Realty Manager

Association of Village Council Presidents•Bethel, AK

16h

About The Position

The Realty Manager directs and oversees trust and realty programs for over 3,000 individual tracts of land within the AVCP region. This role involves providing technical direction and administrative guidance to the Realty staff, preparing short and long-range plans for the department, and managing the department's budget and staffing requirements. The manager is responsible for maintaining records for the Realty Program, developing a highly trained technical staff, and ensuring compliance with the Office of Trust Services and applicable regulations. Additionally, the position assists with Tribal Trust Evaluations/Office of Trust Services Audits and mentors supervisory positions, while maintaining strict confidentiality of the department and clientele. In a supervisory capacity, the Realty Manager supervises and collaborates with department employees, fostering open two-way communication to enhance job satisfaction and morale. They are tasked with developing and maintaining a culturally sensitive work environment, ensuring staff have the necessary tools and training, and monitoring all phases of departmental services to ensure proper policies and procedures are in place and meet client needs. This includes updating existing policies and creating new ones to improve service standardization and systemized processes. The manager also compiles, reviews, and approves employee timesheets for payroll and conducts performance evaluations and disciplinary actions as required.

Requirements

Demonstrated knowledge of Federal Indian Law.
Demonstrated knowledge of the federal law, state law, regulations, and policies as they affect native restricted land and Federal Indian Probate.
Demonstrated knowledge of federal and state trespass laws, regulations, case law, and field investigation procedures.
Demonstrated knowledge of the BIA and the BLM land management programs.
Demonstrated knowledge of legal document review for compliance with the United States Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Alaska state law, case law, and BIA policies and procedures.
Demonstrated research skills and technical writing skills.
Demonstrated knowledge of legal land descriptions and map reading.
Strong written, oral, organizational and analytical skills are required.
Must have strong computer skills.
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Five (5) years of experience as a Program Manager.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in a related field is preferred
Bilingual Yup’ik/English preferred.

Responsibilities

Directs and the trust and realty programs for over 3,000 individual tracts of land with the AVCP region.
Provides technical direction and administrative guidance to the Realty staff.
Prepares short and long-range plans for the department.
Oversight and management of the Realty Department budget and staffing requirements.
Manages records for the Realty Program
Develops a highly trained technical staff in order to provide high quality results.
Ensures compliance with the Office of Trust Services and applicable regulations
Assists with Tribal Trust Evaluations/Office of Trust Services Audits
Mentors the supervisory positions.
Maintains strict confidentiality of the department and clientele.
Supervises and collaborates with the Department’s employees; encourages open two-way communication with staff to enhance job satisfaction and overall morale.
Develops and maintains a culturally sensitive work environment.
Ensures staff has the tools and training required to effectively do their jobs.
Monitors all phases of the department’s services to ensure that proper policies and procedures are in place and suited to meet client needs.
Updates existing departmental policies and creates new ones to improve service procedure standardization and to enhance systemized processes.
Compiles, reviews and approves Department employee’s timesheets for submission to payroll.
Conducts performance evaluations and disciplinary actions of Department staff as required.