Land Law Examiner

You will serve as a Land Law Examiner with Bureau of Land Management in the following location: Salt Lake City, Utah This position is also open to status candidates under announcement CBUM-27-13111452-ST-AWF. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Provide advice and guidance on general legal principles, precedent decisions, and the proper application and use of varied, difficult, arcane, and infrequently used laws, including special and private acts of Congress. Adjudicate the most difficult, unusual, complex, controversial, unprecedented cases referred for final examining and decision. Perform independent adjudication actions in areas such as mineral materials disposal; multiple use mining; mineral leases; mining claims under the general mining laws; mining claim patents; and related activities. Prepare decision documents or notices, such as those rejecting/accepting applications, maintenance fees/waivers, or supporting documents; land status determinations and title conveyances; and responses to appeals, protests, and contest complaints. Conduct training sessions or on-the-job training to other employees involved in the adjudicative process. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/24/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To receive credit for experience, 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. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level: Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: (1) answering inquiries from the public or internal customers regarding public land laws and regulations; (2) reviewing and/or determining land status of federal lands; (3) providing answers to internal and external customers regarding the status of land conveyances; (4) reviewing data which has been entered into a database for errors, accuracy, and completeness. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least 1 full year of graduate level education that included or was supplemented by 12 semester hours of course work related to the administration of land laws. Examples include course work in land surveying, cartography, land use law, real estate law, land appraising, land use planning, water rights, mining laws, or legal instrument review and interpretation. You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience. You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. To combine education and experience: first take the graduate coursework completed - up to the first year of graduate education (18 semester hours) - and divide by 18 semester hours. Then take the number of months of full

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The Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation's natural resources and cultural heritage; provides scientific and other information about those resources; and honors its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated Island Communities. Click here to learn more about the Department of the Interior and its bureaus. The mission of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. Click here to learn more about the Bureau of Land Management.