Land Acquisition & Engagement Specialist

Avid Core; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

401K with employer match

Flexible paid time off

Federal and non-federal paid holidays

Job summary

Avid Core is seeking an administrative specialist to support federal land acquisition and infrastructure programs in the Washington, DC area. You will coordinate landowner outreach, maintain records, and prepare reports that help leaders understand progress, spend, and risks.

Responsibilities include tracking milestones, validating data, and preparing briefing materials for project teams and executives. This role requires collaboration across real estate, legal, and communications functions.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in data analysis, real estate transactions, land acquisition, title research, due diligence, public outreach, communications, project coordination, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience supporting federal, state, or local government programs or large infrastructure projects is preferred.
• Experience comparing information across multiple records, databases, documents, and source systems and identifying, resolving, or documenting discrepancies.
• Experience managing project data, trackers, communication logs, contact records, schedules, or similar information with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience drafting landowner correspondence, outreach materials, reports, summaries, meeting materials, and executive-level communications.

Responsibilities

• Support federal land, property acquisition, and infrastructure programs by collecting, organizing, validating, tracking, and analyzing real estate, landowner, outreach, and project data.
• Support the planning and execution of large infrastructure and land acquisition projects, including landowner outreach, property research, acquisition tracking, reporting, and project coordination.
• Develop, coordinate, and distribute landowner communications, correspondence, mailings, outreach materials, briefing materials, and other project communications.
• Manage and track landowner outreach and engagement activities, including communications, responses, points of contact, follow-up actions, and key project milestones.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reports summarizing outreach activities, acquisition progress, project performance, spending, risks, outstanding actions, and overall program status.

Skills

Data validation

Recordkeeping

Microsoft Excel

Project coordination

Communication

Attention to detail

Public Trust clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GIS software

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Avid Core is seeking an administrative specialist to support federal land acquisition and infrastructure programs in the Washington, DC area. You will coordinate landowner outreach, maintain records, and prepare reports that help leaders understand progress, spend, and risks.

Responsibilities include tracking milestones, validating data, and preparing briefing materials for project teams and executives. This role requires collaboration across real estate, legal, and communications functions.