About the role
Duties
SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
· Provides oversight for management of trust and restricted fee real property ensuring the protection, conservation, and prudent utilization of Indian lands.
·Serves as an advocate in assisting the Tribes and Indian owners with respect to the utilization of their real property holdings.
·Analyze request for use of Indian-owned trust assets and resolves any problems with owners or contracts.
·Implements trust real estate services program activities to accomplish the timely and efficient processing, i.e., rights-of-way, surface and subsurface leasing and permitting.
·Consults with the tribes/beneficiaries/lessees/other land owners and interested parties about the process options and other needs and documentation.
·Analyze the transaction, including the application, land description, appraisal, NEPA, TSR, and other clearances, to ensure compliance with statutory authority, laws, regulations, tribal ordinances, policies and procedures..
·Ensures that all parties are in compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract.
·Performs on-site inspections for compliance; recommends corrective action or changes needed.
·Tracks and evaluates compliance issues and corrective actions; and takes appropriate corrective action in response to violations.
Qualifications
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Administrative and Management Positions, GS-1170).
GS-11: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Examples of specialized experience may include work involving providing oversight to management of trust and restricted property; performing on-site inspections for compliance; recommending corrective action or changes needed; analyzing transactions including applications, land descriptions, appraisals, NEPA, TSR, and other clearances to ensure compliance; consulting with beneficiaries, lessees, land owners and other interested parties about the contracting process, options, and other needs an documentation.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the position to be filled.
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /
Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation upon request. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.
For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Dept of Ed.
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