Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Supervisory Land Management Specialist. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Provo, Utah. For more information click here.

Duties

This position serves as Chief, Lands Group for the Provo Area Office (PAO). - Responsible for negotiating with construction personnel, water district and water user representatives, landowners, and utility company representatives. - Oversee the preparation of land purchase contracts, grants of easement, contracts for electric transmission lines, donation deeds, Quitclaim Deeds, other conveyance instruments, crossing agreements, relocation contracts or agreements, and land plats and descriptions for public lands to be withdrawn. - Facilitate the oversight and progress on Geographic Information System (GIS) efforts for the Lands Group and assists with the overall GIS program for the PAO. - Review License Agreement features such as bridge crossings, pipeline, and utility crossings, etc. for adequacy and accuracy prior to be sent for signatures.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-12 level, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service having demonstrated experience with three of the following duties: 1. Establish and maintain relationships with others; 2. Experience working on land management activities including but not limited to: land use authorizations, acquisition and disposal, boundary line disputes, etc.; 3. Mentoring coworkers or employees; 4. Federal and State land laws; 5. Encroachment and/or trespass issues; and 6. Researching lands documents such as titles, deeds, plat books. 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. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 09/20/2024.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Upper Colorado Basin Region, Provo Area Office Bureau of Reclamation 125 South State Street Room 8100 Salt Lake City, UT 84138 US
• Name: Mckinley Earnest
• Phone: 801-524-3787
• Email: [email protected]