Supervisory Appraiser (Valuation Officer)

The position is in the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Loan Guaranty Services. This position serves as the Valuation Officer (VO). The VO oversees all VA real estate appraisals for VA-guaranteed home loans anywhere. The VO ensures that Veterans, lenders and others receive prompt, professional and accurate customer service. The VO reports to the Assistant Director (AD), C&V Value Stream (CVVS).
Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/05/2024.
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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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.

• If you are a current VBA employee seeking reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS-14 (or higher) and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-14.

Specialized Experience: You must document one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in this organization.
Specialized experience

• GS-14 Level: 1 year of specialized experience related to this position which was equivalent to the GS-13 level. Specialized experience is defined as a thorough knowledge and demonstrated expertise of appraisal practices for residential properties, as well as experience dealing with Construction and Valuation policies and procedures.

SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL ABILITIES: Candidates must also demonstrate experience or training they possess, or have the potential to develop, the qualities of successful supervision as follows:

• Assign and review work of subordinates, train and work effectively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and with different levels/areas of training;
• Accomplish the quality and quantity of work expected within set limits of cost and time;
• Plan own work and carry out assignments effectively;
• Communicate with others effectively both orally and in writing in working out solutions to problems or questions relating to the work;
• Understand and further management goals as these affect day-to-day work operations; AND
• Develop improvements in, or design new work methods and procedures.

Volunteer Experience: 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; religions; 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.
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: The work normally involves mental rather than physical exertion. This position is primarily sedentary with some walking, standing, bending, stooping and carrying.
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