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Responsible for developmental and other routine assignments in the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs Home Loan program. The Regional Loan Center's jurisdiction encompasses the entire United States and its territories; involving wide and varied geographical, economic, social, political conditions, and influences, which have significant effects on the real estate and mortgage lending industries.Qualifications:

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): This position does have an IOR that must be met in addition to the Time-in-Grade and regular Specialized Experience qualifications. To qualify for this position, you must have the education or experience listed below:

• Experience that demonstrated 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. OR

• 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.

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To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:07/17/2026.
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 (unless if in the commuting area and eligible for a non-competitive hiring authority such as Schedule A, VRA, or 30% or more disabled Veterans).

• For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05 level.
• For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07 level.
• For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 level.
• If you are a current VBA employee outside of the commuting area seeking reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS-07 (or higher) and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-11.

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. These requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement and those applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
GS-07 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience:

  In addition to the IOR, applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-05) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in federal or other service that equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as experience conducting mortgage loan origination or servicing tasks, residential mortgage loan processing, OR experience with residential real estate sale transactions.

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  Education Substitution: Completion of one full year of graduate-level education with Superior Academic Achievement (SAA)*.

  OR

  Combination: A combination of education and experience equaling 100% of the required specialized experience.

  Superior Academic Achievement is based on the following:

• Class standing Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, based on completed courses.
• Grade-point average-Applicants must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed bases on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final two years of the curriculum.
• Honor Society Membership-Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society.

GS-9 Grade Level:

Specialized Experience: In addition to the IOR, applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-07) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in federal or other service that equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as experience underwriting loan applications and making eligibility determination for mortgage loans.

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Education Substitution: You must have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL. B or J.D., if related.
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Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

GS-11 Grade Level:

Specialized Experience: In addition to the IOR, applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-09) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in federal or other service that equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as experience auditing and performing quality review of mortgage loans, analyzing data from various programs to underwrite a variety of mortgage loans, and making eligibility determinations on a variety of loan types or grants.

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Education Substitution: PH. D or equivalent doctoral degree or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M, if related.

OR Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

Combining Education & Experience: If you do not fully meet the length of experience and education described for a specific grade level (e.g. have six months of experience and some coursework but not a degree), the two can be combined to total 100% of the requirement. Click here for more information.
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 is mostly sedentary; however, there may be some walking, standing, and carrying of light items such as papers, books, folders, and files.
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:A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications. Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.Employment Type: OTHER