U.S. Small Business Administration

This position is with the Small Business Administration, Office of Capital Access, Loan Guaranty Processing Center with a duty station of Citrus Heights, CA or Hazard, KY. Serve as a loan processing assistant and is responsible for assisting in evaluating loan applications for program eligibility and creditworthiness.. Researches and responds to Certified Development Company (CDC)/Lenders inquiries involving questions of a substantial but non-complex nature, such as the status of a loan application, franchise, appraisal, or modification request.. As a loan processor with responsibility for making regular determinations of completeness and appropriateness of a commercial loan application; AND. 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).. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) is a program that helps "surplus" or "displaced" federal employees improve their chances of finding a new job in their current agency (intra-agency, i.e. SBA employees only).

loan processing assistant

Summary This position is with the Small Business Administration, Office of Capital Access, Loan Guaranty Processing Center with a duty station of Citrus Heights, CA or Hazard, KY. Serve as a loan processing assistant and is responsible for assisting in evaluating loan applications for program eligibility and creditworthiness. Duties Salary by location: This announcement reflects the GS base salary. The actual salary will be based on the selectee's location, grade and step. Citrus Heights, CA: $54,203 - $70,466 Hazard, KY: $49,025 - $63,733 <ul><li>Screens and analyzes less complex loan applications and financial information to determine merits for acceptability of loan request.</li><li>Screens loan applications to ensure that all required forms and documents are included and properly completed.</li><li>Assists Loan Specialists in tracking and processing loan applications, appraisals, environmental, or franchise documents pertaining to loan.</li><li>Inputs loan data and forms into electronic systems, updates the database, and initiates the printing of loan documents.</li><li>Researches and responds to Certified Development Company (CDC)/Lenders inquiries involving questions of a substantial but non-complex nature, such as the status of a loan application, franchise, appraisal, or modification request.</li><li>Performs other duties as assigned. </li></ul>This is a bargaining unit position with AFGE Local 228. This is not a drug testing designated position (TDP). Requirements Conditions of Employment <ul><li>You must be a U.S. Citizen</li><li>You must successfully complete a background investigation.</li><li>You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period. </li></ul>Qualifications GS-07 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-6 grade level in the Federal service) obtained in either the private or public sector: <ul><li> As a loan processor with responsibility for making regular determinations of completeness and appropriateness of a commercial loan application; AND</li><li> Utilizing automated systems including the data entry, tracking and processing loan applications with attendant documents such as credit reports, appraisals, business valuations, or environmental reviews pertaining to a commercial loan. </li></ul>These Qualifications Must Be Clearly Referenced In Your Resume. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications web site: General Business and Industry Series, 1101 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. All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 05/22/2024. Education Education may not be substituted for experience for this position. Additional information Reasonable Accommodation Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation in your online application. Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for Reasonable Accommodation must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a Reasonable Accommodation, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire Career and InterAgency Career Transition Assistance Programs: Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) is a program that helps "surplus" or "displaced" federal employees improve their chances of finding a new job in their current agency (intra-agency, i.e. SBA employees only). Inter-Agency Career Transition Assistance (ICTAP) is a program that helps "surplus" or "displaced" federal employees improve their chances of finding a new job at another agency (inter-agency; i.e. not applying to their current or former agency). You are eligible for CTAP/ICTAP if: <ul><li> You are a current federal employee who meets the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee meaning you have received official notice that your job is no longer needed or that you will lose your job by Reduction-in-Force (RIF).</li><li> Your agency, or the agency to which you are applying, is accepting applications from within or outside of the permanent workforce.</li><li> The position to which you are applying MUST BE in the Local Commuting Area of the position of record from which you are being displaced.</li><li> You meet the qualifications and other requirements of the job for which you are applying. This includes being rated as well-qualified for the position (score of 85 or better based on your responses to the competencies and associated questions listed within the assessment). </li></ul>Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. For additional information visit www.sss.gov. Consistent with work requirements and current SBA Policy, and all applicable provisions of the collective bargaining agreement with AFGE the SBA offers employees opportunities to perform work at an alternative location (e.g. home). Telework may be available. For information on Telework visit: http://www.telework.gov/ Additional vacancies may be filled from this vacancy announcement if additional vacancies occur within 180 days of the date the certificates were issued. How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Applicants meeting basic eligibility requirements will be further evaluated based on the information provided in the Occupational Questionnaire. To preview this questionnaire, click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12406456. You will be rated based on your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The occupational questions relate to the following Competencies required to do the work of this position: <ul><li>Attention to Detail</li><li>Customer Service</li><li>Decision Making</li><li>Flexibility</li><li>Integrity/Honesty</li><li>Reading Comprehension</li><li>Reasoning</li><li>Writing </li></ul>In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Your application will be evaluated under the Category Rating method based on your responses to the assessment questions. You will receive a score based on the responses to the assessment questions. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities. If you meet basic requirements for the position, your application will be evaluated and placed into one of three categories: <ul><li> Best-Qualified: highly proficient with an overall comprehensive level of knowledge, skills and abilities related to the job based on a complete review of experience, education, and training as described in an applicant's responses to the assessment questions and resume.</li><li> Well-Qualified: competent in the position with an overall accomplished level of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the job based on a complete review of experience, training, and education as applicable, as described in an applicant's responses to the assessment questions and resume.</li><li> Qualified: an overall basic level of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the job based on a complete review of experience, education, and training, as described in an applicant's responses to the assessment questions and resume. </li></ul>Candidates eligible for veterans' preference will be placed ahead of other candidates in the appropriate category for which they have been rated. Additionally, preference eligibles who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent and who meet Minimum Qualification Requirements will automatically be placed in the Best Qualified Category. Career and InterAgency Career Transition Assistance Programs: To receive selection priority for this position, you must: <ul><li> meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria as described under "Additional Information" above; and</li><li> submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility claim which can be found under the Required Documents section of this vacancy announcement. </li></ul>Required Documents Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date/time of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position. Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all appropriate documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your application to our system. You must verify that the documents are in the system with your application prior to final submission. 2. A complete Occupational Questionnaire <ul><li> Your Resume - must contain the following information:</li><li>Name, address, telephone number, email address;</li><li>Supervisor's contact information, if available (indicate if you would prefer to be notified before your supervisor is contacted);</li><li>Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade);</li><li>If qualifying based on related unpaid (e.g. volunteer service) experience, you must provide hours worked per week and beginning/ending dates (mm/dd/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy);</li><li>If other than full time you must provide hours worked per week.</li><li>An integral part of our selection process includes the completion of reference checks. Please provide the names and telephone numbers of three professional references (e.g., current and/or former supervisors, college or university professors, managers or coordinators of volunteer activities, etc.) who know your qualifications relative to this position and who we can contact to verify your credentials. Do not list personal friends or relatives.</li><li>PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates (mm/dd/yyyy - mm/dd/yyyy) of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.</li><li>If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you will not be considered for this vacancy.</li><li>Should you submit multiple resumes, only the latest uploaded resume will be reviewed.</li><li>If you are requesting a reasonable accommodation to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, submit documentation to support your request, including the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form found here. https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire</li><li> In addition to the online application (resume and responses to the occupational questionnaire), you are required to submit the following forms, if applicable. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure all documents are legible:</li><li>Federal employees must submit proof of your permanent career/career-conditional competitive status ("1" or "2" in Tenure, block 24 and "1" in Position Occupied, block 34). Submit SF-50 showing current grade and tenure and an SF-50 showing highest (permanent) grade ever held, if different. NOTE: An award or detail SF-50 will not be accepted as proof of status.</li><li>If you are using education as a substitution for experience (the announcement will state whether this is allowed), or if there is an educational requirement for this position, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial or official) that clearly describes your qualifying education. If selected, official transcripts will be required;</li><li>If you are claiming Veteran status, you must submit a copy of all required documents to support your claim (including a DD-214 showing character of service)--see VetGuide;</li><li>To receive consideration for a special appointment authority (30% Disabled Vet, Schedule A, Peace Corps, VRA, etc) you must submit all required documentation supporting your claim for Special Appointing Authorities;</li><li>Veterans who are still in the service may be granted tentative preference on the basis of information contained in their applications, but they must produce a DD-214 (showing the character of service) or other proof of service to receive consideration for veterans' preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit FedsHireVets.gov.</li><li>CTAP/ICTAP/RPL Applicants: Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority must provide proof of eligibility (RIF separation notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity termination), SF-50 documenting separation (if applicable), your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location with your application per 5 CFR 330, and your most recent performance appraisal.</li></ul>

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