experience: For the GS-07, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes experience carrying out successive steps in fact-finding and analysis of issues necessary to apply securities laws and regulations and approve legal evidence in order to resolve related issues. Examples of such experience may include: - Examining and approving legal evidence, forms, and financial instruments or savings bonds to support transactions or claims; OR - Interacting with co-owners or attorneys in fact (power of attorney) to obtain information and resolve problems; OR - Using judgement to determine which procedures are applicable to different transactions. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: completed at least 1 full year of graduate level education (18 semester hours, 27 quarter hours or equivalent). OR You may have a bachelor's degree and meet one of the following requirements for superior academic achievement: A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies. OR You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-09, you must have been at the GS-07 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-07, you must have been at the GS-05 level for 52 weeks.

Education

Contacts

• Address Division of Customer Service 200 Third St Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]