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Student Loan Control Rep 1

Grade 11

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  1. Student Loan Control Rep Trainee

    Similar to Grade 09

  2. Student Loan Control Rep 1

    Grade 11

  3. Student Loan Control Rep 2

    Grade 15

  4. Student Loan Control Rep 3

    Grade 20

  5. Student Loan Control Rep 4

    Grade 24

Summary of Job Description

As a Student Loan Control Representative 1, under supervision of a Student Loan Control Representative 2, you would perform a variety of collection activities requiring regular contact with borrowers, lending institutions, and third parties for the prevention and collection of defaulted student loans. You would be working in an environment using the current technology, software, and automated telephone operations to handle large volumes of incoming and outgoing phone calls. You would interact with customers via inbound and outbound calls, and would be responsible for the collection of delinquent and defaulted student loans. This may require you to explain the collection process; access computer systems in order to provide detailed explanations of accounts; update borrower account information; answer questions concerning the provisions and requirements of the student loan program; prepare written responses to requests for information; provide technical information on other collection options such as settlements; explain actions available to collect the debt; perform skip tracing activities utilizing the current technologies available; and obtain other pertinent information required to resolve cases. Other duties include but are not limited to negotiating payment arrangements, reviewing financial documentation, and initiating and determining the next step in collection actions. You would be expected to act in a calm, courteous, and reasonable manner even under very difficult, highly stressful, and at times, confrontational circumstances. All calls are subject to monitoring for quality assurance.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.  

On or before the date of the examination, the candidate must have two years of debt collection experience.

Qualifying Experience: Experience in debt collection, where the majority of collection activities include regular contact with borrowers, lending institutions, and/or third parties for the collection of delinquent and/or defaulted loans. Activities include experience with incoming and outgoing calls, personal contact; skip tracing and negotiations of payment arrangements. This experience is usually obtained from a collection agency or various other institutions that have a collection department within the institution and its primary function and activities are related to debt collection.

Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience limited to loan origination, customer service related to inquires about loan balances, payment due dates, loan payoff amounts, or other maintenance of accounts or inquiries about the account are considered non qualifying experience.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

26-178

How to Apply

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