Job Details

The County of Santa Cruz is seeking an experienced real property professional with strong negotiation skills, a proven ability to manage complex projects, and the desire to make an impact on the community. This position offers the opportunity to lead critical initiatives and shape the County`s infrastructure and property portfolio. We offer a generous benefits package which includes annual leave, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision and CalPERS retirement benefits!

Salary: $8,944 – 11,320 / Month

THE JOB: As a Senior Real Property Agent, you will take the lead in acquiring, managing, and negotiating the use of real property for a wide range of public projects. Working under general direction, you will perform complex real property functions, including appraisals, negotiations, acquisitions, property management and disposition, relocation, and high-value lease negotiations. You will also oversee consultants and ensure that projects are delivered in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. This is the advanced journey level in the Real Property Agent series, where you will work with a higher degree of independence and responsibility. You may manage the real property workload for assigned functional areas, such as Sanitation, Roads, or special County projects and regularly collaborate with outside agencies, executive management, and County Counsel.

THE REQUIREMENTS: Any combination of education and experience which would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying, unless otherwise specified. A typical way to obtain these knowledge and abilities would be: 

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in business administration, real estate, civil engineering, or a related field, and five years of experience in lease negotiations, property management, relocation, and appraisals and negotiations of advanced difficulty for the purchase of land, improvements, and property rights for the public use in a public agency.  Desirable qualifications include a Certificate from the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) and possession of a California Real Estate Broker`s License.  (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)

OR

Four years performing the duties comparable to a Real Property Agent with Santa Cruz County.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Possess and maintain a valid California Class C Driver's License.

Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of the principles of real property management and appraisal techniques in a public setting; legal description of real property and general engineering terms and symbols in a public setting; the laws, legal documents and procedures for appraising and acquiring real property in a public setting; the techniques, laws and procedures required for relocation assistance; and federal, state, and local regulations governing relocation, acquisition and disposition of real property in a governmental setting.

Ability to: Conduct negotiations in a persuasive manner; interpret maps, engineering plans and legal documents pertaining to property; establish and maintain cooperative relationships with others; collect and analyze data, develop and administer plans; interpret, explain, apply and enforce applicable laws, rules and regulations; formulate, evaluate and make recommendations on real property acquisitions; prepare and present effective oral and written presentations; learn to access, input and analyze data using a computer; perform difficult appraisals; learn to supervise and train others; negotiate high-value leases of real property, prepare lease documents, and coordinate review and inter-departmental approval process; implement residential and business relocation projects in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations; conduct reviews of contract appraisers and prepare right of way certification documents for federally funded projects; prepare terms and documents for negotiated settlements relating to property acquisition, management, and relocation; and assist and advise the Chief Real Property Agent with work plan, financial analysis, project cost estimating, and interdepartmental communications.

Apply online at www.santacruzcountyjobs.com

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