Public Involvement and Property Acquisition Manager

About This Position

 

Our department provides a variety of financial services and programs. Austin Financial Services (AFS) serves residents, vendors, and City departments.

Our mission is to serve as a trusted steward of public resources with integrity and accountability to ensure a fiscally sound city.

Our staff supports a wide variety of financial processes, including preparing the annual budget and annual fiscal report, procurement processes, franchise agreements, real estate transactions, and overseeing the City’s investment portfolio and debt management.

As an internal support function within the larger City organization, AFS is proud to serve and act as a leader in financial management to its partner departments.

Our mission is to serve as a trusted steward of public resources with integrity and accountability to ensure a fiscally sound city.

Our staff supports a wide variety of financial processes, including preparing the annual budget and annual fiscal report, procurement processes, franchise agreements, real estate transactions, and overseeing the City’s investment portfolio and debt management.

As an internal support function within the larger City organization, AFS is proud to serve and act as a leader in financial management to its partner departments.

 

Job Description:

Public Involvement and Property Acquisition Manager

Purpose:

Under minimal direction, plan, coordinate and direct the activities of a division engaged in the acquisition and management of property or easements, systems development and expansion plans, including contract negotiations, permit coordination and associated community involvement.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Oversees the operations of Public Involvement & Real Estate Services business to include easement and property acquisition, land surveying, permitting, and contract negotiation.

• Determines goals, objectives, and resource requirements for activities within the division. Coordinates division activities with other divisions/departments.

• Develops, revises, and implements standard operating practice, policy, and procedure governing the division.

• Provides oversight and coordination of neighborhood association meetings, and staff presentations to executive leadership, the city manager's office, City Council, and other city departments.

• Provides Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), regulatory coordination regarding distribution and transmission services and service area boundaries.

• Prepares, presents, and monitors budget, and ensures division operates within appropriated budget.

• Conducts meetings with neighborhood associations regarding project notification for major projects. Projects may include electric transmission, distribution, and generation.

• Reviews and evaluates contracts and other legal documents. Negotiates contract terms, fees, etc

• Reviews and evaluates survey information, development permits required for completion of projects from city, county and state governments, real property and permit document research.

• Reviews and evaluates activities between staff and electric transmission and distribution design teams to produce cost effective designs with minimal easement or property acquisition costs.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

• Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including, selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of fiscal planning and budget preparation.

• Knowledge of supervisory and managerial techniques and principles.

• Knowledge of public policy development and analysis.

• Knowledge of easements, land development principles, property law, contracts, right of way issues.

• Knowledge of concepts of electric transmission and distribution design and facility placement.

• Knowledge of construction standards.

• Knowledge of ISO 9001:2000 quality management procedures.

• Skill in oral and written communications.

• Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.

• Skill in using co