Summary About the Position: Serves as a subject matter expert on most difficult real estate acquisitions, real estate, and environmental matters. The duty location may be negotiated after selection. The actual salary will be based on the geographic location of the individual(s) selected for this position. Responsibilities Render legal advice on the most difficult matters involving real estate acquisitions and compliance, including direct purchase, leases, easements, or donation of real property. Research, analyze and provide legal advice during various stages of the real estate acquisition process. Ensure that the organizations strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services Ensure team workload is accomplished in accordance with established priorities and within accepted timeframes. Train or arrange for training of team members in methods and techniques of team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects. Interpret and apply case law, statutes, regulations and policies pertaining to land acquisition, easement acquisition, construction-related issues, and operation of projects and activities. Review Negotiators Report, Offer to Sell, and other documents prepared by Realty Specialists. Identifie and draft legal instruments, such as releases, disclaimers, and subordination documents or reviews documents prepared by paralegals. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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. Education Requirement: An applicant must have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LL.B. or JD.). In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: Three or more years of professional legal experience. Examples of this experience are: advising on the most difficult matters involving real estate acquisitions, including direct purchase, leases, easements, or donation of real property; interpreting and applying case law, statutes, regulations and policies pertaining to land acquisition, easement acquisition, construction-related issues, and operation of projects and activities; Federal acquisitions of a variety of property interests, environmental and federal real estate acquisition rules and regulations, and various State laws within the applicable area of responsibility; review of Condemnation Assemblies, Declarations of Taking (DTs) and coordination with assigned U.S. Attorney(s); prepare Pre-Acquisition and Post-Acquisition Title Opinions in accordance with DOJ Title Standards; articulates and communicates to the team their respective assignment(s), project(s), program issues under review, and deadlines and timeframes for completion; prepares, reviews and clears all necessary documents for acquisitions and/or relocations that involve unique/novel questions of law, difficult legal or factual issues, large sums of money, and/or very capable opposing legal talent or delicacy. Bar Membership: An applicant must currently be an active member in good standing of the Bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (must provide a copy) Fitness to Practice Law: An applicant must currently be fit to practice law. If your fitness to practice law, or your conduct has ever been challenged you must submit a sworn statement giving the facts and circumstances, together with any explanations you consider appropriate. The sworn statement should be notarized and dated within 3 months of the date of your application. (If you are currently employed as an attorney with The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this requirement does not apply to you). Time in Grade Requirement: If employed as an Attorney by the Federal government, you must have completed 1 year at the next lower level within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement or previously served at the same or higher grade as the position being filled. Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a legal Career Field position Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. Situational Telework may be authorized at the discretion of the agency. Current Permanent Army Employee - Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 5 years. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years; however, return rights may be impacted. External Status Candidate - Position may be filled as a Time-Limited Appointment NTE 6 years. Time-Limited Appointments may be extended beyond six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years. External status candidates applying for a Time-Limited Appointment will be appointed/converted into a Time-Limited Appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position. If a permanent position becomes available, you may be converted to a new permanent excepted service appointment.
