Iowa DOT’s Mission is Making Lives Better Through Transportation. To accomplish our Mission, the person selected for this position will demonstrate actions and behaviors guided by the Iowa DOT’s five CORE values: Safety First, People Matter, Customer Focused, Servant Leadership, and Integrity Without Exception.
Location: Ames, Iowa
Shift Requirements: 40-hour weeks, with travel, overnights. Flexible schedule available.
As a Right of Way Agent 1, with the support provided from higher level agents, the Production Coordinator and/or the Acquisition/Relocation Supervisor negotiates agreements for the purchase of property rights necessary for highway projects with owners, tenants and/or their representatives.
As an agent you will read and explain or interpret construction plans and appraisals to the property owner. The agent presents relocation offers and must be prepared to discuss the purpose and amount of that offer. This offer is in addition to the written acquisition offer which is also explained to the property owner.
Under minimal supervision, you will determine, calculates, and address the eligibility and appropriate level of benefits for displaced persons through interviews considering present occupancy, family composition, and employment/financial situation. Develop the level of available relocation benefits in compliance with state and federal requirements.
Document contacts and discussions through clear and concise reports, and assemble orderly files containing accurate, completed, signed paperwork, that is organized in the files when the file or claim forms are submitted for processing. Ensure all necessary paperwork is accurate, completed, and present in the file so all claims may be processed.
Other duties include, but are not limited to:
- Travel the State of Iowa based on a schedule that you help create
- Negotiate non-voluntary (Eminent Domain) real estate transactions for Highway improvement projects
- Work with individuals who are displaced by improvement projects through the Relocation Assistance program
- Ability to work with individuals of all race and socioeconomic class
- Be able to think outside the box to find the best solution for the Iowa public
What we offer YOU: ?
- Competitive pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance?
- Insurance benefits start first of the month following 30 days of employment - Monthly insurance premiums for 2024 (Iowa Choice*):
Single: $61/mo. employee share; $818/mo. state share
Family: $205/mo. employee share; $1,854/mo. state share
*Other insurance options available. Please review?HERE?
- Opportunities for professional growth and development?
- Paid time off?effective immediately - Biweekly vacation, separate sick leave, accruals rollover on a yearly basis, and 9 paid holidays per year
- Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) Retirement Package with employer match?
- Optional 401A plan with employer contributions
- Employee Discount Programs from variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling; legal, financial)
You have the freedom to flourish in Iowa – Apply now!
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing any screening, interviewing, pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please direct your request to the Affirmative Action & Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO) Officer at: aa-eeo@iowadot.us
Reasonable accommodation such as: interpreter, translator, written materials, modified equipment / devices, ADA access, etc. This does not include scheduling needs.
