Public Lands Analyst

Overview

The Division of Administration/Office of State Lands has a vacancy.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSESS THE FOLLOWING

COMPETENCIES:

• Displaying Expertise
  :
  The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training
• Focusing on Customers
  :
  The ability to serve the needs of those who support and/or rely on the services provided.
• Thinking Critically
  :
  The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.

The Office of State Lands—also known as the State Land Office
—is responsible for the identification, administration, and management of state public lands and water bottoms. OSL functions include:

• Ensuring the highest economic return and maximum public use possible of our state public lands and water bottoms
• Consulting with clientele all having varying degrees of interest in public lands, navigable water bottoms and the minerals thereunder
• Revenue generation through land and timber sales, surface and sub-surface leasing, issuance of rights-of-way and surface and sub-surface agreements and water bottoms permitting
• Protecting the state’s proprietary interests in its lands and water bottoms

The Division of Administration is the state government’s management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:

• Overseeing the state’s capital construction program
• Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
• Development of the state budget
• Providing technology services
• Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
• Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

Experience requirements:

• Three years of experience in a lands administration field; OR
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR
• A bachelor’s degree.

Experience Substitution: 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.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

• Permits and Leases

• • Performs the permitting and leasing of commercial, recreational and residential structures on state owned land and water bottoms.
  • Interacts with clients to respond to inquiries and provide notifications regarding what land rights contracts or permits may be required for various projects situated on State owned lands and water bottoms
  • 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 contracts for execution
  • Calculates and collects rental payments, renewal payments and other fees associated with grants of surface and subsurface leases

• Document Review

• • Reviews construction plans and drawings, as built surveys and cross sectional plans, legal property descriptions and land surveys
  • Assists the Section Manager in determining whether or not a permit, lease or right of way is required for the construction activities

• GIS Responsibilities

• • Interacts closely with State Land Office GIS team in developing, configuring and maintaining various GIS layers
  • Utilizes data provided by the GIS and SONRIS systems, reviews computerized files and GIS layers for locational information related to proposed projects and existing encroachments

• Additional Key Responsibilities

• • Assists the OSL Location & Survey Section’s Land Surveyors with creating legal property descriptions, lease plats and boundary surveys
  • Consults with OSL staff and other entities to coordinate enforcement initiatives relative to unauthorized encroachments on State owned lands and water bottoms
  • Assists in the monthly collection of fees and record maintenance in the State Lands Information Management System (SLIMS) database and the…