Realty Specialist (Generalist)

Summary

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Aberdeen, South Dakota; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Anadarko, Oklahoma; Anchorage, Alaska; Billings, Montana; Gallup, New Mexico; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Nashville, Tennessee; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; Vancouver, Washington.

Duties

• Specialist (Generalist), GS-1170, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Process and manage realty contracts and conveyance transactions including leases, permits, easements, rights-of-way, patents, disposals, acquisitions, and restriction removals; ensure all required clearances (e.g., appraisals, NEPA, TSR) are secured.
• Consult with beneficiaries, lessees, co-owners, and other parties to explain processes, options, documentation, and requirements for trust real property actions; provide accurate and timely trust asset information.
• Research, analyze, and resolve complex or conflicting land and title issues, including ownership records, encumbrances, historical land use, and adjacent land use conflicts; provide findings and recommendations to BIA, tribes, landowners, and lower-graded staff.
• Conduct on-site inspections and field investigations involving possible trespass, encroachments, or natural resource damages to gather data for potential or identified claims.
• Monitor and document compliance with realty terms and conditions, including preventing trespass and misuse of trust assets; use automated systems such as TAAMS to track and record transactions.
• Coordinate with federal, state, local, and tribal governments as well as private parties to negotiate and complete real estate actions; provide expert guidance and ensure proper application of applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
• Provide mentoring or training for lower-graded specialists on realty processes, compliance, and trust responsibilities.
• Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school’s definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Required Documents

• The following documents are required for this position: Resume which details work experience including dates worked (mm/yy-mm/yy); position title; position series and grade (if federal service); work schedule; hours worked per week; relevant duties performed; supervisor with contact
• Information, and 3 professional references and contact information (Do not include current/former supervisors), etc.
• Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages.
• If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
• On-line Assessment Questionnaire Transcripts (if using education to qualify)
• Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, an official transcript may be requested at a later time. BIA Form 4432 (if claiming Indian preference) Veteran's documentation
• For 5-point veterans' preference, please provide your DD-214, Copy 4 that MUST show an
• Discharge (Certificate of
• Duty), official statement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty, or other official documentation (e.g., copy of military orders, campaign documents as or expeditionary award citation, etc.) proving your military service was performed under honorable conditions.
• For 10-point veterans' preference, you must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference and the supporting documentation required by that form.
• If you are a disabled veteran you must submit a Veterans Affairs (VA) letter on VA letterhead that states your overall combined rating and a DD214 (copy 4) reflecting an honorable discharge.
• ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59 PM Eastern Time ON THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
• If your application package is incomplete in any way, you will not be considered for this position, and requests for extensions will not be granted.
• Please double check your application package before you submit it.
• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED OR ACCEPTED BY THIS OFFICE.