Junior Realty Specialist

JOB TITLE: JUNIOR REALTY SPECIALIST

Description: Arrow Alliance is currently seeking a Junior Realty Specialist to join our team in support of a federal contract opportunity within the Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs. The specific assignment will be with the Branch of Real Property & Leasing (BRPL). The Junior Realty Specialist role will provide support in functional areas of Federal lease administration and management, including Federal acquisition planning, Government leased space planning, contractual data and documentation collection, file management, customer service, and reporting.

Background

BRPL serves tribes, schools, vendors, and other stakeholders under IA, AS-IA, BIA, and BIE through the real property leasing program. BRPL also handles space utilization and requests for space from these entities. Some examples of spaces that BRPL is responsible for include office/commercial spaces, warehouses, yards, and storage spaces.

Purpose

This position is a Junior Realty Specialist within the Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs (ASIA), Deputy Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Management (DASM), Office of Facilities, Property, and Safety Management (OFPSM), Branch of Real Property & Leasing (BRPL), located in Reston, VA. The Branch office is responsible for the real property leasing program (RPL) and lease administration for all of Indian Affairs (IA), including the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and encompasses twelve regions located throughout the U.S. and Alaska.

Desired Experience/Skills

• Assisting in the development of acquisition plans,

  with consideration for promoting full and open competition.

• Preparing justifications for other than full and open competition.
• Estimating project costs.
• Identifying funding issues, such as ascertaining customer funding; recommending the acquisition approach.
• Preparing schedules and milestone plans.
• Obtaining all of the necessary approvals for the acquisition plan.
• Completing market research to determine items such as surrounding land use, competition in the marketplace, barriers to competition, local planning and zoning regulations, parking restrictions and economic factors affecting the market.
• Developing public notices through newspapers, public hearings and formal meetings.
• Conducting market surveys to identify potential locations capable of meeting the space requirement for the Government.
• Completing all required reviews, obtaining customer concurrence, and sending the lease proposal package to all prospective offerors identified during acquisition phase, receiving and reviewing lease proposal packages.
• Analyzing individual offers for responsiveness, completeness and technical compliance, determining the financial capability and responsibility of the offeror through references of local banks, financial statements, and other means.
• Reviewing and approving appraisals to verify that the negotiated lease considerations are commensurate with market value; recommending the acceptance of the proposal; preparing final lease documentation and obtaining all of the necessary clearances prior to award.
• Ensuring adherence to construction schedule and verifying specific stages of completion to ensure that the space satisfies the general and special requirements of the project.
• Participating in the negotiation of the terms of the final settlement agreement with the lessor when vacating the space.

Required Qualifications

• Applicants must have recent experience processing GSA Occupancy Agreements (OAs),

  including facilitating communications with various offices regarding timeframes for data submissions and updated space requirements.

• Recent experience in preparing non-lease space agreements involving offices and programs, such as revocable licenses and facility use agreements.
• United States citizenship is required.

Pre-employment background investigation with favorable suitability determination is required.

Place of Performance

• The primary place of performance for this task order is 1011 Indian School Road NW STE 335,
• NM 87104; however, except for site visits, the majority of the work may be performed virtually.

Hours of Work

• 8-hour workday during the normal duty hours of 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except for Federal Government holidays.
• Allowance for a one-hour lunch period each day.