About the Position: Responsible for the preparation of comprehensive Real Estate Design Memorandums (REDM) and Real Estate Plans (REP). Responsible for the coordination, review, and preparation of real estate data for US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) planning studies.

Duties

Serves as the Real Estate Project Delivery Team (PDT) member responsible for the coordination, review, and preparation of comprehensive Real Estate Design Memorandums (REDM) and Real Estate Plans (REP) for USACE planning studies and reports. Reviews authorizing documents to become familiar with the project and the area involved, and to verify the officially designated location of the authorized project. Conducts field inspection of proposed right-of-way to determine the number of landowners, tenants, farms, and business to be displaced; estimates all costs to be incurred as a result of compliance with Public Law 91-646, title II. As a Senior Realty Specialist and District Quality Reviewer, reviews documents prepared by others to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with appropriate regulations. Develops non-standard estates and prepares the request for policy deviation and approval of non-standard estate which is submitted to the Director of Real Estate at Headquarters USACE.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Appointment to this position may be subject to a one-year probationary period.
• Temporary travel (TDY) of up to 25% of the time may be required.
• The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Analyzing and applying acquisition laws and regulations associated with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-646), AND 2) Coordinating the acquisition of lands, easements, or rights-of-way as required for civil works projects, AND 3) Writing, reviewing and correcting technical correspondence, AND 4) Researching and identifying real property ownership and title deficiencies. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Planning and EvaluatingQuality ManagementReal EstateTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent, GS-11 for the GS-12 grade level. With regards to time-in-grade validation, if you held a position other than a GS pay plan, be sure your resume includes the pay plan and the salary you earned during the assignment. Without this information, your time-in-grade validation may not be able to be verified and will result in your not meeting the time-grade requirement for this vacancy. A further explanation of the required time in grade documentation can be found under the Required Documents section of this announcement. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address RG-W2R902 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-NEW ORLEANS DO NOT MAIL New Orleans, LA 70118 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk