Review Appraiser

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.

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Duties

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• 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.

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Conditions of employment

• This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. **See Additional Information section**
• Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
• Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain real property appraiser licenses in the States of Florida and California.
• Duty location will be determined upon selection. This position is not remote; however, the selectee may be authorized to work from an approved duty location based on mission needs, supervisory approval, and Agency policy.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-13, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level:

• Assisting with developing, negotiating, or administering complex real estate transactions such as leases, easements, permits, acquisitions, disposals, or out-grants;
• Performing or reviewing real property appraisals, market analyses, or valuation activities to determine fair market value; and
• Providing technical guidance on real estate transactions to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, or organizational requirements.

To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level:

• Independently developing, negotiating, and executing complex or high-value real estate transactions involving leases, easements, permits, acquisitions, disposals, or out-grants;
• Performing, reviewing, or providing authoritative guidance on complex real property appraisals and valuation methodologies used to establish fair market value; and
• Serving as a technical expert or advisor on complex real estate matters, including resolving transaction, valuation, regulatory, or policy issues involving multiple stakeholders.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

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Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement.

If you are a current federal employee, you must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible for this position. To be eligible, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in a position no more than 1 grade lower than the advertised position. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined, your application will be rated ineligible.)

Note: Time-in-grade requirements also apply to applicants who have held a non-temporary, competitive service GS position in the past year.

If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must:

- Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position. The questionnaire asks you to identify your ICTAP/CTAP eligibility.

- Be well qualified for this position to receive consideration. Candidates rated in the 'Best Qualified' category are considered well-qualified. Please see 'How You Will Be Evaluated' for more information.

- Submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP as indicated in 'Required Documents'

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Qualified NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility (Term Appointments | NASA) under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures.

Any applicant that received a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) from the federal governmentwithin the last five years based of the closing date of this announcement, if selected, may be required to repay the full amount prior to establishing a start date. For additional information on the VSIP repayment requirement, click here -

Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit.

Probationary Period

You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11.

In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;

• the needs and interests of the agency;

• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and

• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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