Realty Specialist
What you'd do
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Shortage Category/Critical Need Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Apply a thorough knowledge of acquisition, management and disposal practices; a knowledge of appraisal, legal, and engineering and construction practices which relate to real estate; and a good working knowledge of Federal realty laws, policies and regulations.
Major duties
Employee prepares leases, easements, licenses and permits for the temporary use of government real property such as industrial facilities, rights-of-way for roads and public utilities, land for agricultural purposes etc. Performs compliance inspections and reports of out grants at civil works projects or on military installations. Attend public meetings with landowners to ascertain their responsiveness to a proposed Government or Non-Federal Sponsor acquisition. Employee conducts searches for possible land or building sites identified through advertisement, ground search, and/or contracts with local business and government entities. Performing the most difficult negotiations with heightened problems that must be overcome using a sound knowledge of realty practices and values as well as skillful courteous and effective negotiating and salesmanship techniques.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. GS-11 - Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Conducting cost analyses for real estate transactions to provide recommendations; 2) Conducting market surveys and / or real estate site inspections. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-12 - Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Performing real estate negotiation such as negotiation leases, licenses, easements or permits; 2) Applying laws, regulations, or policies associated with real estate acquisitions; and 3) Preparing documents for real estate planning, rights of entry, or acquisitions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, at GS-12 grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
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