Clarification from the agency

United States Citizens (Applications will be reviewed and selections made on a continuous basis, depending on the staffing need and level of disaster activity, until the closing date.)

IMPORTANT: THIS POSITION IS LOCATED AT THE FORT WORTH OFFICE AND IS NOT TELEWORK ELIGIBLE
PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Due to the amount of mandatory overtime, outside employment is strongly discouraged.

As a Legal Assistant at the GS-0986-6/7, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Prepare and/or review legal or loan documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance to assist individual borrowers with residential and/or business loans.
• Perform clerical functions, which include answering inquiries promptly, handling sensitive information securely and professionally, and dealing with controversial issues tactfully.
• Present information clearly and professionally, produce well-written grammatically correct, error-free materials, and contact colleagues or external customers regarding inquiries.
• Use computer and other electronic equipment and software applications to produce written reports, spreadsheets, emails, and other documents or reports.

The PDC Ft. Worth, TX location is conveniently located near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and DART/TRE Station.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• By applying for this position with SBA's Office of Capital Access, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster.
• Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required while on assignment (up to seven days a week; may include holidays).

Conditions of employment

• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel credit card.
• Favorable background investigation and credit check are required.
• Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required while on assignment (up to seven days a week and ten to fourteen hours a day).
• Credit Score must be at least 500.
• This is a non bargaining unit position.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

Generally, time in Non-Pay status is not creditable towards the specialized experience requirement listed below.
You must meet all qualification requirements at the time you submit your application.
You may qualify based on experience or education.

Experience: To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement.

You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level.

GS-06: To qualify you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-05 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following:

• Communicating clear and concise information to internal or external customers;
• Maintaining or safeguarding documents/records containing sensitive or confidential information in a business environment, such as documents containing personal financial information or Personally Identifiable Information (PII); AND
• Preparing documents.

In addition to the above specialized experience, applicants must indicate proficiency in utilizing Microsoft Office programs, such as Word and Excel on their resume.GS-07: To qualify you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-06 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following:

• Communicating clear and concise information to internal or external customers;
• Maintaining or safeguarding documents/records containing sensitive or confidential information in a business environment, such as documents containing personal financial information or Personally Identifiable Information (PII);
• Preparing documents; AND
• Proofreading, editing or verifying the accuracy of documents (such as loan documents, real estate documents, contracts, etc).

In addition to the above specialized experience, applicants must indicate proficiency in utilizing Microsoft Office programs, such as Word and Excel on their resume.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applications will be reviewed for qualifications. You will be contacted directly if selected.