Land Assistant Officer

Key and Critical Responsibilities

1. Review and respond to applications for various uses of State Land.<div>2. Initiate various land investigations, request necessary reports and plans including Status Reports, Inspectors Reports and Survey Plans.</div><div>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.</div><div>4. Prepare reports in respect of complaints referred by the Office of the Ombudsman of Trinidad and Tobago for review by the supervising officer.</div><div>5. Assist in the preparation of technical reports, papers/presentations and speeches as requested.</div><div>6. Review existing leases and other title instruments for rental payments and other technical terms and conditions for compliance.</div><div>7. Participate in Environmental Impact Assessment consultations.</div><div>8. Meet with the members of the public with respect to all land matters, re: leases, complaints.</div><div>9. Travel Duties:</div><div>    o Attend meetings with various agencies.</div><div>    o Conduct site investigations, Re: complaints by tenants, verification of claims of tenants and for the purpose of advertising vacant parcels of State Land.</div><div>    o Attend public consultations and meetings with State Agencies and interest groups in respect of proposed projects and issues involving land.</div><div>    o Conduct joint site visits with other State Agencies as part of the Certificate of Environmental Clearance procedure for reclamation and Environmental projects.</div><div>    o Attend EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) meetings.</div><div>    o Visit County Officers to solicit various information for matters across Trinidad.</div><div>10. Prepare various Notices such as Quit Notices, Notice to Quit, Advisory Notice, Cultivation Notice and such.</div><div>11. Prepare Draft Notes to Cabinet based on the directive from senior officers for the review of senior officers</div><div>12. Assist in the advertisement and distribution procedure for State Lands at all levels, namely:</div><div>    o Liaise with the Ministry responsible for communications regarding the advertisement of State lands available for distribution.</div><div>    o Assist in the organisation of interviews by multi-disciplinary panel.</div><div>    o Prepare statistical and analytical reports on the exercise for the Commissioner of State Lands.</div><div>13. Assist in the preparation and registration of disposal documents e.g.. Licenses and Leases.</div><div>matters in court and attend hearings to advise attorney.</div><div>14. Maintain records of works performed, to provide background information for various reports.</div><div>    o Prepare monthly reports for work statistics, achievements, disposals of State land.</div><div>    o Aggregate information from monthly reports, as well as collate and analyse further information from the fiscal period for preparation of Annual Reports.</div><div>15. Ensure timely delivery of files and review of matters for interviews.</div><div>16. Other related duties as may be assigned.</div><div><i style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><b>Please note that no one Officer is involved in all of the above-mentioned duties, duties listed spread over the complete range of schedules.</b></i></div>