Various positions | The Office of Water (OW) | Washington, DC

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Loan Specialist

his is an office-centered position–you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis. Partial work-from-home flexibilities may be authorized.

You will:

• Determine the general approach to identify, collect, evaluate data and make determinations.
• Serve as an expert on interpretation of regulations and technical issues to implement mission focused goals.
• Plan, arrange, and manage data collection and preliminary analysis work performed by the science assessors.
• Provide scientific expertise and furnish technical advice to other scientists, supervisors and higher management officials.
• Serve as a Contracting Officers’ Representative (COR).

You will spend 10% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.

Senior WIFIA Underwriter

This position is in Office of Water (OW), WIFIA Management Division.

If selected, you must work at the location stated in this announcement.

You will:

• Develop negotiation strategies for loans/loan guarantees to support public, corporate, and public-private entities that address infrastructure needs.
• Manage a pipeline of high value loans with complicated revenue streams and legal structures to finance complex, large-scale water infrastructure projects during the underwriting process.
• Serve as a nationally recognized expert on financing water infrastructure projects.
• Advise senior management and top Agency leadership on new developments and trends in public finance, project finance, corporate finance, and federal credit.
• Direct technical contract efforts as as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR Level II) for contracts and/or Project Officer for assistance agreements and Interagency Agreements in accordance with Federal and agency policies and practices.

You will spend 10% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.