SLB Acquisition and Entitlements Manager; RES V

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Are you interested in investing in a career that makes a difference? Consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. It’s our mission to manage and conserve Colorado’s natural resources for the benefit of people today – and tomorrow. That means we have to balance development with conservation so the state we all love provides similar opportunities for our children and their children.

We invite you to explore our website at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). to find out more about the work we do to manage Colorado’s natural resources for today – and tomorrow. The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply.

• Medical, Vision and Dental plans
• Strong, flexible retirement plans including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus pre-tax and Roth 401K and 457 plans
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employee Wellness programs
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous vacation and sick leave
• Flexible work schedule options and remote-work options
• Career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

For more detailed information, please visit State of Colorado Employee Benefits.

The State Land Board is a constitutionally created agency that manages a $6 billion endowment of assets for the intergenerational benefit of Colorado's K-12 schoolchildren (the School Trust). The agency is the second-largest landowner in Colorado and generates revenue on behalf of beneficiaries by leasing nearly three million surface acres and four million mineral acres for agriculture, carbon, recreation, commercial real estate, rights-of-way, renewable energy, and oil and gas.

The agency's constitutionally mandated mission is to earn "reasonable and consistent income over time" by managing the assets in a manner that preserves the long‑term productivity and value of the assets.

The Real Estate Section is responsible for all activity associated with the agency's real estate portfolio. This includes commercial property leasing and management, acquisition and disposal of real property, ground leases, land entitlement, and the implementation of operational and environmental stewardship practices based on industry best practices. The real estate section completes the required work with both internal staff resources and third‑party contractors.

NOTE:
Position may be hybrid and partially remote at the discretion of the hiring agency.

The position is responsible for supporting the agency’s efforts to rebalance its real estate portfolio through strategic real property acquisition and disposition, and as such, has an understanding of the division’s entire portfolio. The position also shares duties with other team members to dispose of state trust lands as directed. This includes making recommendations regarding the real estate portfolio for the direction of the Board’s Strategic Plan and policies, identifying potential transactions, performing research, analysis and property due diligence in preparation for and in conjunction with real estate transactions, including selecting appraisers and reviewing appraisals, negotiating contract terms, preparing contracts, managing transaction teams (both internal and external) and presenting recommendations to senior management and the Board.

The position is also responsible for identifying opportunities to entitle or develop state trust land, calculating the benefits of a proposed course of action, determining the strategy that will be used to accomplish the desired outcomes and managing the entitlement and/or development team responsible for implementation.

Finally, the position is responsible for seeking out and negotiating opportunities for the State Land Board to perfect legal access to all state trust land.