Summary
As a Real Estate/Property Appraiser with NASA's Office of Strategic Infrastructure, you will conduct and review complex real property appraisals, valuations, acquisitions, out-grants, and real estate agreements. You will provide expert guidance on high-impact transactions that support NASA's mission, infrastructure needs, and expanding commercial space access to Agency facilities and infrastructure.
Duties
Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
Serves as an Agency technical authority on complex real property appraisal and valuation matters, providing authoritative technical advice and guidance to NASA Headquarters, Centers, Agency leadership, and other stakeholders.
Performs final technical reviews of complex, high-value, unusual, controversial, or precedent-setting appraisal reports to ensure property values are accurate, objective, logically supported, and adequately documented.
Evaluates appraisal methodologies, assumptions, market data, highest and best use analyses, comparable properties, adjustments, capitalization techniques, cost estimates, depreciation, and reconciliation of value conclusions.
Performs complex fee appraisals and develops opinions of fair market value using the sales comparison, income, cost, and/or other appropriate valuation approaches.
Conducts appraisals of highly specialized or unique NASA real property and assets, including technical, research, test, infrastructure, and launch-related assets for which comparable market transactions may be scarce or nonexistent.
Establishes technical appraisal requirements and develops Statements of Work for contracted appraisal services, including scope, valuation approaches, analyses, documentation, standards, and reporting requirements.
Reviews complex valuation issues for real property acquisitions, out-grants, leases, permits, easements, and other real estate actions to ensure fair market value determinations are sound, supported, and protect NASA and Federal Government interests.
Independently plans and conducts complex appraisal and review assignments with minimal oversight and defends valuation methodologies, analyses, conclusions, and recommendations before Agency officials and external parties.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements outlined in this vacancy announcement. Your resume and supporting documentation will be reviewed in conjunction with your responses to the assessment questionnaire. As part of the assessment, your responses will be scored and used to place you into one of two quality groups. These scores, along with your qualifications and supporting materials, will determine your referral status. Please ensure your application materials and responses accurately reflect your experience and competencies, as misrepresentation may result in removal from consideration. These competencies will be assessed using technical assessments. They may also be evaluated during a structured interview: Problem Solving Technical Competence Writing Real Estate Real Property Management Attention to Detail Conflict Management Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Information Management Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management (Achievement) Stress Tolerance Teamwork To preview the application questionnaire, click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13084653 NASA considers 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. Under NASA's quality grouping process, applicants will be assessed on the position competencies and placed in one of two groups identified and defined below: Best Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate a superior level of all evaluation criteria. Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities. Candidates eligible for ICTAP/CTAP, reemployment priority or priority consideration will be referred before other candidates, as necessary. If no such candidates apply or are eligible to be referred, the following candidates will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration: Best Qualified merit promotion candidates. Highly Qualified merit promotion candidates may also be referred, if additional candidates are needed. Qualified candidates eligible for consideration under Schedule A or VRA in accordance with veterans' preference rules, as applicable. Qualified candidates that are eligible for special hiring authorities or non-competitive hiring authorities. NASA will not ask you to disclose criminal history record information during the application process or before we make a conditional/tentative offer of employment. If you apply for this position and are selected, NASA will conduct a suitability/security background investigation after you accept a tentative job offer. If you feel you are asked to disclose your criminal history before you accept a tentative offer and wish to file a complaint within 30 days, please contact: [email protected].