Senior Real Property Agent (Finance)
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The County of Riverside's Facilities Management department has multiple opportunities for the Senior Real Property Agent in their Real Estate Division. The position will be focused on commercial leasing, acquisition of real property, property management, and tenant improvement oversight.
The incumbent will also provide mentorship to Real Property Agents within the division and is expected to perform the most difficult and specialized real property work within the realm of negotiating lease agreements, sourcing and negotiating property sales, overseeing a real estate portfolio (portfolio management), and performing lease administration duties. Other duties may include providing technical direction and training.
The Senior Real Property Agent is the advanced journey and lead level class in the Real Property Agent series. This class is distinguished from the Supervising Real Property Agent in that the latter is responsible for full scope supervision of Real Property Agents.
Competitive candidates will have experience/skills in the following areas:
- Sourcing and negotiating property sales
- Successful negotiation of commercial leases
- Commercial property management
- Tenant improvement oversight
- An understanding of lease analysis and proper contract writing
Tele-commuting is not offered for this position at this time. Interviews conducted for this position will be held in Downtown Riverside, virtual interviews will not be offered at this time.
Meet the Team!
Riverside County Department of Facilities Management provides property management and operations services for county owned and leased facilities throughout the 7,200 square miles of Riverside County and over 14 million square feet of space. The department is responsible for keeping county buildings safe, comfortable and productive for both county staff and the public.• Plans, organizes, supervises, and participates in the work of real property agents; provides technical direction and training to subordinate staff.
• Acts as project leader or technical expert in large-scale or complex real property assignments, including appraisals, negotiations for acquisition, sale, and lease of property, real property and space management, or involving condemnation proceedings, title matters, relocation assistance, and other particularly sensitive aspects of real property work.
• Assigns and reviews the work of subordinate professional staff; reviews appraisals performed by independent fee appraisers.
• Prepares or supervises and reviews the preparation and executions of various documents, agreements, and correspondence involved in real property acquisition, sale, or lease.
• Advises and assists staff with the more technical, difficult, and unusual assignments; arranges for or provides staff training and development opportunities.
• Performs the most difficult, complex, and specialized assignments; personally conducts the more difficult appraisals, acquisition, sale or lease negotiations, space management studies, and relocation assistance for displaced persons.
• Identifies and evaluates consequences of real property transactions and recommends alternative actions; evaluates market data to determine trends in real property.
• Reviews Federal, State, and County legislation to assess impact on departmental policy and procedure; coordinates and consults with departments on proposals and projects in progress.
• Recommends condemnation proceedings and appears before the Board of Supervisors as an expert witness; appraises and negotiates the sale or revenue leasing of surplus property; researches and prepares technical reports and performs feasibility studies.
• Prepares correspondence and financial data involved in real property leasing.
• Performs the most difficult, complex, and specialized assignments; personally conducts the more difficult lease negotiations. Education: Graduation from an accredited college with a Bachelor's Degree, preferably with major coursework in economics, business or public administration, or a closely related field. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on the basis of one year of full-time experience equaling 30 semester or 45 quarter units of education.)
Experience: Three years of experience in the appraisal and negotiation for the acquisition of commercial real property and rights-of-way, or negotiation, preparation, and management of complex leasing agreements and facility space utilization and allocation management. (In some departments general experience in real estate sales and transfers will not be considered as the equivalent of the required real property appraisal and negotiation experience.)
Other Requirements:
License: Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required.
Knowledge of: The laws pertaining to real property leasing; the principles and practices of supervision and training; the factors involved in appraising real property and the principles underlying the appraisal process; legal instruments and procedures of real property transactions; real property values and the effects of economic trends on value and price, and construction costs and improvements; leasing agreements and practices; methods and techniques of facility space management.
Ability to: Understand and interpret legal property descriptions, property maps, engineering and construction plans, and the various legal instruments and agreements connected with real property actions; to do technical research and prepare comprehensive reports, establish and maintain effective and tactful communications with public and private officials, the general public, and other employees.If you have any questions regarding this posting, please contact Amanda Duarte at aduarte@rivco.org
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