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This position is located in a Bureau of Land management office in Prineville, OR. The employee serves as a Realty Specialist performing lands and realty case work, planning systems, compliance, environmental analysis, and outreach under the guidance of a higher graded specialist.
Salary Range for GS-05: $39,576 - $51,446
Salary Range for GS-07: $49,025 - $63,733
Salary Range for GS-09: $59,966 - $77,955
08/13/2024 to 08/27/2024
$39,576 - $77,955 per year
GS 5 - 9
Few vacancies in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
11
No
No
No
OR-24-DE/MP-12495878-WDS
803401600
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
This announcement is open to all U.S. Citizens, Status Candidates (Merit Promotion, Land Management, and VEOA Eligibles) and Non-Competitive Authority Eligibles.
Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor.
The BLM Prineville District is seeking to fill multiple Realty Specialist GS-1170-05/07/09 (FPL-11) vacancies, one in our Division of Resources, and one each in the Deschutes and Central Oregon Field Offices. These positions will be responsible for providing technical expertise in a wide variety of land and realty processes, which may include all or several of the following areas: Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) realty actions, lands and realty case work, planning systems, compliance, environmental analysis, review of title reports and abstracts, preliminary and final title opinions, granting of rights-of-way, communication actions and budget. The GS-05 is an entry level, the GS-07 is more of a developmental level with the GS-09 working more independently thus sharpening their knowledge, skills and abilities reaching the full performance level of a GS-11.
Realty Specialist Major Duties, additional detail:
Gathers, analyzes, and processes information, and makes defensible recommendations on a wide variety of routine, non-routine, complex and controversial lands, and realty actions primarily focused on rights-of-way, communication sites, permits, and leases. Provides support in furtherance of District office management plans.
Interprets and applies laws, regulations, policies, instruction memoranda, and manuals through which the BLM administers its land and realty program, including but not limited to, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, 43 CFR 2700-2900 (substantially), Bureau manuals (handbooks), policies, guidelines, realty reports and other pertinent laws and regulations.
Conducts on-site compliance examinations on rights-of-way, permits, R&PPs, communication sites, and other use authorizations.
Drafts and finalizes legal documents and correspondence for realty assignments including rights-of-way, communication sites, permits, and leases. Coordinate with senior realty staff and Solicitors Office on legal sufficiency of documents. Reviews title reports and abstracts and prepare preliminary and final title opinions.
Uses automated land and records systems and other applications to document a wide variety of land and realty transactions. Database and software environments used for work include Microsoft Office products including MS Word and MS Excel; BLM and GLO on-line records; LR2000; OR-WA interactive maps; WARP; GTRN; MS Access; COMMSITE; CBS; LRAM; and AMORT.
A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Occupational Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Occupational Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.
You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this position.
To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, including a subject matter resume review and/or a panel interview. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed below that are required to successfully perform the job.
You will be evaluated on the following competencies:
The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/27/2024.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position: You must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive consideration, the complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/27/2024. WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.
Once the Occupational Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement that your submission was successful. If you are among the most qualified candidates and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You will be notified of the status of your Application Package at the time candidates are referred for consideration, and when the selection process is complete.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was established in 1946, but its roots go back to the years after America's independence, when the young nation began acquiring additional lands.
OUR MISSION: The Bureau of Land Management's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
OUR VISION: To enhance the quality of life for all citizens through the balanced stewardship of America's public lands and resources.
OUR VALUES: To serve with honesty, integrity, accountability, respect, courage, and commitment to make a difference.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission.
