Loan Technician

Company: Department Of Agriculture
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: November 19, 2022

Job Description:

Summary

This position's duty station is in an Area Office in one of the listed Cities for USDA, Rural Development (RD).

The incumbent provides information to the public as well as technical and clerical support on various loan, grant, and loan guarantee programs administered by RD. The incumbent initiates and prepares correspondence, maintains records, report and files.

Initial cutoff date for referral consideration is 5 business days from the open date of the vacancy announcement, 2 November 2022.

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Overview

* Accepting applications
* Open & closing dates

10/26/2022 to 12/30/2022


* Salary

$36,118 - $58,158 per year

Salary Table identified for Rest of United States. Locality pay will be based on duty location of selectee.


* Pay scale & grade

GS 5 - 7


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Locations

Many vacancies in the following locations:

* Anniston, AL


* Bay Minette, AL


* Camden, AL


* Cullman, AL


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* Huntsville, AL


* Montgomery, AL


* Ozark, AL


* Tuscaloosa, AL


* Tuskegee, AL


* Batesville, AR


* Bentonville, AR


* Forrest City, AR


* Fort Smith, AR


* Harrison, AR


* Hope, AR


* Jonesboro, AR


* Little Rock, AR


* Monticello, AR


* Pine Bluff, AR


* Russellville, AR


* Crestview, FL


* Gainesville, FL


* Jacksonville, FL


* Lake City, FL


* Marianna, FL


* North Fort Myers, FL


* Ocala, FL


* Royal Palm Beach, FL


* Wausau, FL


* Athens, GA


* Barnesville, GA


* Blackshear, GA


* Camilla, GA


* Cartersville, GA


* Dawson, GA


* Douglas, GA


* Fort Valley, GA


* Monroe, GA


* Newnan, GA


* Sandersville, GA


* Statesboro, GA


* Thomson, GA


* Tifton, GA


* Champaign, IL


* Effingham, IL


* Galesburg, IL


* Jacksonville, IL


* Marion, IL


* Mount Vernon, IL


* Oregon, IL


* Ottawa, IL


* Peoria County, IL


* Pontiac, IL


* Princeton, IL


* Quincy, IL


* Bloomfield, IN


* Columbia City, IN


* Crawfordsville, IN


* Indianapolis, IN


* Jasper, IN


* Knox, IN


* Muncie, IN


* North Vernon, IN


* Bowling Green, KY


* Campbellsville, KY


* Columbia, KY


* Elizabethtown, KY


* Hazard, KY


* Lexington, KY


* London, KY


* Madisonville, KY


* Mayfield, KY


* Morehead, KY


* Nicholasville, KY


* Paintsville, KY


* Shelbyville, KY


* Williamstown, KY


* Alexandria, LA


* Amite, LA


* Lafayette, LA


* Monroe, LA


* Montgomery, LA


* Natchitoches, LA


* Batesville, MS


* Booneville, MS


* Brandon, MS


* Brookhaven, MS


* Canton, MS


* Decatur, MS


* Greenville, MS


* Grenada, MS


* Gulfport, MS


* Hattiesburg, MS


* Indianola, MS


* Jackson, MS


* Meridian, MS


* Natchez, MS


* Philadelphia, MS


* Starkville, MS


* Yazoo City, MS


* Asheboro, NC


* Asheville, NC


* Bolivia, NC


* Dobson, NC


* Franklin, NC


* Greenville, NC


* Halifax County, NC


* Henderson, NC


* Jefferson, NC


* Kinston, NC


* Lumberton, NC


* Raleigh, NC


* Rockingham, NC


* Sanford, NC


* Shelby, NC


* Smithfield, NC


* Spruce Pine, NC


* Statesville, NC


* Winston-Salem, NC


* Winton, NC


* Ada, OK


* Atoka, OK


* Chandler, OK


* Duncan, OK


* Enid, OK


* Hobart, OK


* Muskogee, OK


* Stillwater, OK


* Vinita, OK


* Woodward, OK


* Caguas, PR


* Camuy, PR


* Guaynabo, PR


* Juana Diaz, PR


* Mayaguez, PR


* Morovis, PR


* San Juan, PR


* Utuado, PR


* Aiken, SC


* Anderson, SC


* Chester, SC


* Columbia, SC


* Columbia, SC


* Florence, SC


* Irmo, SC


* Kingstree, SC


* Orangeburg, SC


* Spartanburg, SC


* Walterboro, SC


* Chattanooga, TN


* Cookeville, TN


* Green Brier, TN


* Jackson, TN


* Knoxville, TN


* Lawrenceburg, TN


* Nashville, TN


* Union City, TN


* Abilene, TX


* Abilene, TX


* Alice, TX


* Amarillo, TX


* Amarillo, TX


* Angleton, TX


* Belton, TX


* Brownwood, TX


* Bryan, TX


* Canton, TX


* Decatur, TX


* Edinburg, TX


* Edna, TX


* El Paso, TX


* Fort Stockton, TX


* Fredericksburg, TX


* Georgetown, TX


* Hebbronville, TX


* Henderson, TX


* Hillsboro, TX


* Huntsville, TX


* Lubbock, TX


* Lufkin, TX


* McKinney, TX


* Mount Pleasant, TX


* Ozona, TX


* Seguin, TX


* Temple, TX


* Uvalde, TX


* Victoria, TX


* West, TX




* Remote job

No


* Telework eligible

Yes-as determined by the agency policy.


* Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.


* Relocation expenses reimbursed

No


* Appointment type

Permanent -


* Work schedule

Full-time -


* Service

Competitive


* Promotion potential

7


* Job family (Series)

1101 General Business And Industry


* Supervisory status

No


* Security clearance

Other


* Drug test

No


* Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk


* Trust determination process

Suitability/Fitness


* Announcement number

DE-OCA-11701958-2023-KKM


* Control number

685270100



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This job is open to

* Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.


* The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.



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Duties

* Serves as a primary representative providing technical information, assistance and guidance to applicants, borrowers, and lenders, concerning eligibility and other requirements for loans, grants, and/or loan guarantee programs administered by RD.
* Reviews and analyzes various loan/grant-servicing and related documents, forms and materials submitted for adequacy, completeness, accuracy of information, and conformity to established procedures and requirements.
* Prepares and reviews closing related documents to ensure adequacy, completeness, accuracy of information, and to ensure conditions are met in advance of closing.
* Follows-up and works with borrowers, closing agents and attorneys in preparation of closing.
* Performs routine clerical functions such as phone coverage, mail, monitoring supplies, timekeeping duties, etc.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

* You must be a US Citizen or US National
* Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt
* Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check
* Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
* Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution
* Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

For GS-05: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS- 04; or its non-Federal equivalent ability to perform a full range of clerical assignments and required resolution of recurring problems related to loan/grant programs. Work consists of related steps, processes or methods requiring identification and recognition of the differences from among a variety of recurring situations regarding loan/grant programs. The work requires subject-matter knowledge of the organization's programs, business practices, rules, processes or operations in order to determine what is being done, why actions are taken and how to accomplish assignments. Experience may have been gained in work comparable to compiling, maintaining, and updating data, list, and reports using knowledge of where data is obtained and independently acquiring information to perform standard tasks OR Bachelors or equivalent degree OR 4 full years of progressively higher-level education leading to such a degree. Equivalent combination of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level.

For GS-06: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS- 05; or its non-Federal equivalent that demonstrates: use of specialized clerical assistance to perform a full range of standard and non-standard assignments resolving a variety of

non-recurring problems and including a variety of assignments having different unrelated steps, processes, or methods such as processing transactions for credit programs, commercial, real estate, or other loan/grant programs having similar characteristic but requiring the use of

different steps, procedures or methods to complete the process. Experience may have been gained in work comparable to examining program applications for completeness, discrepancies, meeting eligibility requirements, and other special requisites and identifying situations that are

inconsistent with previous experience in similar situations using available information, regulations, or other guidelines or may involve fraud, etc. There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-06 level.

For GS-07: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS- 06 level; or its non-Federal equivalent that demonstrates evaluative judgment within well defined, commonly occurring aspects of more than one type of functional specialization such as processing transactions for various and unrelated credit programs, commercial, real estate or other loan programs. Assignments operate using different sets of rules, regulations, and procedures and knowledge of such procedures is usually attained through extensive, increasingly difficult, and practical experience with the programs worked. Experience may have been gained in work comparable to analyzing reports for various branches or work units and preparing division-wide evaluations with written presentations of findings, recommendations, forecasts and justifications and include designing detailed charts and graphs. There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-7 grade level.

NOTE: To be considered for this position, you must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the GS-1101 series set forth in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards by the closing date of the announcement. A copy is available at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards

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 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

Combining Education and Experience: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements at grades GS-5 and below, except for Reporting Stenographer, GS-5.

* For GS-5 level positions (except Clerk-Stenographer, which does not require specialized experience), only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience

Additional information

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.

To be eligible for appointment to this position, the new hire must be cleared to come on board once the results of the fingerprint check, review of the OF-306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and the candidate's Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (eQIP) entries have been reviewed and determined to be satisfactory. This position requires a favorable credit check as part of the background investigation.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc) should contact: USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).

If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

This position may be eligible to telework up to four days per week, based upon the duties of the position. This position may also be eligible for flexible work arrangements as determined by agency policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

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* Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.



How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applications will be evaluated in accordance with Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Delegated Examining Procedures and USDA policy using category rating. Applicants who meet basic minimum qualifications will be placed in one of two or three categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. Within these categories, applicants eligible for veteran's preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans. Category placement will be determined based on applicants' quality of experience and the extent they possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) or competencies:

* Knowledge of Computer Applications
* Knowledge of loan making and loan and/or grant making and servicing policies and procedures.
* Office Skills
* Oral Communication
* Skill in planning, scheduling, and organizing work.
* Written Communication

Your application, including the online Assessment Questionnaire, will be reviewed to determine if you meet (a) minimum qualification requirements and (b) the resume supports the answers provided to the job-specific questions. Your resume must clearly support your responses to all the questions addressing experience and education relevant to this position. Those determined to be in the best qualified category will be referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Note: If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Providing inaccurate information on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service.

Clicking the link below will present a preview of the application form; i.e. the online questionnaire. The application form link below will only provide a preview and does not initiate the application process. To initiate the online application process, click the "Apply" button to the right.

To view the application form, visit: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11701958

* Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.


* Required Documents

As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.

The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration.

* Resume that includes:1) personal information such as name, address, contact information; 2) education; 3) detailed work experience related to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment (month/year); title, series, grade (if applicable); 4) other qualifications.
* If education is required or you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the application if it includes your name and the necessary course information; however, if you are selected, you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Education must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any education was completed at a foreign institute, you must submit with your application evidence that the institute was appropriately accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as equivalent to U.S. education standards. There are private organizations that specialize in this evaluation and a fee is normally associated with this service. For a list of private organizations that evaluate education, visit the NACES website. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translation.
* If claiming veteran's preference, you must submit a DD214, Certificate of Release from Active Duty, which shows dates of service and discharge under honorable conditions.If currently on active duty you must submit a certification of expected discharge or release from active duty service under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is submitted.Veteran's preference must be verified prior to appointment.Without this documentation, you will not receive veteran's preference and your application will be evaluated based on the material(s) submitted.
* If claiming 10-point veteran's preference you must provide the DD214 or certification requirements (see above bullet), plus the proof of entitlement of this preference as listed on the SF-15 Application for 10-point Veterans' Preference. The SF-15 should be included but is not required. Failure to submit these documents could result in the determination that there is insufficient documentation to support your claim for 10-point preference. For more information on veterans' preference visit FEDSHIREVETS
* Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP,

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