Realty Specialist

This position is with the Land NAS Facility Acquisitions Branch C (AAQ-930). The position is responsible for Land Acquisitions.

The incumbent serves as a Realty Specialist providing services in real property acquisition, management, and disposal duties in support of the National Airspace System (NAS). The incumbent performs work assignments under the limited direction of a manager or other experienced professionals. He/She may also perform as a warranted Real Estate Contracting Officer (RECO), which involves large dollar amounts, congressional interest, major environmental impact, and large numbers of displacements and relocations of individuals or businesses, or similar complicating factors. Work activities include (I) providing support to requiring organizations in defining and analyzing requirements including exploring viable options; (2) complying with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, policies and procedures in the FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) or in other governing regulations, such as the Federal Acquisition Regulation; (3) negotiating, acquiring, administering, disposing, and/or executing the condemnation of real estate, ( 4) planning and estimating budgets for customers; and (5) performing related project planning including preparing time-lines for completion of the project.

The incumbent applies experience and advanced knowledge applicable to realty to plan and conduct functional activities for projects/programs. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. The incumbent may serve as a warranted Real Estate Contracting Officer (RECO) with a specified dollar amount of delegated signature authority. The incumbent may exercise signature authority for other actions, such as interdepartmental agreements with other U.S. government agencies or with state or local governments. Has contact with a wide variety of personnel both within and external to the organization. Demonstrates considerable independence in planning time and helping the manager, project/program manager, and/or team leader to plan and use assigned resources to accomplish projects/programs/activities. May identify and request additional resources, as needed.

Typical assignments may include: Provides guidance to less-experienced professionals. Personally or through team: Reviews real property acquisition requests to determine validity and adequacy, by assisting customers in defining requirements, drafting or revising specifications, exploring options for lease or purchase, and otherwise correcting deficiencies in acquisition requests; Conducts feasibility studies, market analyses, and uses appraisal documents to determine fair market value of desired properties and; Acquires title searches, researches environmental issues, and performs similar reviews to advise customers on concerns and alternatives.

Acquires real property: Prepares acquisition plan to include determining acquisition strategy; Uses direct purchase, condemnation, like exchange, interdepartmental transfer, interdepartmental agreement, donation, and/or lease; Conducts and gathers market survey information; Obtains and reviews appraisal for purchase by contracted appraiser; Exercises RECO warranted signature authority to negotiate and award real property acquisition leases, contracts and agreements on behalf of Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. government.

Prepares responses to inquiries and assists management or senior specialists in responding to complex inquiries including Congressional and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, protests, claims against the U.S. government, and similar inquiries. Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of a manager. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with management to solve problems. Periodic reviews of work are expected to find few concerns, all of which are corrected quickly and completely.