ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), Northern Region Design and Engineering Services, is looking for a Right-of Way Assistant / Right-of-Way Agent 1/2 flex to help us Keep Alaska Moving!
Base Salary Information:
Right-of-Way Assistant: $24.87 / Hourly (OT Eligible)
Right-of-Way Agent 1: $28.28 / Hourly (OT Eligible)
Right-of-Way Agent 2: $32.49 / Hourly (OT Eligible)
What you will be doing:
As a Right-of-Way Assistant/Right-of-Way Agent 1/2, you will support the management and protection of the State's highway right-of-way by assisting with permit processing, field inspections, property research, and administrative activities that support the Right-of-Way team. Under the direction of the Property Management Supervisor, this position participates in a wide variety of Right-of-Way (ROW) duties supporting the ROW Property Management Program. The majority of duties are property management related, with additional responsibilities providing ROW-specific administrative support for the entire ROW team.
As a Right-of-Way Assistant, you will:
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Provide administrative support for the ROW team and Property Management Program.
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Assist with processing applications for public use of highway right-of-way, including highway events such as runs, walks, and parades, and traffic control activities on state roadways.
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Help maintain right-of-way records, maps, files, and property documentation.
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Research and compile information related to right-of-way ownership, permits, and property records.
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Assist with field inspections and collect photographs and field information related to driveways, utility work, encroachments, and other right-of-way activities.
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Learn and apply state and federal laws, regulations, and policies related to right-of-way and property management activities.
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Work with members of the public, other DOT sections, and partner agencies to answer questions and coordinate activities within the highway right-of-way.
As you progress to the Right-of-Way Agent I level, you will:
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Independently process applications for public use of highway right-of-way, including highway events and traffic control activities.
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Utilize right-of-way maps and records to determine property boundaries and right-of-way widths at specific locations.
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Conduct field inspections to document encroachments, post abandoned vehicles, and gather information related to driveways and utility work.
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Coordinate directly with the public, local governments, and other State agencies regarding right-of-way use and permit requirements.
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Apply state and federal laws, regulations, and policies to right-of-way and property management decisions.
As you progress to the Right-of-Way Agent II level, you will take on additional responsibilities including:
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Reviewing and processing permits for driveways, approach roads, encroachments, beautification projects, and various sign programs.
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Assisting with right-of-way acquisition and property disposal transactions.
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Supporting the management of properties acquired for highway projects, including buildings and vacant land.
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Researching right-of-way ownership, land title information, and property records.
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Assisting with appraisal review activities and the acquisition, management, relinquishment, and disposal of material sites.
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Independently coordinating with the public, local governments, State and Federal agencies, utilities, and other stakeholders on right-of-way and property management matters.
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Managing increasingly complex right-of-way and property management issues with greater independence and decision-making authority.
Our organization, mission, and culture:
Property Management works to keep the highway right of ways clear of unpermitted encroachments in order to preserve the integrity of the State’s federally funded highway system. Employees in Property Management research property ownership, monitor highway use, negotiate the removal of unpermitted encroachments, and permit allowable activities in department managed right of ways. Right of Way Agents manage/obtain material sources and help ensure fair market value determinations are made. The work requires good verbal and written communication skills as well as conflict resolution skills.
The benefits of joining our team:
Joining the Property Management team will provide a challenging and dynamic work environment plus the opportunity to collaborate with a large cross-section of Department staff and the public.
DOT&PF provides services to nearly all members of the public. This work will provide an opportunity to positively affect the State and community.
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. A successful candidate will have sound judgment, decision-making, and a strong ethical and professional conduct history.
State employment offers an excellent retirement plan, generous leave, competitive health benefits (including dental and vision). Please see here for more information: https://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/benefits.
The working environment you can expect:
The position’s day-to-day activities would take place in the McKinley Building, a temperature-controlled office building located off of Peger Road in
Fairbanks, Alaska. There would be occasional trips into the field, that may include rural/remote locations where work conditions vary. The Fairbanks North Star Borough has a population of approximately 100,000. The area is well known for outdoor activities such as dog mushing, cross-country skiing, snowmachining, boating, hiking, hunting, fishing, and watching the northern lights
Who we are looking for:
To be successful in this position, the selected applicant will possess the following core competencies:
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Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
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Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others to accept recommendations, cooperate, or change their behavior; works with others towards an agreement; negotiates to find mutually acceptable solutions.
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Adaptability: adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
Special Note:-
This position requires Valid Driver`s License.
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Notary Seal: ROW Agent positions are required to witness and notarize a variety of legal documents. This qualification can be acquired while on the job.
To view the general description and example of duties for positions please go to the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs
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.
Right-of-Way Assistant
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
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Arithmetic: Performs computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division correctly using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages.
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Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
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Clerical: Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, and using and completing forms.
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Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
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Reading: Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
equivalent to those typically gained by:
Clerical experience that included assisting others in reviewing, preparing, or gathering data for real property transactions, permitting, appraisals, title history, land recordation, surveying, or drafting of plats, engineering plans, landscape plans, maps, or similar diagrams.
“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
Right-Of-Way Agent 1
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
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Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
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Arithmetic: Performs computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division correctly using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages.
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Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
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Geography: Knowledge of geographical locations, and city, borough, state, federal governments; their relationships and characteristics.
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Interpersonal Skills: Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs and feelings of different people in different situations.
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Reading: Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
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Real Estate: Knowledge of real estate principles, practices, markets, and values.
equivalent to those typically gained by:
Technical experience assisting with property management or the preparation of legal descriptions of land, real property appraisals, title searching and abstracting, or surveying for any of the following: drafting land use permits or agreements, plats, engineering plans, landscape plans, maps, or similar diagrams.
“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
Right-of-Way Agent 2
Any experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
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Arithmetic: Performs computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division correctly using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages.
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Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with State and federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
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Geography: Knowledge of geographical locations, and city, borough, state federal governments; their relationships and characteristics.
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Interpersonal Skills: Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs and feelings of different people in different situations.
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Reading: Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
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Real Estate: Knowledge of real estate principles, practices, markets, and values.
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Standards: Knowledge of standards that either are compliant with or derived from established standards or guidelines.
equivalent to those typically gained by:
Professional experience as an agent for public, personal, or commercial real property transactions, or in surveying or engineering in any of the following: searching, analyzing, and evaluating real property titles; preparing legal land descriptions; appraising real property; acquiring, managing, or disposing of public, personal, or commercial real estate; providing relocation assistance to displaced persons; or drafting of land use permits or agreements.
“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.
ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.
DRIVER’S LICENSE REQUIREMENT
Applicants must possess a valid driver's license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.
WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.
NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
For your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions.
The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four levels of proficiency to measure and describe an applicant’s level of competence in applying certain behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The four proficiency levels are: Mastery, Fluency, Literacy, and Discovery. You will need to rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.
FLEXIBLY STAFFED
This position is flexibly staffed. It may be filled at the Right-of-Way Agent 1 or 2 level, depending on the applicant's training and/or experience. The full range of salaries is listed above. Starting salary will be determined by the level the position is hired at. If filled at a lower level, promotion to the higher level will occur upon successful completion of the probationary period and required training, as well as the applicant meeting the minimum qualifications of the higher job class.
EDUCATION
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.
It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or 465-4095 in Juneau or (907) 465-3412 (TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
