Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our most precious resource. This position is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Information about Salt Lake City and the surrounding area can be found here. We expect to fill one vacancy at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.

Duties

This position serves as a Land Law Examiner for the Division of Lands and Minerals, Branch of Solid Minerals in the Utah State Office. Ensures bond instruments for coal and nonenergy leasables are acceptable, following appropriate regulations. Adjudicates bond instruments to ensure bond amount (amount covers existing and proposed disturbances), the signatory has the authority to sign the document, etc. Adjudicates readjustments, lease modifications, and lease by applications for coal actions. Maintains the bond and surety system and the Mineral and Land Records System (MLRS). Adjudicates prospecting permits, preference rights, fringe acreage, and competitive leases. Maintains existing electronic file system for coal and converts nonenergy leasable files to the electronic records system. Prepares written correspondence, reports, decisions, notices, and other documents to effect required actions applying appropriate laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. May assist with adjudicating locatable minerals, including a certificate of locations, annual fillings/maintenance fees, waivers, and affidavits of annual assessment work. Evaluating, analyzing, and preparing written comments on newly proposed rules, regulations, directives, manuals, etc., that may impact operations and functions in minerals adjudication. Performs extensive legal research into old, inactive, or infrequently used laws, rules, and regulations. Interprets and understands legal land descriptions. Adjudicates the most difficult, unusual, complex, controversial, unprecedented mineral cases received or referred for final examination and decision. Completing the Nonenergy SharePoint site by copying the file structure from coal SharePoint or modifying the structure appropriately and uploading records to the site.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Be sure to read the 'How to Apply' and 'Required Documents' Sections.
• You cannot hold an active real estate license: nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• Direct Deposit Required.
• Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
• Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
• If selected for this position, you will be required to annually complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450 within 30 days of reporting to duty.
• May require a one year probationary period.

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience. To qualify at the GS-09 level you must meet the following: Specialized Experience: Applicants must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 level equivalent in difficulty and complexity to perform the duties of a Land Law Examiner. Qualifying specialized experience includes: processing and/or adjudicating lands and minerals cases; reviewing legal land descriptions and ownership status from various map and records source; utilizing a variety of computer and software applications to handle data; and communicating effectively with a broad range of internal and external customers. OR Education: To qualify based on education you must have a Master's or equivalent degree, or two (2) full years (36 semester hours) of graduate-level education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B. or J.D. in a related field of study. OR Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the difficulty and complexity to do the work of this position. Only graduate level education in excess of 18 semester hours may be combined with experience. To qualify at the GS-11 level you must meet the following: Specialized Experience: Applicants must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 level equivalent in difficulty and complexity to perform the duties of a Land Law Examiner. Qualifying specialized experience includes: processing and adjudicating complex and unusual lands and minerals cases; interpreting legal land descriptions and ownership status from various map and records sources; utilizing a variety of computer and software applications to handle data; and communicating effectively with a broad range of internal and external customers. OR Education: To qualify based on education you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three (3) full years (54 semester hours) of graduate-level education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field of study. OR Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the difficulty and complexity to do the work of this position. Only graduate level education in excess of 36 semester hours may be combined with experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level. Physical Demands: The work is predominantly sedentary although there is some walking, stooping, and bending involved when searching for records. Work Environment: The work is in a typical office setting.

Education

If using education to qualify, you must submit copies of all transcripts or a list of college courses that include hours and grades from an accredited U.S. college/university. See Required Documents section for more information.

Contacts

• Address BLM Utah State Office BLM Utah State Office, UT-953 400 West 200 South Suite 500 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 US
• Name: BLM Utah HR Recruitment Team
• Email: [email protected]