Realty Specialist

Summary

You will serve as a Realty Specialist Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, California-Great Basin Region, Division of Resource Management. GS-07: $55,934-$72,7716 per annum GS-09 $68,419 - $88,949 per annum GS-11: $82,780-$107,620 per annum First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Reviews land use, land exchange, contract renewals, terminations, cancellations, and assignments in accordance with established or approved policies, and other Bureau of Reclamation technical requirements. Negotiates, prepares, and processes appropriate instruments to allow use of land by other Federal, State, local government agencies, public and private corporations, Native Americans or individuals on, within, or across Reclamation withdrawn or acquired lands. Negotiates terms of acquisition and agreements and prepares land exchange and sales contracts, warranty and quitclaim deeds, etc., for the acquisition or disposal of land. Reviews and interprets various survey data and land description deeds, title reports, take-off sheet information (transfers of data to project plans), drawing, and tabulation records. Conducts required investigations, negotiates, and processes land and water right acquisitions and disposals. Negotiates terms of disposal of property, prepares contracts of sales, and issues sales notices for excess Federal/agency land. Draws up bidders list and explains the realty procedures to qualified bidders, as to legal description, gross and irrigable acreage, rights-of-way acreage, sales prices, exceptions, restrictions, covenants, terms, conditions, and bid receipt closing dates. Opens and renders bid offers. Explains legal costs, terminology, and conditions to buyers. Conducts investigations and searches of local courthouse records and consults with State, county, and city officials, Bureau of Indian Affairs representatives, water districts, and landowners to negotiate realty contracts. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/29/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level: Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience may include: researching and applying real estate policies and/or guidance to process property transaction documents; reviewing legal descriptions; preparing or assisting in preparing deeds and/or lease instruments; creating or collecting geographic representations and/or analyses; verifying the accuracy of maps and/or data; researching real property such as government facilities and land; preparing and administering government contract documents, editing technical documents to meet established criteria for content. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successfully completion of 1 full year of progressively higher-level graduate education in a field that is directly related to the duties of this position. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. You must include transcripts. -OR- Superior Academic Achievement: Successfully completed a bachelor's degree in a directly related field AND meet one of the following: (1) Class Standing: rank in the upper 3rd of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, based on the completed courses; OR (2) Grad-Point Average (GPA): earn a GPA of (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) based on 4 years of education, or based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum -or- (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field, or the required courses completed during the final two years. Note: GPA will be rounded to one decimal place, for example, 2.95 = 3.0, 2.94 = 2.9; OR (3) Membership in a National Scholastic Honor Society. -OR- Combination of education and experience: You must have equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (in excess of the first year or 18 semester hours) and specialized experience to meet total experience requirements. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100% to qualify. You must include hours per week worked and transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level: Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience may include: experience evaluating, preparing and processing several types of routine property transactions (such as permits, leases, easements, licenses, transfers, exchanges, acquisition contracts, disposal documents); identifying and reporting instances of unauthorized use of government land or property; negotiating routine or standard property and land-use agreements with landowners, land users, project proponents, or government officials; researching records to obtain vague real estate and property information; analyzing and evaluating the merits of land-use requests; working with community planners and developers to develop land and facility use documents. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of Master's Degree or equivalent or at least two full academic years of graduate education related to the occupation, or a master's or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B. or J.D. Directly related graduate study may include, but is not limited to business administration, accounting, governmental budgeting, and/or public administration. (Two years of graduate education is defined as 36 semester hours). You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience: You must have equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (in excess of the first year or 18 semester hours) and specialized experience to meet total experience requirements. You must include hours per week worked and transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level: Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience may include: performing rights of use or acquisition and disposal activities; or reviewing realty actions to ensure compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), or Use of Land, Facilities, and Waterbodies.