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122080
PUBLIC LANDS ANALYST 1
AS612     $35,069 - $68,806
Creation Date: 06/29/1987
Change Date: 10/20/2025

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To perform land management functions within the Office of State Lands.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Entry
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Direct from a Public Lands Supervisor. Other reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
None.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Public Lands Analyst 2 by the absence of independence in performing assigned land management tasks.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE, CORE COMPETENCIES ARE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND BEHAVIORS BASED ON THE WORK TASKS OUTLINED IN THE EXAMPLES OF WORK. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

Accepting Direction	Building and Supporting Teams	Demonstrating Accountability
Focusing on Customers	Making Accurate Judgments	Thinking Critically

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Performs basic functions relative to locating, retrieving, and researching various state land title documents and associated historical records.

Performs research of land records to determine if the state owns land rights by reviewing title abstracts, state lease records with both active and terminated leases, land patents, deeds, township plats, field notes, as well as judicial and tax sale records.

With guidance, researches various documents in order to assist in responding to requests for records information from individuals, genealogists, attorneys, title abstractors, oil industry representatives, surveyors, engineers, as well as other federal, state, and local government agencies and officials.

Services customers relative to the various land office documents.

Performs general research for customers and staff requests regarding title, surveying procedures/instructions, boundary research projects, etc.

Aides in the maintenance, repair, restoration, reconstruction of missing data, lamination, preservation, and book binding operations of the various historical documents.

Locates, retrieves, and researches tax adjudicated land documents, including the original adjudication into the state and all subsequent redemptions, cancellations, amendments, homesteads, and sales.

Provides assistance in researching the state's mineral interest for tax adjudicated lands.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Three years of experience in a lands administration field; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR

A bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.