This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky Mountain Region, Fort Peck Agency, Office of the Superintendent/Program Manager, Deputy Superintendent - Trust Services, Branch of Real Estate Services in Poplar, Montana. Position reports to the Deputy Superintendent.

Duties

Manage the Real Estate Services program to include (personnel, workloads, budgets, and procurement). Provide oversight of responsibility for organizing work, setting priorities, and determining resources requirement. Consults with beneficiaries/lessees/other landowners and interested parties about the process options, documentation, and other needs that may be associated with contracting and/or conveyance activities. Analyze 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. Provides expert guidance on real estate transactions to ensure that the necessary clearances and procedures have been secured and completed.

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

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Administrative and Management Positions, GS-1170). GS-12: I have at least 1 year of specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-11 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). Specialized experience include: 1) Managing a complex Real Estate Services Program to include (personnel, workloads, budgets, and procurement); 2) Providing technical guidance on real estate actions including rights-of ways, land acquisitions, disposal, tenure, sales, and permits and/or leases, to optimize use of trust real property resources; 3) Directing a Real Estate Services Program involving Indian trust lands that include negotiating complex leases and other land use documents for residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial purposes; and 4) Implementing a Real Estate Services Program procedures to improve organizational performance of real estate functions. This is a supervisory position. Under provision of the Civil Service Reform Act, first-time supervisors are required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period before their appointment becomes final. Those who do not satisfactorily complete this probationary period will be returned to positions of no lower grade and pay than those they occupied before assuming their supervisory assignment. 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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: Lourde Botone
• Phone: (602) 241-4560 X1
• Email: [email protected]