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Summary This position is located in the Northwest Oregon District, Division of Resources. Responsibilities This position is located in the Northwest Oregon District, Division of Resources and reports directly to the Assistant District Manager for Resources. The position is the Supervisor of the Northwest Oregon District Realty Team. The incumbent leads the District Lands and Realty staff in planning and implementing all aspects of the Lands and Realty programs, including a wide range of sensitive, complex and often controversial social and natural resource issues; provide leadership and guidance to a diverse group of staff specialists; develop and maintain professional working relationships with counterparts in other federal, state, tribal, local agencies; develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with other partners and customers statewide; provide formal supervision to staff specialists on the team. Gives technical guidance, program review and program management for all phases of the District's Lands and Realty Programs to ensure that staffs performing the specific casework carry out their responsibilities in line with laws, regulations and policies. Prepares briefing papers, alternatives and recommendations on the more sensitive or complex issues. Relied upon to provide professional and technical realty problem-solving assistance to division chief, district manager, and field managers. For quantity and quality control, monitors all realty actions taken by subordinate staff. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying: GS-12: Applicants must have one (1) full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) leading complex and controversial lands and realty actions including rights-of-ways, communication sites, land acquisition and disposal, or other use authorizations; (2) investigating or reporting unlawful closure of public lands, trespassing, or noncompliance of stipulations; (3) assisting other personnel in developing environmental assessments for lands program proposed actions; (4) providing information and application procedures to the public on complex realty program issues. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. (Must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted). Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Volunteer Experience: 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 include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Education There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement. Additional Information Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service). Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. You may be required to travel overnight away from home occasionally per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. You will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450 on an annual basis. Physical Demands: Work in primarily in an office setting. There is minimal travel to field sites via four wheel drive vehicles, fixed wing aircraft, helicopter and boats. There is a potential for adverse weather conditions. Field work involves walking, bending, and climbing on steep and rough terrain. Working Conditions: Most work is in an office setting, Field sites may involve exposure to adverse weather, i.e. rain, snow, cold or heat. Some outdoor work requires special safety precautions. The Bureau of Land Management has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval. Tax Law Impact for PCS: Moving expenses reimbursement is a taxable benefit. However, the Federal Travel Regulation 18-05 issued by General Services Administration has authorized agencies to use the Withholding Tax Allowance and Relocation Income Tax Allowance to pay for "substantially all" of the increased tax liability resulting from the "2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" for certain eligible individuals. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) or Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP or CTAP eligible see http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 90 or above on the rating criteria for this position. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, please contact San Antonio Services Branch at SASBMailbox@opm.gov or 816-541-8101.