Right-of-Way Agent 3

Job Description

ATTENTION! ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications (MQs).

Please read the Competency Based MQ instructions below to learn more on how to document you meet the core competencies listed in the MQ section.

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Central Region is looking for a Right-of-Way (ROW) Agent 3 in our Property Acquisition Unit to help us

Keep Alaska Moving!

What you will be doing:

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Right-of-Way (ROW) section is the functional group expert on acquisitions to support highway, aviation, and public facility capital projects. The ROW Agent 3 position serves as a lead ROW Agent within the Acquisition and Relocation Unit and functions as the Project Agent for the department’s most complex ROW projects. This role is primarily assigned to consultant-led projects but may also manage in-house project assignments. The ROW Agent 3 provides leadership in coordinating consultant activities and supports the development, administration, and oversight of professional service agreements for ROW services.  The acquisition and relocation program is managed in accordance with the DOT&PF Alaska Right-of-Way Manual.

Our organization, mission, and culture:

DOT&PFs’ mission is to Keep Alaska Moving. We are working toward a modern, adaptable, flexible transportation system that will be resilient as we tackle our challenges. We believe that collaboration, communication, and coordination increase our ability to succeed. Creating teams that are focused on results, working together, and leveraging resources across our department increases our ability to accomplish our mission and serve Alaskans. The DOT&PF core values are integrity, excellence, and respect. We support an environment focused on teamwork and to achieve results. We succeed in achieving our transportation mission through building credibility with our customers, stakeholders, and the public.

The benefits of joining our team:

Joining DOT&PF offers an array of benefits, with career growth opportunities at the forefront. As an integral part of Alaska's infrastructure development and maintenance, DOT&PF provides employees with a dynamic and diverse work environment where they can continually enhance their skills and climb the career ladder. The department values professional development, offering training programs and mentorship opportunities to help individuals expand their expertise and advance in their chosen fields. With the vast and unique challenges of Alaska's geography and climate, employees can work on groundbreaking projects that contribute to the state's growth, making the DOT&PF an ideal choice for those seeking a fulfilling and evolving career in transportation and public facilities.

The State of Alaska has a generous benefits package and an excellent retirement plan. Please see here for more information:

https://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/benefits/

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The DOT&PF core values are integrity, excellence, and respect. We support an environment focused on teamwork and collaboration to achieve results.  We succeed in achieving our transportation mission through building credibility with our customers, stakeholders, and the public.

The working environment you can expect:

This position resides in the DOT&PF Central Region Headquarters building at 4111 Aviation Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska. It is easily accessible by a paved multi-use path and bus routes 40 and 65. Located on the shore of the beautiful Lake Hood Seaplane Base near Ted Stevens International Airport. Office hours are flexible. As a side benefit, you will have easy access to bike & walking trails around Lake Hood.

Who we are looking for:

To be successful in this position, the selected applicant will possess the following core competencies:

Leadership

: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.

Project Management

: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.

Reasoning

: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.

Special Note:

Valid Drivers License is required

Short term travel within the State is required. Frequency of travel is seldom and as required to support capitol projects.

To view the general description and example of duties for positions please go to the following link:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/

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Minimum Qualifications

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.  They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines.  A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Any experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:

Uses a logical, systematic, and sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Geography:

Knowledge of geographical locations, and city, borough, state federal governments; their relationships and characteristics.

Interpersonal Skills:

Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

Negotiation:

Works with others towards an agreement that may involve exchanging specific resources or resolving differences.

Real Estate:

Knowledge of real estate principles, practices, markets, and values.

Standards:

Knowledge of standards that either are compliant with or derived from established standards or guidelines.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Professional experience in the acquisition, management, or disposal of public or commercial real property that included conducting or overseeing title examining, surveying, engineering, appraisals, negotiations with buyer or seller for acquisition or relocation, performing eminent domain actions; or managing property in the preparation of land use permits, agreements, easements, and acquisition and disposition documents.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.?

Additional Required Information

At time of interview, applicants are requested to submit (if not already attached to your application):

Three (3) professional references, including name, job title, and current phone numbers.

Copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are okay, please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcript) if using education to verify that yo