Real Estate Analyst (Principal Administrative Analyst) - Real Estate Services Division (SFPUC) - 1824

Project: Strategic Portfolio Analysis and Implementation 

Location: 525 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

The Real Estate Services Division (RES)’s primary mission is to serve SFPUC ratepayers by maximizing SFPUC revenue through renting the real property over which the SFPUC has jurisdiction in seven counties (San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties). RES’s secondary mission is to acquire property and easements for SFPUC capital projects. RES also negotiates real estate agreements for the purchase, sale, and lease of watershed, office, industrial, and other space required by the SFPUC. In addition, RES leads the In-City Project Review Team and supports the Project Review Teams outside San Francisco, all of which vet proposed third-party projects for compliance with SFPUC policies and for potential negative impacts to SFPUC infrastructure and lands.

The SFPUC seeks an 1824 Principal Administrative Analyst I (Real Estate Analyst) who is passionate about real estate to assist in furthering the goals and policies of the SFPUC. 

Under general direction, the Real Estate Analyst will work on complex transactions for the lease, acquisition, and sale of non-residential real estate.  The primary tasks include (1) the daily analysis of title documents; (2) daily oral and written communications with internal and external stakeholders; and (3) the drafting and negotiation of new leases and of agreements for the acquisition and disposition of real property and easements. The Real Estate Analyst will report to the SFPUC Real Estate Director. 

Essential skills and duties include:

1. Negotiate and draft complex deeds, purchase and sale agreements, easements, licenses, Memoranda of Agreements and other agreements.
2. Obtain information and coordinate and advance review of projects with internal and external stakeholders.
3. Prepare complex real estate reports, graphics, and spreadsheets for the department, the Commission, and the Board of Supervisors.
4. Make maps in the Geographic Information System (GIS) platform.
5. Make recommendations regarding land-related environmental, economic, and legal issues, including evaluations and reports pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, local ordinances, general plans, and transfers of title and deeds.
6. Review projects for compliance with SFPUC policies and standards.
7. Serve as a liaison for the SFPUC to associated regulatory and advisory bodies, and work with SFPUC staff in other divisions to resolve sensitive land use and environmental issues requiring the SFPUC's use of SFPUC lands.
8. Perform other job-related duties as required.

Nature of Work

The candidate must have a valid California Driver’s License. The nature of work requires occasionally driving a vehicle to various work locations, including remote and mountainous locations.