Contact Representative (OA)

Job Title

Contact Representative (OA), GS-0962

Location

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Region in Aberdeen, South Dakota; Belcourt, North Dakota; Eagle Butte, South Dakota; Fort Thompson, South Dakota; Fort Totten, North Dakota; Fort Yates, North Dakota; Lower Brule, South Dakota; Mission, South Dakota; New Town, North Dakota; Pine Ridge, South Dakota; Sisseton, South Dakota; Wagner, South Dakota; Winnebago, Nebraska.

Duties

Your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to:

• Provides probate support by preparing estate planning guidance and drafting wills, life estates, codicils, revocations, and related documents.
• Maintains and updates automated probate tracking systems through final distribution of trust assets, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Reviews and updates manual and automated records based on Orders issued by Administrative Law Judges or Attorney Decision Makers.
• Prepares documentation to support distribution of trust assets, closing estate accounts, and assembling heirship and probate materials for case processing.
• Prepares and submits documents of record to the Interior Board of Indian Appeals and ensures proper assembly and transmittal of required probate documentation.
• Responds to inquiries from landowners regarding probate rules and provides clear, accurate procedural information.
• Drafts correspondence, reports, and memoranda, and files and maintains probate records in accordance with the Indian Affairs Manual and established procedures.