Realty Specialist

Duties

• Prepare a variety of complex realty-related written reports, assessments, and multimedia communications.
• Seek and provide advice, share information, maintain awareness in changes in policy, regulations, and procedures and build relationships amongst peers within the realty program.
• Answer questions and provide guidance to the public, other offices, and external agency partners regarding complex realty issues.
• Enter and track data using automated systems and organize records related to realty applications and records ensuring accuracy and data quality.
• Interpret complex realty policies and laws related to processing realty authorizations, Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Be sure to read the 'How to Apply' and 'Required Documents' Sections.
• You cannot hold an active real estate license: nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• Direct Deposit Required.
• Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
• Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
• An applicant appointed to this position must possess (or obtain within 30 days of entrance on duty) and maintain a valid state driver's license while employed in this position.
• May require a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience.

For GS-09:

You must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to GS-7 in the Federal Service. Experience in or directly related to examination or adjudication of cases involving laws and regulations dealing with land and resources. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include any one of the following: (1) adjudication or examination of applications and claims for the disposal, use of, or title to public lands, issuance of leases, licenses, or permits for land or resources use, and resolving conflicts arising from use; (2) work in a legal field that includes substantial involvement in examinations of titles or other legal transactions involving acquisition, land use, lease or disposal of land; (3) title searching, abstracting, or interpreting land records, survey plats, or tract indexes and books, provided the work demonstrated an understanding of law, regulations, and policies associated with land management programs; and/or (4) work as a land appraiser that involved appraisal of undeveloped or marginal-type land.

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Education: Have completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in business administration, public administration or policy, or land use planning, or LL.B. or J.D., if related.

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Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.

For GS-11:

You must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 in the Federal service. Examples include: Processing legal instruments such as rights-of-way, temporary use permits, exchanges, public sales, recreation and public purposes leases/patents, airport leases/patents, land classification, withdrawals, State selections, or trespasses; writing or reviewing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses; experience implementing federal regulations related to land and resource management (e.g., NEPA, Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)).

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Education: Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related in business administration, public administration or policy, or land use planning.

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Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.