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Senior Real Property Agent (Leasing)
County of Riverside
Facilities Management
Location
Riverside, California, 92502-1569
Salary
$39.08 - $51.50
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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April 23, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading the management of commercial property leases for Riverside County, including negotiating deals, researching market options, and guiding junior staff on complex real estate tasks.
It suits someone with strong experience in commercial leasing who enjoys supervising teams and traveling locally to meet departmental needs.
Ideal candidates are detail-oriented negotiators comfortable with contracts and market analysis.
Key Requirements
- Experience independently managing complex commercial real estate portfolios
- Proven skills in negotiating commercial leases and contracts
- Knowledge of commercial property management and tenant improvements
- Ability to conduct market research, lease analysis, and prepare RFPs
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Google Earth
- Supervisory experience providing training and technical direction to staff
- Willingness to travel throughout Riverside County for on-site meetings
Full Job Description
The County of Riverside's Department of Facilities Management is seeking a Senior Real Property Agent for the Leasing Unit in the Riverside location.
The Senior Real Property Agent will be primarily responsible for independently managing commercial leasing transactions, including drafting and negotiating new leases with landlords or tenants, processing amendments, overseeing contract formation, conducting market research to identify viable leasing opportunities, and reviewing listings. Additionally, the incumbent will lead monthly leasing meetings with various county departments, prepare Requests for Proposals (RFPs), draft Form 11s, and provide mentorship and training to Real Property Agents within the division while performing the most difficult and specialized real property work. This role requires occasional travel throughout Riverside County (from Corona to Blythe) to meet with departments on-site to understand leasing needs.
The most competitive candidates will have experience/skills in the following areas:
- Ability to independently manage a complex commercial real estate portfolio
- Successful negotiation of commercial leases
- Commercial property management
- Tenant improvement oversight
- An understanding of lease analysis and proper contract writing
- Proficiency in utilizing Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as familiarity with Google Earth.
Meet the Team!
The Riverside County Department of Facilities Management provides property management and operations services for county owned and leased facilities throughout the 7,200 square miles of Riverside County and over 14 million square feet of space. The department is responsible for keeping county buildings safe, comfortable, and productive for both county staff and the public.
Requirements
• Plans, organizes, supervises, and participates in the work of real property agents; provides technical direction and training to subordinate staff.• Acts as project leader or technical expert in large-scale or complex real property assignments, including appraisals, negotiations for acquisition, sale, and lease of property, real property and space management, or involving condemnation proceedings, title matters, relocation assistance, and other particularly sensitive aspects of real property work.
• Assigns and reviews the work of subordinate professional staff; reviews appraisals performed by independent fee appraisers.
• Prepares or supervises and reviews the preparation and executions of various documents, agreements, and correspondence involved in real property acquisition, sale, or lease.
• Advises and assists staff with the more technical, difficult, and unusual assignments; arranges for or provides staff training and development opportunities.
• Performs the most difficult, complex, and specialized assignments; personally conducts the more difficult appraisals, acquisition, sale or lease negotiations, space management studies, and relocation assistance for displaced persons.
• Identifies and evaluates consequences of real property transactions and recommends alternative actions; evaluates market data to determine trends in real property.
• Reviews Federal, State, and County legislation to assess impact on departmental policy and procedure; coordinates and consults with departments on proposals and projects in progress.
• Recommends condemnation proceedings and appears before the Board of Supervisors as an expert witness; appraises and negotiates the sale or revenue leasing of surplus property; researches and prepares technical reports and performs feasibility studies.
Qualifications
Education: Graduation from an accredited college with a Bachelor's Degree, preferably with major coursework in economics, business or public administration, or a closely related field. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on the basis of one year of full-time experience equaling 30 semester or 45 quarter units of education.)Experience: Three years of experience in the appraisal and negotiation for the acquisition of real property and rights-of-way, or negotiation, preparation, and management of complex leasing agreements and facility space utilization and allocation management. (In some departments general experience in real estate sales and transfers will not be considered as the equivalent of the required real property appraisal and negotiation experience.)
Knowledge of: The laws pertaining to real property leasing and the acquisition of land, improvements, and rights-of-way for highways, flood control projects, and other public purposes; the principles and practices of supervision and training; the factors involved in appraising real property and the principles underlying the appraisal process; legal instruments and procedures of real property transactions; real property values and the effects of economic trends on value and price, and construction costs and improvements; leasing agreements and practices; methods and procedures of relocation assistance; methods and techniques of facility space management.
Ability to: Supervise, train, and coordinate the work of staff involved in real property valuation, acquisition, leasing or management; effectively conduct complicated appraisals, difficult or sensitive right-of-way or lease negotiations and relocation assistance, and the resolution of related problems; understand and interpret legal property descriptions, property maps, engineering and construction plans, and the various legal instruments and agreements connected with real property actions; to do technical research and prepare comprehensive reports, establish and maintain effective and tactful communications with public and private officials, the general public, and other employees.
Other Requirements
License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California Driver's License.
Additional Information
For questions regarding this recruitment
Please contact Lital Slobodsky at lslobodsky@rivco.org or 951-955-5005. Please allow 1-2 business days for a response to general inquiries.
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