This position is located in a Colorado, USDA/Rural Development (RD) office. The incumbent will provide state-wide leadership, guidance, and review in Community and/or Business Programs for the making and servicing of loans and grants for community facilities, public utilities, and/or businesses.

• Reviews and analyzes preapplications, applications, and all supporting documents to determine loan or grant eligibility and inputs data into appropriate automated database systems.
• Prepares written loan/grant recommendations and submits to supervisor for review.
• Reviews file for completeness and compliance with all prescribed regulations and practices before loan closing.
• Provides a wide variety of servicing actions for assigned less difficult loan cases.
• Analyzes annual financial statements and reports on closed loans.
• Works with a program specialist and/or supervisor in the development and implementation of an outreach and marketing program for the servicing area.

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

GS-11 level: Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09; or its non-Federal equivalent that demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of complex mortgage, commercial loan making/servicing, and credit principles and practices in order to assess the fundamental soundness of business, corporate, or municipal loans.

Experience independently examining applications, reviewing corporate financial documents, and servicing activities on a variety of mortgage and commercial loans.

Experience may have been gained in work equivalent to analyzing financial information provided by loan applicants; determining eligibility for loans, appraising real estate, repayment ability; reviewing, performing financial analysis of commercial concerns for investment purposes; servicing the loan portfolio of a bank and other loan association and approving applications for agricultural, commercial, and bank loans.

OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree if related OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related OR a combination of education as described and specialized experience.

GS-12 level: Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11; or its non-Federal equivalent that demonstrates:

Experience independently reviewing and making decisions on applications for commercial loans, municipal bonds, servicing a commercial/non-profit, and municipal loan portfolio, to include decision-making on liquidations.

Performing financial and credit analysis of commercial concerns, reviewing and examining feasibility studies and business plan proposals based on business structures and economic factors.

There is no education substitution for this grade level.

This is a Bargaining Unit position under AFGE LOCAL 3499 Bargaining Unit 1937 and is therefore eligible for labor organization representation.

This position may be eligible to telework up to four days per week, based upon the duties of the position.