Land Assistant Officer Full Time NEW

Job Description
Provides the support to the Agriculture Officers I & II as well as the Land Management Officers I & II in the processing and managing leases in the respect of State Lands for all purposes.
Key and Critical Responsibilities
1. Review and respond to applications for various uses of State Land.

2. Initiate various land investigations, request necessary reports and plans including Status Reports, Inspectors Reports and Survey Plans.
3. Refer matters and liaise with various State agencies for advice and recommendations; such as Town and Country Planning Division, Commissioner of Valuations, Property and Real Estate Services Division and Land Settlement Agency.
4. Prepare reports in respect of complaints referred by the Office of the Ombudsman of Trinidad and Tobago for review by the supervising officer.
5. Assist in the preparation of technical reports, papers/presentations and speeches as requested.
6. Review existing leases and other title instruments for rental payments and other technical terms and conditions for compliance.
7. Participate in Environmental Impact Assessment consultations.
8. Meet with the members of the public with respect to all land matters, re: leases, complaints.
9. Travel Duties:
o Attend meetings with various agencies.
o Conduct site investigations, Re: complaints by tenants, verification of claims of tenants and for the purpose of advertising vacant parcels of State Land.
o Attend public consultations and meetings with State Agencies and interest groups in respect of proposed projects and issues involving land.
o Conduct joint site visits with other State Agencies as part of the Certificate of Environmental Clearance procedure for reclamation and Environmental projects.
o Attend EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) meetings.
o Visit County Officers to solicit various information for matters across Trinidad.
10. Prepare various Notices such as Quit Notices, Notice to Quit, Advisory Notice, Cultivation Notice and such.
11. Prepare Draft Notes to Cabinet based on the directive from senior officers for the review of senior officers
12. Assist in the advertisement and distribution procedure for State Lands at all levels, namely:
o Liaise with the Ministry responsible for communications regarding the advertisement of State lands available for distribution.
o Assist in the organisation of interviews by multi-disciplinary panel.
o Prepare statistical and analytical reports on the exercise for the Commissioner of State Lands.
13. Assist in the preparation and registration of disposal documents e.g.. Licenses and Leases.
matters in court and attend hearings to advise attorney.
14. Maintain records of works performed, to provide background information for various reports.
o Prepare monthly reports for work statistics, achievements, disposals of State land.
o Aggregate information from monthly reports, as well as collate and analyse further information from the fiscal period for preparation of Annual Reports.
15. Ensure timely delivery of files and review of matters for interviews.
16. Other related duties as may be assigned.
Please note that no one Officer is involved in all of the above-mentioned duties, duties listed spread over the complete range of schedules.

Key Competencies
KNOWLEDGE:
– Extensive knowledge (more than eight 8 years’ experience) in Land Management.
– Laws of Trinidad and Tobago with respect to disposal of State lands.
– Working knowledge of policies and procedures for State lands.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
– Basic GIS or CAD skills: GPS: Map Reading anyone will be an asset

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
– BSC in Social Science or Natural Science or Geomatics or Land Management.
– Computer literacy with some exposure to operation of databases.
– At least three (3) years technical experience in the area of land management with a Bachelors Degree OR five (5) years technical experience in land management with a Tertiary qualification.