The Position
State Land Agents conduct a broad range of real estate transactions related to State lands, leases, water rights, mineral rights, easements, navigable water management, and acquisition and sale of land, water rights and development rights within statutory authority and in accordance with established real estate principles, practices and ethical standards.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is recruiting to underfill a State Land Agent 3 within the Division of State Land's Nevada Tahoe Resource Team (NTRT) in Carson City. The incumbent oversees the Nevada Land Bank. The goal of the Land Bank is to assist the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in mitigating impacts associated with development in the Tahoe Basin by acquiring and permanently retiring or transferring sensitive land coverage to less sensitive land. The Nevada Land Bank also buys and sells Land Coverage and other transferable rights to the public. The incumbent is responsible for acquisition and disposal of land and interests in land, including land coverage rights and other partial interests; processing authorizations for the use of State lands, including pier and buoy permits at Lake Tahoe; maintenance of land records; preparing written reports; and making public presentations. Additionally, the incumbent will perform research on a variety of land-related issues, including title research, property history, and review of state and federal laws and legislative intent. The person in this position works on projects independently and provides support to NTRT members on a wide variety of environmental projects. The incumbent may be required to travel up to 20% of the time, primarily to and from the Tahoe Basin. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***
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To Qualify:
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, public administration, real estate, environmental or natural science, or related field and two years of professional experience in public lands management; real estate; escrow and title; property leasing, management or development; easements; property appraisal; or related field; OR graduation from high school or equivalent and four years of professional experience as described above; OR one year of experience as a State Land Agent I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
Moderate statewide travel is required.
A valid driver's license or evidence of equivalent mobility is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment.
Application Evaluation Exam
The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
1) Please describe your experience facilitating projects with multiple stakeholders, including regulatory agencies.
2) Please describe your experience with the following: a) Real Estate terminology; b) Land use regulations; c) Escrow procedures; d) Interpreting legal documents; e) Appraisal terminology and procedures; and f) Reviewing site maps and engineered plan sets.
3) Please describe your experience or knowledge of Tahoe related issues concerning Land Coverage and other development rights.