This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fort Yuma Agency in Yuma, Arizona. Incumbent contributes to the mission of Real Estate Services by serving as an advisor to the supervisor concerning the implementation and management of tenure management and rights of way. NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Duties

Provides assistance, advice, oversight, monitoring, and coordination for protection, management, planning, conservation, development, and utilization of trust and restricted lands. Analyzes requests for land into trust and use of Indian-owned trust assets to determine the compatibility of proposed uses with agency mission and owner's needs. Implements a trust real estate services program to accomplish the timely and efficient processing of applications for i.e., patents, removal of restrictions, disposals, acquisitions, rights-of-way, surface and subsurface leasing and permitting. Consults with beneficiaries/lessees/other land owners and interested parties about the process options, documentation, and other needs that may be associated with contracting and/or conveyance activities. Provides expert guidance, collaborates and coordinates contract and conveyance transactions to ensure that the necessary clearances and procedures have been secured and completed (i.e. appraisals, NEPA, TSR).

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Indian Preference applies
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incumbent is required to operate a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 3 year period immediately preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607.
• TELEWORK: Indian Affairs has determined that the duties of the position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.

Qualifications

The following shows the amounts of education and/or experience required to qualify for positions covered by this standard. Grade-7 Education: 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement. Specialized Experience GS-07: 1 year equivalent to at least GS-5. Performance of tasks that are performed under the guidance of a higher grade specialist and includes responding to routine inquiries and explaining realty services to the general public; preparing in draft, routine realty transactions for review and approval; performing quality assurance on detail transaction data, i.e., contracts and conveyances; coordinating records for compliance with established record management guidelines; assisting in maintaining and retrieving information from automated data systems; assisting with ensuring that leases, permits, easements, rights-of- way and acquisition and disposal of trust lands are issued at or above fair market value and that all terms and conditions of the contract are met. Grade-9 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., if related. Specialized Experience GS-09: 1 year equivalent to at least GS-7. Apply general real estate principles, rules, regulations, and practices to manage real estate services of Indian-owned property e.g. analyze requests for use of Indian-owned trust assets to determine the compatibility of proposed uses with agency mission and owner needs, resolving routine problems that may arise with owners or contracts; and applying a wide range of real estate methods to investigate and analyze a variety of problems to develop solutions that typically involve segments or phases of projects being carried out by higher grade employees e.g. assist in negotiating terms and conditions in authorizing documents to determine responsibility for resolving conflicts or problems; determining special requirements on routine transactions, recommending authorization of land use and advising and providing assistance on routine matters. Grade-11 Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Specialized Experience GS-11: 1 year equivalent to at least GS-9. Apply substantial real estate principles, rules, regulations, and practices to manage real estate services of Indian- owned property; gathering relevant information, researching, analyzing, developing findings, and recommending alternatives in response to current and emerging problems that may be complex or conflicting; managing varied project activities to meet fiduciary and legal requirements as it applies to management of trust and restricted property; evaluating current practices to identify opportunities for change; and initiating and maintaining contact with technical experts, organizational staff, public and private business enterprises, and the general public. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

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.

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.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the 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. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Rocky Mountain Regional BIA Center for Recruitment Rocky Mountain Regional 2021 4th Avenue North Billings, MT 59101 US
• Name: Filbert Begay
• Phone: 602-253-0024 X1361
• Email: [email protected]