Realty Specialist

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About the Position: This is a developmental Senior Realty Specialist, GS-1170-11/12 position with the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Real Estate Division with responsibility for providing real estate management advice and resolving especially difficult realty transactions for Military and Civil Programs.

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 Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) 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 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer 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 Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 in this document.

For GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Experience using a wide range of real estate laws, principles, concepts, policies, regulations, authorities, methods, or practices; OR 2) Performing the acquisition of real estate by either lease or direct purchase.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Management or Real Estate.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

For the GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Experience using a wide range of real estate laws, principles, concepts, policies, regulations, authorities, methods, or practices; OR 2) Negotiating complex agreements that are politically sensitive in nature: OR 3) Performing the acquisition of real estate by either lease or direct purchase.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For the GS-12 grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09 for the GS-11; GS-11 for the GS-12).

Major Duties:

• Plan, administer, coordinate and direct Real Estate program functions for civil works and military customers.
• Promote and maintain effective working relations with the public, State and local governments, military components, and other federal agencies within the District's areas of responsibility.
• Plan and discuss assignments, organize work for effective utilization and for meeting assigned schedules and objectives.
• Review notes or referred problems involving several or different interpretations or applications/or controversial interpretations of methods and procedures.