Lease Contracting Officer

Summary

As a Lease Contracting Officer, you will perform a wide range of large scale, highly visible, and highly complex realty transactions. Location of position: GSA - Public Building Service (PBS), Office of Realty and Lease Acquisition The Office of Realty and Lease Acquisition is responsible for delivering leased space timely, at the best value, and with high-quality workplace solutions. We are currently filling eight vacancies, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

Duties

• Coordinates with other office components to ensure conformity of procedures and interpretations. Responsible for oversight of site acquisition projects including federal site acquisition, relocation, out-leasing, easements, permits, and licenses. Works on projects that involve very complex and/or controversial transactions with sensitive negotiations or substantive risk to the Government, and/or large scale, high visibility projects to be accomplished under lease construction agreement and/or other innovative or highly complex/ specialized contractual vehicles. Manages highly complex realty projects in collaboration with and in support to customers, such as acquisitions involving large blocks of space coupled with complex relocation issues; property management issues requiring extensive coordination; and conflicts between clients and local, state, or Federal authorities. Performs a variety of complex real estate work related to the acquisition of real property and/or the management of federally owned, leased and/or delegated space, based on needs identified through the customer requirements development process. Prepares and reviews required legal documentation to support acquisition determinations in accordance with application law, regulations and policies, i.e., Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Federal Management Regulation (FMR), GSA Acquisition Regulation (GSAR), and GSA Acquisition Manual (GSAM). Maintains lease/site acquisition files and follows up to ensure compliance with legal requirements.

Qualifications

To evaluate your qualifications, your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the specialized experience described below. Your resume must not exceed two pages. To ensure your qualifications can be fully evaluated, we recommend including the following information: Name, address, telephone number, email address; Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade); Relevant work experience—should include employer name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and descriptions that explain how you meet the required qualifications in the job announcement. Education, certifications or licensures—If the job announcement requires any education, certifications or licensures, make sure to include the required information and any required documents like transcripts. Your resume should contain enough information to make a valid determination that you fully meet experience requirements for each grade level you are applying to. If you do not provide enough information for us to determine your qualifications, you may be rated ineligible. If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume. The GS-13 salary range starts at $108,173 per year. To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is managing a wide range of large scale, complex, and/or high visibility real estate transactions for commercial office space by researching, interpreting, and applying knowledge of real estate laws, regulations, and practices. This experience must include performing the following: Lease acquisition including negotiating, preparing and executing real estate contracts; Conducting market surveys and real estate site inspections; Performing real estate project management using project management tools to manage projects from inception to closeout; Conducting cost analyses for real estate transactions; Monitoring lease transactions and documents for procurement and financial accuracy; and, Analyzing and providing technical advice and direction in the development and implementation of real estate policy.

Requirements

If selected, you must meet the following conditions: Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non­Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Serve a one year probationary period, if required. Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 4 investigation level). Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position The incumbent is required to obtain and maintain an Unlimited Contracting Officers Warrant and FACCOR Level II Certification in active status. The incumbent is also required to complete training and ensure applicable leasing certification program requirements at a Level III. Training must be kept current in accordance with leasing certification program guidelines.

How to apply

Submit a complete online application including any required documents prior to 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement. You can modify or complete your application any time before the deadline. Simply return to USAJOBS, select the vacancy, and update your application. For more detailed instructions on how to apply, click here: Apply for a GSA Job. If you are having issues applying to this announcement, you should switch to a different browser, network or device. Note: Your firewall may block your transfer from USAJOBS to your GSA application. To begin, click the Apply Online button on the vacancy announcement. Sign in or register on USAJobs and select a resume and documents to include in your application. Resumes exceeding two pages will not be accepted by USAJOBS and will prevent your application from moving forward in the hiring process. Please see Required Documents for additional details. Once you have clicked Apply for this position now, you will be taken to the GSA site to complete the application process. Click the Apply To This Vacancy and complete all steps in the application process until the Confirmation indicates your application is complete. If you click Return to USAJobs or get timed out prior to receiving confirmation, your application will not be submitted and cannot be considered for this job. Note: Review the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section of this announcement to determine which apply to you and must be submitted online. You may choose one or more of the following options to submit your document(s): Upload (from your computer) or USAJOBS (click the "USAJOBS" link to complete the transfer process). Need Assistance? Questions or issues completing an application and/or submitting documentation - contact [email protected] or 1-866-656-6831 Monday-Friday 7AM - 7PM EST, except for Federal holidays Specific questions on the position - contact the HR representative (Monday-Friday during normal business hours) listed on the announcement, prior to the application deadline You must receive HR approval before deviating from these instructions. Be sure to APPLY EARLY as most assessments must be completed fully and submitted before the announcement closing.