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

Duties

GS-5/7 At entry level - Perform a variety of developmental and progressively difficult assignments tasks in land adjudication. Assignments are designed to provide the experience in a variety of tasks in land law examining. GS-9 - A journey level examiner will review and processes the full range of difficult and complex lands cases for accuracy and completeness. GS-11 - A senior level examiner routinely provides advice and guidance to other examiners, management and/or Solicitors on general legal principles, precedent decisions, and the proper application and use of public land laws. All levels - Process and/or review land cases such as rights-of way applications for lands, mining, mineral, oil and gas pipelines; electronic signal transmission systems; and roads, trails and highways. All levels- Process and/or review Alaska Native Claims Settlement selections and Native allotment claims, or mineral cases including application for permit to mine or drill, communication agreements, leasing and lease terminations.

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. FOR GS-05 Specialized Experience: You must possess three years of general experience one of which is equivalent to GS-04 level in the Federal Service. General experience is experience that provided a familiarity with real property laws and legal land descriptions, land titles, tract maps, and legal documents, or other experience that involve explanation, application, or interpretation of laws, regulations and policies. Such experience may have been gained in positions such as law clerk, claims examiner, contact representative, or other work dealing with laws, rules, regulations and procedures. -OR- Education: Have completed four (4) years of education above high school leading to a bachelor's degree in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the prerequisite. -OR- Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate undergraduate education. FOR GS-07 Specialized Experience: You must possess at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal Service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following: (1) answering inquiries from the public or internal customers regarding public land laws and regulations; (2) reviewing and/or determining land status of federal lands; (3) providing answers to internal customer regarding the status of land conveyances; (4) reviewing data which has been entered into a database for errors. -OR- Education: Have 1 full year of graduate level education that included or was supplement by 12 semester hours of course work related to the administration of land laws. Examples include course work in land surveying, cartography, land use law, real estate law, land appraising, land use planning, water rights, mining laws, or legal instrument review and interpretation. -OR- Have earned a Bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement (See OPM's General Policies, Application of Qualification Standards Section 4.f.) S.A.A. must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled. -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 knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. FOR GS-09 Specialized Experience: You must possess at least one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal Service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following: (1) adjudicating and/or resolving land law issues and actions using applicable regulations, decisions, and policies; (2) applying laws, regulations, or governmental policies to land transfer and land law issues or authorizations; (3) composing letters, notices, decision and/or memoranda to internal and/or external customers relative to land transfer actions; (4) interpreting legal decisions and land descriptions, including aliquot parts, to ensure the validity of information recorded in a Land Information System or similar systems. -OR- Education: Have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D., directly related to duties performed by a Land Law Examiner. Examples of related coursework are land surveying, cartography, land use law, real estate law, land appraising, land use planning, water rights, mining laws, or legal instrument review and interpretation. -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 knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. 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.

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 Alaska 222 West 7th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99513 US
• Name: Latasha Dougherty
• Phone: (907) 271-3338
• Email: [email protected]