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This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest Region in Ashland, Wisconsin; Bemidji, Minnesota; Bloomington, Minnesota; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in providing title service and maintenance to Indian reservations and public domain areas of federal trust tribal/individual land.
This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see USA Jobs What are bargaining units?Qualifications:EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions, GS-0963).
GS-8: I have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include examining and correcting complex title documents; researching and analyzing legal documents pertaining to statutes, regulations and judicial decisions; examining complex title documents for the acquisition and disposal of real property rights pertaining to trust, restricted, fee and reserved lands; advising realty specialists in the preparation of various forms of title conveyance and divestment documents, equitable title documents, deeds, leases, grants, property management agreements, stipulations, memoranda of understanding, easements, affidavits, reservation statements, etc.; and preparing probate modifications to add property to the inventory of an estate, add interest to inventoried lands, and/or correct typographical errors; preparing or assist in preparing various forms of title conveyances and divestment documents.
GS-7: I have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include gathering and assembling relevant title documents, identifying potential problems on land/parcel title documents; prepare abstracts of title by carefully examining each legal instrument, determining the correct legal description of the property, identifying current owners of the property and their fractioned title and monetary interests, identifying and curing title defects; imaging title documents; and scanning and coding title documents into an electronic records system.
GS-6: I have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include researching for various title documents; pulling the historical file to extract document information needed; encoding encumbrance data from recorded title documents into land title automated systems for land title ownership; examining complex title documents for the acquisition and disposal of real property rights pertaining to trust, restricted, fee and reserved lands.
GS-5: I have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include maintaining files pertaining to land title information by entering all pertinent data on the document requests; researching for various title documents; encoding encumbrance data from recorded title documents into land title automated systems for land title ownership.
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I have completed 4 years of progressively higher-level education leading to a bachelor's degree in an accredited business or technical school, college or university above high school in any field for which high school graduation or equivalent is a prerequisite. (Note: Applicants who select this response must provide transcripts as verification of their education).
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.Education:If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.htmlEmployment Type: OTHER