Senior Real Estate Specialist

City of Aurora•Aurora, CO

About The Position

Step into a pivotal lead role where your expertise in complex property transactions directly shapes the landscape of our community. This position offers a dynamic environment for a licensed real estate professional to master everything from intricate acquisitions to high-level negotiations. You will champion Integrity by ensuring every contract and easement meets the highest professional standards. Our commitment to Customer Service shines through in your interactions with property owners and stakeholders, helping you reach mutually beneficial solutions. By collaborating across departments, you demonstrate Respect for the diverse needs of our citizens and the environment. Your technical leadership reflects a high degree of Professionalism as you mentor junior staff and provide expert guidance on federal regulations. Join a dedicated team where your real estate savvy translates into lasting public impact. The Real Estate Specialist Senior works as a lead employee and applies real estate concepts, principles, and practices to conduct all manner of complex real property transactions with no prevailing guidance; is required to use Colorado Real Estate license for analyzing, evaluating, and coordinating the work activities of the real property acquisition, disposition, licensing, and leasing processes.

Requirements

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, property management or directly related field.
Experience: At least 3 years progressively responsible professional experience in real estate, finance, or similar field.
Knowledge: State statutes, federal regulations and codes related to acquisition of private property for public projects. Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970, as amended. City design standards. GPS, GIS, and Microsoft Office. Professional Land Survey System. Applicable engineering concepts and principles.
Skills: Operating computer equipment. Strong interpersonal skills. Making mathematical calculations. Strong written and oral communication skills. Skill in the use of windows-based programs. Strong customer service skills and customer relations, public speaking, and media relations. Skill in checking information for accuracy and completeness and correcting errors.
Abilities: Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and citizens. Ability to administer Federal or federally assisted projects per the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act of 1970, as amended. Ability to cross-train and lead junior agents. Read, review, and interpret legal property descriptions. Read, review, and interpret title commitments and title policies. Ability to represent RPS at council and committee meetings. Perform relocations of displaced persons. Ability to perform duties and solve problems that no prevailing guidance. Read and interpret engineering and architectural drawings. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, all levels of management including executive staff, citizens, and elected officials. Handle sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Creatively solve problems, negotiate, and handle stressful situations in a positive manner. Oversee assigned employees.
Licenses and Certifications: Registration in the State of Colorado as an Associate Broker or Broker. Driver's License

Responsibilities

Plans, schedules, coordinates, reviews, and monitors work functions necessary to determine real property acquisition needs of a project.
Provides training and direction to assigned survey staff in the capacity of technical advisor.
Plans, schedules, coordinates, and ensures timely acquisition of necessary easements or rights-of-way.
Prepares and processes agreements and permits with public and private entities.
Prepares and processes leases, licenses, contracts, and conveyance instruments.
Prepares technical reports, memoranda, maps and/or exhibits for use by management.
Coordinates and contracts with environmental firms, appraisal firms, and other private consultants.
Reviews reports and data including legal descriptions, appraisals, environmental site assessments, and title work for conformance with industry standards and/or government regulations.
Interacts, negotiates, recommends solutions, and resolves issues related to real property acquisitions.
Initiates and coordinates land negotiations with property owners and outside agencies to acquire or dispose of real property interests.
Performs complex land negotiations with no prevailing guidance, document review and preparation, and generating valuation estimates.
Quality control for records and data management, including production and status activity report.
Inventories and inspects City-owned property for asset management purposes.
Performs curative title functions including, but not limited to, affidavits, releases, and consents.
May testify in court as an expert witness regarding property acquisitions.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Make a difference in the lives of real people every day
Diverse community
Competitive total compensation package
Well-Funded General Employees Retirement Plan
Light rail station minutes away
On-site fitness center and overall employee well-being programs
Internal educational programs to assist with career advancement
Access to innovation workspaces
Rewarding public sector work impacting a large and diverse community
Growing city and employee population
Competitive total compensation package
Rich benefits package with low employee costs
Generous paid leave program
100% funded Employee and Family Care Leave Program
Retirement pension plan and 457b plans available
Subsidized recreation center pass, on-site fitness centers and wellness programs
Continued education and career advancement opportunities