Legal Instruments Examiner

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaska Region, Office of the Regional Director, Deputy Regional Director-Trust Services, Title Services in Anchorage, Alaska.

This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see What are bargaining units?

NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions, GS-0963).

GS-8: 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-7 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience must include; examine and correct complex title documents; research and analyze legal documents pertaining to statutes, regulations and judicial decisions; examine complex title documents for the acquisition and disposal of real property rights pertaining to trust, restricted, fee and reserved lands; advise 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 prepare probate modifications to add property to the inventory of an estate, add interest to inventoried lands, and/or correct typographical errors; prepare or assist in preparing various forms of title conveyances and divestment documents.

GS-7: 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-6 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience must include; gather and assemble 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; image title documents; scan and code the title document into the electronic records system; and receive the scanned title documents and encode into the records system.

GS-6: 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-5 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience must include; research various title documents; pull the historical file to extract document information needed; encode encumbrance data from recorded title documents into land title automated systems for land title ownership; examine complex title documents for the acquisition and disposal of real property rights pertaining to trust, restricted, fee and reserved lands.

GS-5: 1 year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-4 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience must include; maintain files pertaining to land title information by entering all pertinent data on the document requests; research for various title documents; encode encumbrance data from recorded title documents into land title automated systems for land title ownership; OR 4 years of successfully completed education above the high school level in any field at an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. (One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.)

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.

Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472).

Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.