Transportation Realty Agent Trainee - Kanawha County bei West Virginia Department of Transportation (WV)

About the Department

The Transportation Realty Agent Trainee works at the entry level in a training capacity in the Department of Transportation following a formal schedule of classroom and field training designed to prepare the candidate for assessment of value for real property, property rights acquisition, relocation assistance, property management, and right-of-way engineering and surveying. Work may involve simple negotiations, appraisals on non-complex, low-value property, or related-level property management or relocation work. Performs related duties as required.

Position Duties

• Attends classes on fundamentals of real property appraisal, real property rights acquisition, relocation assistance, property management, and right-of-way engineering and surveying.
• Accompanies higher-level Realty Agents while the latter complete their assigned functions in the field and/or office.
• Researches real property sales data from courthouse records for use in making real property appraisals.
• Verifies prices for real property as they are reflected in courthouse records and ascertains conditions surrounding such sales by contact with the buyers and sellers.
• Assists occupants of real property being acquired by the Department of Transportation in finding adequate replacement property through personal contact.
• Gathers data from contact with real estate brokers and newspaper advertisements concerning real property available on the open market for use by higher-level Realty Agents engaged in making replacement housing cost determinations or determining the fair rental or purchase value of properties.
• Travel may be required; therefore, a valid driver’s license is required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of basic math and economic principles.
• Skill in the use of a variety of desktop software for presentations, spreadsheets, graphics, and website development and maintenance.
• Ability to note errors in detailed documents.
• Ability to learn real property appraisal, real property rights acquisition, relocation assistance, property management, and right-of-way engineering and surveying theories and techniques.
• Ability to compile, document, and present facts, and to use judgment in their interpretation.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Other Qualifications

REQUIRED TRAINING/EDUCATION 

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.

• Substitution: Full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in appraisal or appraisal review, negotiation, real estate management or real estate sales, relocation, or right-of-way experience may substitute for the required training/education through an established formula.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE 

• This is the entry level classification in this series. No prior experience is required.