This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Region, Great Plains Regional Office, Deputy Regional Director - Trust Services, Real Estate Services, in Aberdeen, South Dakota. 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

Assist with planning, developing, and implementing the trust real estate services program for processing of applications for patents, removal of restrictions, disposals, acquisitions, rights-of-way, surface, and subsurface leasing and permitting. Provides technical assistance in all areas of real estate management and decision-making activities. Performs audits of real estate management practices, real estate transactions, and legal instruments preparation to assure conformance with legal, statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements. Serves as the Region's advisor in the field of Indian trust real estate management. Coordinates recordation activities with Land Title and Records Office, agencies, and tribes; and assists in corrective actions to cure title defects. Implements operational policies, techniques, and procedures to assure the correlation of activities with other Bureau programs to accomplish management of objectives and economic development. Application of sound technical judgment, procedural adequacy, and the completeness of real estate transactions. Assist in the supervision of the work of regional realty staff.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Form BIA -4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference.
• 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.
• Incidental Operator position. If you are required to operate a motor vehicle in order to properly carry out assigned duties, the 25 IAM 4 Motor Vehicle Safety Program Policy applies. A Link is provided in the Additional Information Section.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Administrative and Management Positions and/or BIA Excepted Standards, GS-1170). GS-13: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience includes, but is not limited to, work which involved providing oversight over realty functions for a unit planning work to be accomplished; meeting deadlines; and reviewing work to verify completeness, correctness, consistency, compliance, or authenticity. Provided technical assistance in the acquisition of real property; management of real property in the administration of federally owned or Indian-owned leased space or property; prepared for disposal, or disposed of real property which requires a knowledge of real estate laws, principles, practices, and markets; and provided technical assistance to optimize the use of trust real property resources and assure legal and procedural compliance. These examples are not all inclusive (refer to the summary of duties for specialized experience). 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

EDUCATION IS NOT A QUALIFYING FACTOR AT THIS GRADE LEVEL.

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Anadarko P.O. Box 1487 Anadarko, OK 73005 US
• Name: BIA Human Resources
• Phone: 405-247-1600
• Email: [email protected]