Realty Specialist

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About the Position: Serve as a Realty Specialist in the Real Estate Division's located in Jacksonville, Florida.

You will provide realty support to the management and disposal of civil and military real property. More information about the Jacksonville District is located at http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/.

Position may be filled at the GS-07, GS-09, or GS-11 grade levels. 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 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 Reinstatement 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 in this document.

Minimum Qualifications for GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing real estate procedures associated with management and disposal of civil and military real property, including drafting and issuance of outgrants (such as leases, easements, licenses, permits, consents, and rights-of-entries); processing disposal actions, exchanges, and/or transfers; conducting compliance inspections; developing studies/reports to support such activities; and ensuring accurate reporting of real property utilizing agency automated information systems.

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

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

For this GS-11 position, 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).

Minimum Qualifications for GS-09: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes applying basic knowledge of directives, laws, policies, and regulations relating to Federal and Army real estate procedures associated with the management and disposal of Federal real property, including out-granting and management of various real estate instruments (Licenses, Permits, Consent to Easements, etc.).

Communicates effectively with internal/external stakeholders and serves as the real estate representative on project delivery teams.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D.

in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as:Real Estate; Business Management, etc.

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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

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-07).

Minimum Qualifications for GS-07: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes applying basic knowledge of directives, laws, policies, and regulations relating to Federal and Army real estate procedures associated with the management and disposal of Federal real property, including assisting with the out-granting and management of various real estate instruments (Licenses, Permits, Consent to Easements, etc.).

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: Real Estate, Business, etc.

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: (1) 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 (2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR (3) Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achshonor.org/).

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) by 18.

Add the two percentages.

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-05).

Major Duties:

• Serve on the Real Estate Division’s Management and Disposal Branch in the planning, execution, and administration of a robust real property management and disposal program.
• Assist in the administration of a complex program within an assigned geographic area in negotiating and preparing outgrants authorizing use of Government property to other Government agencies and non-Federal entities.
• Assist with conducting independent compliance inspections and inventory activities.
• Assist in the maintenance of the district’s real property inventory with responsibility for maintaining and administering the records of accountability for real property in accordance with DOD and Army regulations and HQUSACE directives.
• Assist in the disposal of real property by deed, exchange, or transfer to other entities.