Realty Specialist.

US Army Corps of Engineers; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans seeks a real estate specialist in a developmental capacity with a path to full performance. The role involves handling title issues, negotiations with landowners and officials, and pursuing rights through negotiation to avoid condemnation where possible.

The position requires travel to other duty locations up to 25% and eligibility under specified employment authorities.

Qualifications

• Experience includes real estate tasks and land purchases data collection.
• Familiarity with negotiating with landowners and officials is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with basic real estate tasks and organizing project files.
• Helping team members gather data needed for land purchases, leases, or easements.
• Answering general acquisition questions and directing them to the appropriate team member.

Education

Graduate education in business management

Job description

Duties

• In a developmental capacity, the incumbent of this position will be given increasingly complex assignments until the full performance level is reached. Duties at the full performance level include:
• Resolving complex or defective property titles involving multiple owners and third-party interests.
• Negotiating with landowners, attorneys, government officials, corporations, banks, insurers, and others.
• Handling situations where landowners may be resistant or hostile to the acquisition of their property for public use.
• Obtaining the necessary property rights through negotiation whenever possible, avoiding expensive condemnation proceedings.

Duties

• In a developmental capacity, the incumbent of this position will be given increasingly complex assignments until the full performance level is reached. Duties at the full performance level include:
• Resolving complex or defective property titles involving multiple owners and third-party interests.
• Negotiating with landowners, attorneys, government officials, corporations, banks, insurers, and others.
• Handling situations where landowners may be resistant or hostile to the acquisition of their property for public use.
• Obtaining the necessary property rights through negotiation whenever possible, avoiding expensive condemnation proceedings.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires travel to other duty locations up to 25% of the time.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See

• Current USACE employees with competitive status
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the 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

Specialized Experience For GS-07

One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Assisting with basic real estate tasks such as checking property records and organizing project files; 2) Helping team members gather data needed for land purchases, property leases, or easements; 3) Answering general acquisition questions and directing them to the appropriate team member. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR

Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Management.

OR

Superior Academic Achievement: Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above. Superior Academic Achievement is based on:

• Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR
• Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a