SLB Acquisition and Entitlements Manager (RES V)

Full Job Description

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

In addition to offering rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

• Medical, Vision and Dental plans

• Strong, flexible retirement plans including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus pre-tax and Roth 401K and 457 plans

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Employee Wellness programs

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• Health Savings Accounts

• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous vacation and sick leave

• Flexible work schedule options and remote-work options

• Career advancement opportunities throughout the State system

• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

What is the State Land Board?

The State Land Board is a constitutionally created agency that manages a $6 billion endowment of assets for the intergenerational benefit of Colorado's K-12 schoolchildren (the School Trust).

The agency is the second-largest landowner in Colorado and generates revenue on behalf of beneficiaries by leasing nearly three million surface acres and four million mineral acres for agriculture, carbon, recreation, commercial real estate, rights-of-way, renewable energy, and oil and gas.

The agency's constitutionally mandated mission is to earn "reasonable and consistent income over time" by managing the assets in a manner that preserves the long-term productivity and value of the assets.

The Real Estate Section is responsible for all activity associated with the agency's real estate portfolio.

This includes commercial property leasing and management, acquisition and disposal of real property, ground leases, land entitlement, and the implementation of operational and environmental stewardship practices based on industry best practices.

The real estate section completes the required work with both internal staff resources and third-party contractors.

Requirements

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

The position is responsible for supporting the agency’s efforts to rebalance its real estate portfolio through strategic real property acquisition and disposition, and as such, has an understanding of the division’s entire portfolio.

The position also shares duties with other team members to dispose of state trust lands as directed.

This includes making recommendations regarding the real estate portfolio for the direction of the Board’s Strategic Plan and policies, identifying potential transactions, performing research, analysis and property due diligence in preparation for and in conjunction with real estate transactions, including selecting appraisers and reviewing appraisals, negotiating contract terms, preparing contracts, managing transaction teams (both internal and external) and presenting recommendations to senior management and the Board.

The position is also responsible for identifying opportunities to entitle or develop state trust land, calculating the benefits of a proposed course of action, determining the strategy that will be used to accomplish the desired outcomes and managing the entitlement and/or development team responsible for implementation.

Finally, the position is responsible for seeking out and negotiating opportunities for the State Land Board to perfect legal access to all state trust land.

Qualifications

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current or former State experience relevant to this position
• Direct experience at real estate investment and/or development companies/industry experience including the entitlement, acquisition and disposal of real estate assets
• Experience in an office environment coordinating the work, processes and records in the field of real estate and land management
• Experience defining research and conducting market research projects to answer questions regarding land use, the disposition or acquisition of real estate, and market trends for real property
• Experience preparing written reports that interpret complex data analysis for a non-technical audience and presenting that information in a concise form orally
• Experience using GIS
• Experience underwriting real estate pro formas in Excel
• Formal ARGUS DCF and/or ARGUS ENTERPRISE qualification
• Proficiency in workplace applications of Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe

Conditions of Employment:

• Colorado residency is required at the time of application
• A current and valid Driver's license is required for operating a state vehicle. Position requires regular travel throughout the state in order to visit properties being considered for disposition, acquisition and/or development
• Must be willing and able to occasionally exert up to 20 lbs. of force to move objects
• Travel to attend meetings in other state offices and attend group meetings held around the state
• Must be able to provide in-person, public presentations to the Board of Commissioners

Additional Information

• All applications received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed by an HR Specialist against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement.

• Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process. Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position will be a structured application review by Subject Matter Experts.

• Resumes, cover letters and other attachments are not considered as part of initial reviews, therefore, it is important to document in your application your education, experience, minimum qualifications, and preferred qualifications as outlined in the job announcement.

• Please thoroughly answer all supplemental questions (if listed) since question responses may be evaluated for content, writing ability, spelling, grammar, and effective communication.

• This recruitment may involve additional testing and/or exams to arrive at the top group for interviews.

A salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work.

While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.