Real Estate Specialist Trainee​/Trainee​/Real Estate Specialist ; NY HELPS Region

Overview

Join to apply for the Real Estate Specialist Trainee 1/Trainee 2/ Real Estate Specialist 1 (NY HELPS) Region 4 role at NYS Department of Transportation.

This range is provided by NYS Department of Transportation. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$53,764.00/yr - $85,138.00/yr

Candidate(s) eligible for appointment to a Real Estate Specialist 1 position may be appointed to a two year traineeship. If appointed to the traineeship the appointed candidate(s) will participate in a formal training program that will consist of classroom instruction, the completion of lesson plans and on-the-job training activities. In addition to participating in the formal training program, the incumbent(s) will perform beginning- level professional work under close and continuing supervision, in a variety of appraisal, property management and property acquisition activities.

The trainees in this title begin as a Real Estate Specialist Trainee 1 equivalent to a salary grade 14. After successful completion of one year as a Real Estate Specialist Trainee 1, the appointed candidate(s) will advance to a Real Estate Specialist Trainee 2 equivalent to a salary grade 16. After one year of satisfactory service as a Real Estate Specialist Trainee 2 and completion of the two year traineeship the appointed candidate(s) will advance to the journey level Real Estate Specialist 1 (Salary Grade 18).

A Real Estate Specialist 1 works in a Regional Real Estate office under the direction of a Real Estate Specialist
2. Duties involve determining the values of property to be appropriated for public use, the management of such property and negotiation of a financial settlement with the owners of the property. This includes preparing reports of physical inspection, writing appraisals, negotiating claims, and helping to relocate residences and businesses, sign control and other related work. The duties of this position require considerable travel and fieldwork within a Regional area, and occasional travel to other parts of New York State.

At the time of appointment and continuously thereafter, possession of valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State is required or otherwise must demonstrate the ability to meet the travel requirements of the position.

Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

Real Estate Specialist Trainee 1

To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55 b/c, candidates must meet the open competitive minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:

• Four years of real estate experience appraising real property including writing original appraisal reports or reviews in connection with sales, leasing, financing of real property with banks, lending institutions, mortgage organizations, or other financial organizations; or writing original appraisal reports or reviews in connection with land acquisitions for public land acquisition agencies, utility companies, or not for profit conservation organizations; or real estate experience related to real property appraisal, title searching, survey work determining property lines, negotiation of leases, and the sale of real property.

Five years of real estate experience appraising real property including writing original appraisal reports or reviews in connection with sales, leasing, financing of real property with banks, lending institutions, mortgage organizations, or other financial organizations; or writing original appraisal reports or reviews in connection with land acquisitions for public land acquisition agencies, utility companies, or not for profit conservation organizations; or real estate experience related to real property appraisal, title searching, survey work determining property lines, negotiation of leases, and the sale of real property.