This position serves as a Real Property Officer for the Veterans Affairs (VA) Montana Health Care System and is the subject matter expert and responsible party for the largest portfolio of leases (22), agreements (18), and real property actions (4 pending) in Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19.
***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major Duties and Responsibilities: This employee reports directly to the Chief Engineer and often works concurrently with the Facility Planner, Chief Fiscal Officer, Chief Logistics Officer, and Executive Leadership Team at the station level.
Works with minimal guidance and frequently works with Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) and Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO) program offices on a frequent basis.
Relates to lease actions, the incumbent develops strategic capital investment plans based on mission requirements and market analysis, generates technical requirements for purposes of procurement, commits funding, leads market research and source selection efforts, coordinates and directs activations, manages operations by addressing compliance, defines modifications, and coordinates closures.
Relates to agreements, the incumbent coordinates with current and prospective tenants, drafts legal documents, enforces provisions in the agreement, and executes financial collections from tenants.
Relates to real property actions, the incumbent is the primary point of contract and field technical expert related to disposal and/or conveyance of real estate in relation to the VA "Reduce the Footprint" criteria for which VA Montana is conducting the vast majority of the disposal actions for all of VISN 19.
Serves as primary point of contract and technical field expert for land use agreements, parcel transactions, easements, and irrevocable licenses related to VA Montana owned assets. Meets with stakeholders, reviews utilization data and growth trends, assesses market availabilities and considers financial constraints related to real property actions.
Generates long term investment priorities indicating locations of assets as well as services provided and presents for review and approval by the Chief Engineer and subsequently to the VA Montana Executive Leadership team. Gains approval for new requirements through the Strategic Capital Investment (SCIP) process.
Serves as the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for the acquisition of every lease requirement and performs accordingly in the execution of all aspects of the procurement; this is complicated by the absence of a local Contracting Officer resulting in the employee being directly responsible for all pre- and post-award contract administration actions. Performs other duties assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday; 7:30am - 4:00pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad-hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
VHANationalRecruitmentCenter@va.gov · (844)456-5208
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $74678 – $97087/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-10.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-11-03 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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