This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southern Plains Region, Anadarko Agency, Branch of Real Estate Services in Anadarko, Oklahoma. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see What are bargaining units? 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

Use in-depth knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to implement Indian land real estate program activities resulting in timely and efficient processing of rights-of-way, surface and subsurface leasing and permitting, and other contracts and agreements. Provide oversight for management of trust and restricted Indian lands to ensure the protection, conservation, and prudent utilization of natural resources. Serve as an advocate in assisting Tribes and Indian landowners with respect to the utilization of trust and restricted property holdings. Provide guidance to lower graded realty staff and review completed work to confirm and advise on accuracy of transactions, release of information, completeness of processes, etc. Analyze federal Indian real estate transactions, including applications, land descriptions, appraisals, and other documents to ensure compliance with statutory authority, laws, regulation, policies and/or procedures. Analyze requests for the use of Indian-owned trust assets to determine the compatibility of the proposed uses with agency mission and owner needs, while concurrently resolving any problems that may arise. Responsible to collaborate and coordinate contract transactions to ensure that all necessary clearances and procedures have been secured and completed. Utilize on-site inspections and reporting to monitor federal Indian land activity for compliance with leases and contracts. Recommend corrective action in accordance with laws and regulations in response to federal Indian lease and contract violations. Prepare comprehensive federal Indian real estate documents that specify facts, findings, and recommendations using clear and concise language, and correct grammar and punctuation to support decision making considerations.

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, GS-1170). SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-11 I have at least 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-09 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience must include oversight to management of trust and restricted property; perform on-site inspections for compliance; recommend corrective action or changes where needed; analyze land transactions such as applications, land descriptions, appraisals, NEPA, TSR, title document and other clearances for compliance; respond to technical inquires and explains realty services and processes in for contract management operations; consult with beneficiaries, lessees, landowners and other interested parties for contracting process, options, and other land needs. OR 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-9: I have at least 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-7 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience includes responding to technical inquiries and explaining Realty services and processes; prepare draft realty transactions of moderate difficulty for review and approval; prepare and publish advertisements of tracts for leases or contracts. Maintain and retrieve information from automated systems; analyze transactions including applications, land descriptions, appraisals, NEPA, TSR, and other clearances, to ensure compliance. OR EDUCATION: Master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree (36 semester hours, 54 quarter hours or equivalent); OR LL.B. or J.D., if related to this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-7: I have at least 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-5 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience is to prepare draft routine realty transactions for review and approval; prepare advertisements of tracts for leases or contracts for review. Write land descriptions for use in transactions; perform quality assurance on detail transaction data, contracts and easements; complete records for compliance with established record management. OR EDUCATION: 1 full year of graduate level education (18 semester hours, 27 quarter hours or equivalent); OR Superior Academic Achievement (SAA). GRADUATE EDUCATION: Graduate education must be related to the occupation and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled. S.A.A. is based on (1) Class standing-applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class, based on completed courses; or (2) Grade-Point Average-applicants must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (3) Election to membership in a National Scholastic Honor Society - membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA' s) to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the position to be filled. 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 Anadarko P.O. Box 1487 Anadarko, OK 73005 US
• Name: BIA Human Resources
• Phone: 405-247-1600
• Email: [email protected]