Supervisory Review Appraiser

Summary

This position serves as a Review Appraiser in the National Park Service (NPS), Park Planning, Facilities and Lands (PPFL), Land Resources Division (LRD).

This is a temporary promotion not to exceed 1 year, and can be extended up to 5 years. This temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition.

Open to the first 100 applicants or until 07/19/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. Learn more about this agency

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Duties

The major duties of the Supervisory Review Appraiser position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Oversees the planning, development, and implementation of the bureau's real property appraisal program.
• Provides oversight and final review of appraisals prepared by appraisers and serves as the bureau's lead technical authority in real property valuation.
• Provides direct first-line supervision to expert technical staff consisting of experienced professionals to accomplish the mission and responsibilities of the Land Resources Program.
• Provides authoritative instruction and guidance to subordinate appraisers and other program staff.
  
  
  

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments and must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 2 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• The position to which you will be appointed is subject to a financial disclosure reporting requirement and you will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of your appointment.
• Obtain and maintain a qualifying non-residential professional appraisal or appraisal review designation which meets the requirements of the Departmental Manual and includes approved classroom training in appraisal practice, experience requirements, a demonstration appraisal report or appraisal review report, and a comprehensive qualifying examination.
  
  
  

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/19/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience.

For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position performs non-residential appraisals, and requires a certificate as a General Appraiser is required. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position.

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To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience must include all of: (1)Demonstrating a wide range of appraisal concepts, principles, and practices to appraise, review, and analyze appraisals; (2)Expert of appraisal review standards and principles; and provide technical advice and policy guidance on appraisal related issues. You must include hours per week worked.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Additional information

A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.

This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.

The actual salary will be based on the geographic location of the individual(s) selected for this position.

This is a fully remote position.

This position is concurrently open to all U.S. Citizens under Announcement Number WO-1614-PPFL-24-12453625-DE.

This position is concurrently open to Merit Promotion eligibles under Announcement Number WO-1614-PPFL-24-12453623-ST.

Physical Demands: The work of this position is typically sedentary, however field work may occasionally require considerable walking and traveling through rough terrain.

Working Conditions: This position typically works in an office environment but may also work in the field. Some risks are involved in field assignments due to adverse weather conditions, insects, hazardous terrain, poisonous snakes, alligators and other wildlife, and occasionally extremely irrational property owners. In some areas, specialized transportation such as air boats, swamp buggies, all-terrain vehicles or even helicopters operated by Park personnel or contractors are needed to visit a site.

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Park Planning, Facilities and Lands

1849 C Street, NW

Washington, DC 20240

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