Job Description

The incumbent serves as Realty Specialist and provides support and expertise relating to real estate laws, principles, and concepts associated with easement program acquisition, administration and enforcement.

Direct Hire Authority: This position is being filled through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Direct Hire Authority for this occupation. For more information on OPM's authorization of Direct Hire Authority, please visit

Responsibilities

• Provides technical support and guidance to the State Conservationist and ASTC-P or ASTC-E, including in real estate laws, concepts, and principles relating to the easement acquisition, administration, and enforcement of conservation easements.
• Serves as technical expert on the public laws, regulations and agency policies relating to the full range of conservation program activities.
• Reviews real property title documents, appraisals and Easement Warranty Deeds and attachments, subordinates, affidavits, and other documents required by the Office of General Counsel to determine their correctness, and completeness.
• Responsible for receiving/reviewing final deliverables such as surveys, title searches, final title policies, and vendor invoices and processing of vendor invoices with Invoice Processing Platform (IPP).
• Provides assistance in the review and preparation of administrative appeal documents related to conservation easement programs.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

Specialized Experience to qualify for the GS-11 level:

To qualify for the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level or higher in the Federal service (or private sector equivalent) that has equipped you with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. For this position specialized experience is defined as:

• Assisting with acquisition management or enforcement of conservation easements;
• Assisting with procuring, reviewing, and summarizing due diligence, including title, for the acquisition of conservation easements;
• Assisting with obtaining and reviewing documents for legal entities to determine program eligibility and performing review of legal surveys to ensure accuracy of descriptions and consistency.

Substitution of Education in lieu of Specialized Experience for the GS-09 level:

Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Real Estate, Law, Business, Agribusiness, Engineering, Natural resources management, or a directly related field of study.

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.

Specialized Experience to qualify for the GS-12 level:

To qualify for the GS-12 grade level, you must possess at least one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or higher in the Federal service (or private sector equivalent) that has equipped you with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. For this position specialized experience is defined as:

• Acquisition management or enforcement of conservation easements;
• Procuring, reviewing, and summarizing due diligence, including title, for the acquisition of conservation easements and recommending the appropriate agency action on the basis of this review. This may be demonstrated by successfully acquiring defensible conservation easements or similar real property interests; obtaining and reviewing documents for legal entities to determine program eligibility and performing review of legal surveys to ensure accuracy of descriptions and consistency.

Note: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted at the GS-12 level.

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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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This is a Direct-Hire Authority position, all applicants who meet the minimum qualifications, to include any selective placement factor(s), if applicable, will be referred to the selecting official. Before a certificate is issued to the selecting official, the application will be reviewed to ensure that you meet all the qualification requirements.

A rating will not be used; veteran's preference does not apply due to the existence of the Direct Hire authority for this position.

How to Apply

Applications must be received on the federal government's USA Jobs website:

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