Chief Program Specialist, CEO - Real Estate

When to Submit Your Application: The application filing period will begin onMonday May 5 2025 at 8:00 a.m. (PT) Continuous. We will keep accepting applications until the position is filled. The application window may close unexpectedly once we have enough qualified candidates.

No withhold will be allowed for this examination.Required experience must be fully met by the last day of filing and clearly indicated on the application.

Type of Recruitment:We welcome applications from anyone.

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The Opportunity
We are pursuing qualified candidates to fill Chief Program Specialist CEO positions within the Chief Executive Office. The position has responsibility for a major program (Real Estate) providing operating departments with professional services.

Position Responsibilities

• Supervises or leads staff at all levels in various areas of real estate which may include leases ground leases purchase agreements easements licenses joint developments and property management all in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. California Environmental Quality Act) rules and regulations and policies and procedures.
• Supervises staff in performing applicable due diligence needed for a lease or a property acquisition including without limitation appraisals environmental review title review and operating and finance statements.
• Supervises a team of project managers overseeing tenant improvement work such as monitoring construction contracts for compliance uses data analysis for benchmarking purposes coordination between all parties including other County departments and the landlord and manage schedules and budgets. Familiar with processing change orders and payment requests. Works with County Counsel to review and resolve contractual issues ensuring the project follows the agreement and meets the project timeline.
• Supervises staff performing property management functions for all Countyowned and leased properties to ensure the property is accurately maintained per the lease agreement. Reviews and approves all Common Area Maintenance (CAM) and other property related charges reconciliations are accurate and develops a payment plan for any over/under payments. Ensures property management staff are conducting site visits verifying the condition of the properties develops solutions and request repairs if necessary.
• Negotiates and reviews complex real estate transactions including ground leases reciprocal easements joint developments and financial documents. Utilizes financial valuation methods to value real estate.
• Acquires real property either by negotiation or condemnation.
• Manages and assigns to staff requests for leases license permits sales or other transfers to ensure such requests are efficiently and effectively being processed to completion.
• Reviews and approves all internal real estate documents prior to submission to the section and division managers for final approval.
• Reviews and approves all requests to auditor controller for payments to confirm the requests are accurate and provide the appropriate supporting documentation.
• Reviews and approves the Rent Expense budget request and monthly reports for the section and division managers final review and approval.
• Effectively manages active leases ensuring full compliance with all lease terms by both the County and the other party (whether landlord or tenant).
• Trains and monitors staff to ensure real estate division policies and procedures are followed.
• Provides oversight of lease revenue including reviewing collections and identifying any payments in arrears; assists in developing longterm revenue streams; ensures the County increases revenue while reducing costs; and reviews all existing County property leases to find opportunities for revenue enhancement.
• Works with other departments and agencies to address operational issues with County owned and shared facilities reviews and approved payments of County shared facilities space assignment and provide solutions mutually acceptable to all parties.
• Represents the division and the County in meetings hearings conferences and public forums; May act as Section Manager as needed.

Specialty Requirements
Three (3) years of fulltime experience at the level of Program Specialist IV CEO*or higher performing complex commercial real estate transactions involving highvalue** or largescale*** assets in compliance with applicable laws regulations and policies inat least one of the following functional areas:

• Leasing (private sector or Countyowned property)
• Ground leases
• Easements
• Property management
• Space management
• Tenant improvements
• Acquisition or disposition of real property

** In this exam highvalue assets refer to properties with annual lease values of $USD or more.

*** In this exam largescale assets refer to properties of 50000 square feet or more in a single location or a portfolio totaling at leastsquare feet.

Once we have identified that you meet the requirements we will email you a notification inviting you to participate in the following assessments:

Our Assessment Process:The assessment process will consist of THREE (3) parts:

Part I:A multiple choice and/or simulation assessment(s) weighted at 75% assessing:

• Analyzing Information
• Controlling Emotions
• Empathy
• Sharing Knowledge and Guidance
• Management Judgment
• Management Potential
• Achievement
• Responsibility
• Willingness to Learn
• Working Relationships
• Learning Quickly
• Generating New Ideas
• Using Time Efficiently
• Working to High Quality Standards
• Adapting to Change
• Deductive Reasoning

• Various information can be found on our website at The section dedicated to test preparation is Employment Test Assistance.
• Online practice tests are available at and Vacancy Information
  Candidates who passed the assessment(s) are placed on an eligible register in the order of their score group for a period of six (6) months. We will use this register to fill vacancies within the Chief Executive Office as they occur. Applications will be processed on an asreceived basis and promulgated to the eligible register.

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  Please fill out the application completely. Provide relevant job experience including employers name and address job title beginning and ending dates number of hours worked per week and description of work performed.

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