Public Lands Analyst 1, 2, or 3 (State Resources)

State of Louisiana • Baton Rouge, LA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Office of State Resources (OSTR) is responsible for the stewardship, administration, and strategic management of Louisiana’s publicly owned land, mineral, water, and subsurface assets for energy-related development. At the direction of the State Mineral and Energy Board (SMEB), the Office supports the full lifecycle of public resource management — beginning with the initial bid and contract evaluation, negotiation, and title verification. The incumbent of this position provides information and guidance to individuals and business entities seeking direction related to land rights and permits required for energy-related proposed projects, such as pipelines and oil and gas production facilities on State-owned property. The incumbent identifies and analyzes the need for land rights and related permits pursuant to State law, develops and prepares land rights contracts and construction permits for execution as grantor, collects and tracks payments and fees, and maintains records associated with these activities. An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies: Accepting Direction: The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions. Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal. Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.

Requirements

• Three years of experience in a lands administration field
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field
• A bachelor’s degree
• Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Nice To Haves

• Accepting Direction: The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions.
• Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.
• Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Performs the permitting and leasing of commercial structures on State-owned land and water bottoms, the issuance of rights of way across State-owned land and water bottoms, the management and tracking of assignments and leases and rights of way and renewals of these agreements pursuant to their terms, the permitting of reclamations from and fill of state-owned water bottoms, and the preparation for execution as grantor of construction permits for rights of way, surface and subsurface leases, boundary agreements, land sales, and other land rights contracts.
• Composes monthly letters along with document scanning for purposes of orderly file integrity.
• Analyzes proposed or previously constructed projects or encroachments on State-owned lands and water bottoms to identify land rights and regulatory permits required.
• Negotiates, develops, and prepares complex land rights and contracts and ensures correctness of form of documents, correctness of property descriptions, and completeness of application requirements as required by law and policy.
• Determines whether or not a lease or right of way is required for the construction activities, and if required, determines the proper type of land rights contract and/or construction permit required.
• Assists the applicant with the preparation, execution, and submission of the same.
• Maintains recordkeeping of land rights information to log newly issued permits, rights of way, leases, land sales, and other agreements.
• Gathers information on State-owned land and water bottom encroachments, including information extracted from abstracts of title and limited title chains, adjacent property ownership information, property descriptions, average leased, etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level