Lead Loan Specialist (Loan Production Team Leader)

The Loan Production Team Leader (LPTL) is in a Loan Guaranty Service (LGY) field location. The primary purpose of this position is to ensure loan origination services are provided to Veterans and other program stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner protecting the financial interests of VA. The LPTL performs the functions of directing, planning, training, setting priorities and assignment of work to an assigned team of Loan Specialists with most of the team at the GS-11 level.Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement: 12/07/2023.
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 (or higher) and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-12.
1. 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. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. 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.
2. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT:
There is an IOR that must be met to qualify for the GS-1165 series. In order to be found qualified position, your resume must demonstrate you have:
Documented and supported experience that demonstrates 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.
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Education : 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.
3. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS: In addition to the above IOR, one full year, or more, of specialized experience performing work that is in or related to the work of this position is also required to be found qualified at the GS-12 level. This experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service.
Specialized Experience is documented experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is characterized by a thorough knowledge and demonstrated expertise of underwriting practices required in the VA's guaranteed home loan program. Expertise would display advanced understanding of the concepts outlined in the VA Lender's Handbook, VA PAM 26-7 and 38 CFR 36.4340.
Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.
Physical Requirements: Work is basically sedentary. The work requires some walking, standing, bending and carrying of light items such as files. Travel to different out of state areas may be required. Ability to operate a motor vehicle and travel in conjunction with official duties is required.
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.Employment Type: FULL_TIME