Public Lands Analyst 1, 2, 3

State of Louisiana; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Louisiana's Division of Administration, Office of State Lands, is seeking a Public Lands Analyst to join our team in Baton Rouge. You will handle permits and leases, work with clients, and ensure compliance across lands and water bottoms.

The ideal candidate brings experience in lands administration, ability to evaluate projects, and skills in contract development, negotiation, and GIS coordination. Promotion opportunities exist within the Public Lands Analyst series.

Qualifications

• Three years of experience in lands administration field.
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field.
• A bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Performs permitting and leasing of land and water bottom rights.
• Interacts with clients to advise on required land rights permits.
• Analyzes projects to identify necessary permits and contracts.
• Negotiates and prepares complex land rights contracts.
• Calculates and collects lease payments and fees.
• Reviews plans, surveys, and property descriptions for compliance.
• Works with GIS team to maintain GIS layers and locational data.

Skills

Accepting Direction

Accountability

Customer focus

Judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Division of Administration/Office of State Lands has a vacancy.

AN IDEAL CANIDATE SHOULD POSESS THE FOLLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

• Accepting Direction: The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions.
• Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
• Focusing on Customers: The ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.
• Making Accurate Judgments:The ability to assess options, weigh risks, and make sound decisions using available information and logical reasoning.

The Office of State Lands—also known as the State Land Office—is responsible for the identification, administration, and management of state public lands and water bottoms. OSL functions include:

• Ensuring the highest economic return and maximum public use possible of our state public lands and water bottoms
• Consulting with clientele all having varying degrees of interest in public lands, navigable water bottoms and the minerals thereunder
• Revenue generation through land and timber sales, surface and sub-surface leasing, issuance of rights-of-way and surface and sub-surface agreements and water bottoms permitting
• Protecting the state’s proprietary interests in its lands and water bottoms

What is experience in Lands Administration Field?

Generally experience in lands administration field includes (but is not necessarily limited to): experience in land title research, land abstracting, property record management or real estate; experience as a licensed practicing attorney; land appraisal experience as a licensed appraiser; land surveying experience as a licensed surveyor; and land administration or public property document administration experience in a government position.

The Division of Administration is the state government’s management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:

• Overseeing the state’s capital construction program
• Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
• Development of the state budget
• Providing technology services
• Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
• Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

Three years of experience in a lands administration field; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR

A bachelor’s degree.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

Permits and Leases

• Performs the permitting and leasing of commercial, recreational and residential structures on state owned land and water bottoms.
• Interacts with clients to respond to inquiries and provide notifications regarding what land rights contracts or permits may be required for various projects situated on State owned lands and water bottoms
• Analyzes proposed or previously constructed projects or encroachments on State owned lands and water bottoms to identify land rights and regulatory permits required
• Negotiates, develops and prepares complex land rights contracts for execution
• Calculates and collects rental payments, renewal payments and other fees associated with grants of surface and subsurface leases

Document Review

• Reviews construction plans and drawings, as built surveys and cross sectional plans, legal property descriptions and land surveys
• Assists the Section Manager in determining whether or not a permit, lease or right of way is required for the construction activities

GIS Responsibilities

• Interacts closely with State Land Office GIS team in developing, configuring and maintaining various GIS layers
• Utilizes data provided by the GIS and SONRIS systems, reviews computerized files and GIS layers for locational information related to proposed projects and existing encroachments

Additional Key Responsibilities

• Assists the OSL Location & Survey Section’s Land Surveyors with creating legal property descriptions, lease plats and boundary surveys
• Consults with OSL staff and other entities to coordinate enforcement initiatives relative to unauthorized encroachments on State owned lands and water bottoms
• Assists in the monthly collection of fees and record maintenance in the State Lands Information Management System (SLIMS) database and the maintenance of accounting records for all permits and land rights contracts
• Provides technical assistance in the preparation of documents for the advertisement and contract of sale or transfer of State owned lands and buildings (fixed assets) related to the Surplus Property Program in accordance with L.R.S. 41:140

Position-Specific Details

Appointment Type: This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee.

Career Progression: As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Public Lands Analyst 1 ,2 or 3.