Right-of-Way Agent I

Kentucky Personnel Cabinet•Lexington, KY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is committed to meeting or exceeding the needs and expectations of our customers. Our focus is on people: our customers, our employees, and our partners. We will continually improve both the delivery of our products and services and the processes that support that delivery to provide a safe, efficient, environmentally sound, and fiscally responsible transportation system that delivers economic opportunity and enhances the quality of life in Kentucky. By joining our Project Development Section as a Right of Way Agent I in Fayette County, you’ll have the opportunity to under immediate supervision, perform beginning level professional work in one or more phases of the highway Right-of-Way program.

Requirements

Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, or related field.
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Must possess a valid driver's license to qualify for employment in this job classification.
Within six (6) months of employment, shall provide the hiring agency documentation that employee is a Notary Public properly commissioned and bonded in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Must maintain any required licensure(s), certification(s), or other credentials for the length of employment in this classification.

Nice To Haves

Experience in public relations with strong communication and organizational skills
Basic knowledge of real estate and related experience
Experience in negotiations
Office and computer skills, mathematic and measurement skills
Under the laws of eminent domain (exercising the right of condemnation), broad experience in at least one of the following areas will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis: Professional duties of research for and preparation of documented appraisals (value of property, land, structures and improvements) through the Appraisal Process which are then approved for Right-of-Way acquisition; Initiating and conducting problem solving negotiations including details of appraisal and offer with owner leading to approved settlements or condemnation; Initiating and providing relocation assistance including but not limited to reimbursement of moving expenses, replacement housing computations, and reestablishment expenses to displaced persons, businesses, or non-profit organizations; Handling the disposal of improvements and environmental cleanup on properties which may include carcinogenic or hazardous materials. (Eminent Domain is the right of government to take or to authorize the taking of private property for public use, just compensation usually being given to the owner). Current or prior military experience will substitute for the required college on a year-for-year basis.