Financial Litigation Technician

About the role

If Selected For This Position, You Will Join a Well-respected Team As a Financial Litigation Technician With The United States Attorney's Office In The Eastern District Of Virginia.

Responsibilities

Typical Work Assignments Will Include:

• Obtains and analyzes financial information on debtors to determine their present and future potential ability to pay.
• Initiates contact with debtors concerning payment of their obligations, their ability to pay, and negotiates written payment schedules to assure successful collection of debts.
• Conducts skip-tracing activity when necessary to locate debtors, using own discretion in determining those techniques and any follow up needed to locate the debtor.
• Reviews and reconciles computerized debt collection printouts with office collection records.
• Makes determinations as to the appropriateness and cost effectiveness of pursuing the obligation either by suit or proceedings subsequent to the entry of judgment to enforce collection.
• Interprets and enforces judgments in criminal cases, and independently performs all functions to collect amounts imposed as a result of the prosecution of criminal cases.
• Communicates with debtors to present options for debt payments, answer questions, explain pertinent procedures, clarify information and work cases to resolution.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

Conditions of employment:

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period or a 2-year trial period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the experience/education requirements for the grade level as described below:

GS-05: To be eligible at the GS-5 level, you must have:

• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4 level;
• Four years of education above the high school level;
• A combination of both specialized experience and education as explained below.

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience providing routine debt identification and collection support.

Examples of specialized experience may include the following:

• Using automated systems to initiate documents for debt collection actions, track debtor accounts,
• Communicating with debtors to present options for debt payments,
• Producing a variety of written documents and materials utilizing a wide range of office software applications ensuring proper format, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.

OR Education: Completion of at least four (4) years of education above the high school level.

OR Combining Experience and Education: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this position.

To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Benefits

The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.