Right of Way Agent – Staunton, VA

Austin Community College; Staunton (VA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Community College is seeking a Right of Way professional to support program operations across multiple disciplines. The role involves title examinations from current owners to long-term reviews, document management, hearings participation, and coordination with attorneys and property owners.

Responsibilities include preparing negotiation packages, managing timelines in Cardinal, and assisting with relocation services and BARs.

Qualifications

• Ability to calculate right of way estimates.
• Knowledge of highway policies and right of way costs.
• Understanding of real estate conveyances, easements, contracts.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Title Examinations for current owner and 60-year examinations.
• Document management and update RUMS related to assignments.
• Attend public hearings and preliminary meetings; record comments in RUMS.
• Coordinate lien releases with attorneys, lien holders and owners.
• Research local real estate markets for replacement housing payments.
• Prepare BARs, petitions, orders, and negotiation packages.
• Conduct real estate closings and submit release documents.
• Compute relocation assistance and present offers to displaced individuals.
• Provide relocation services and conduct interviews prior to negotiations.
• Learn Right of Way disciplines and related laws, policies, and procedures.

Skills

Relationship building

Cost estimation

Real estate knowledge

Oral and written communication

Negotiation

Policy and law awareness

Tools

Cardinal

Job description

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To support Right of Way programmatic and operational activities through a variety of Right of Way disciplines.

How you will contribute:

• Conduct Title Examinations: Current owner to 60 year examinations for submission to Staff Attorney for review and approvals
• Document management: Update or record documents as needed. Maintain and update RUMS as related to assignment.
• Hearings and Meetings: Attend Public Hearings and other Preliminary Engineering meetings. Document landowners project related comments and concerns in RUMS.
• Lien Coordination: Coordinate efforts with attorneys, lien holders and property owners to insure all liens have been partially or fully released.
• Market Research: Research local real estate market to determine comparable replacement housing consistent with decent, safe and sanitary housing and compute replacement housing payment.
• Prepare Basic Administrative Report: Prepare Basic Administrative Report (BAR) for negotiation by preparing or analyzing available market data.
• Prepare Petitions and Orders: Prepare Petitions and Orders for AAC packages, draw down request, and Certificate Invalidation.
• Prepare negotiation packages: Prepare negotiation packages including the marking of plans, preparation of correspondence, legal documents and descriptions.
• Real estate closings: Conduct real estate closings after preparing and submitting written release documents for Deeds of Trust or other liens.
• Relocation : Compute relocation assistance payments and present offers to displaces.
• Relocation services: Provide relocation services to displaced individuals, conducting interviews prior to initiation of negotiations.
• Right of Way Knowledge: Learn the Right of Way disciplines and associated body of knowledge (laws, policies and procedures). Acquire knowledge in property appraisal, negotiation, relocation, and legal obligations.
• Time Processing: Maintain and record time charges to appropriate projects and leave types in Cardinal.

What will make you successful:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public.
• General knowledge of various appraisal methods.
• Knowledge of Federal and State highway policies and procedures pertaining to right of way acquisition, removal of conflicts, and Federal participation in right of way costs.
• Knowledge of State laws pertaining to real estate conveyances, easements, contracts, and eminent domain, and techniques and methods of relocating conflicting utilities.
• Skill in understanding and making accurate estimates of right of way costs.
• Skill in understanding highway plans and construction methods, and ability to explain them orally and in writing to property owners.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to calculate right of way estimates.
• Ability to communicate complex information a wide variety of individuals both orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals both inside and outside the agency, including the general public.
• Knowledge of highway construction.
• Knowledge of state laws pertaining to real estate conveyances, easements, and contracts
• Knowledge of various appraisal methods.

Additional Considerations:

• Experience in Right of Way or appraisal work.
• Knowledge of Federal participation in right of way costs.
• Knowledge of eminent domain policies and procedures.