Property Agent

Overview

Property Agents perform sensitive and challenging real property transactions in the Real Estate and Airports Division of the City’s Economic Development Department. Job functions may include leasing, property management, acquisitions, dispositions, lease administration, project management, municipal asset services, special projects, valuations, appraisals, negotiation of relocation and rights‑of‑way, asset management, airport property leasing and development, property assessments, property inspections, reporting, financial analysis, training of staff members, and other duties as assigned.

Eligible benefited employees originally hired on or after July 10, 2021, will be automatically enrolled in the San Diego City Employees Retirement System (SDCERS).

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education (minimum completed units = 120 semester/180 quarter). Additional qualifying professional‑level experience may be substituted for education on a year‑for‑year basis. One year of full‑time experience = 30 semester/45 quarter college‑level units.

• Appraisal/valuation
• Acquisitions and dispositions
• Relocation and right‑of‑way
• Property and/or asset management
• Commercial sales/leasing
• Commercial real estate brokerage

Qualifying acquisitions and disposition experience must include selling, purchasing or leasing commercial, office, retail, and/or industrial or unimproved property. Qualifying property management experience must include at least one of the following areas: lease negotiations and administration; asset and/or property management of commercial or industrial complexes; or preparation of development lease and sale packages. Consulting or single‑family residential experience is NOT qualifying.

City of San Diego employees using out‑of‑class assignment (OCA) experience to qualify must submit written documentation signed by their appointing authority or payroll specialist, detailing the work performed, dates, and total number of qualifying OCA hours. OCA experience without the required documentation will NOT be considered.

A valid California Class C Driver’s License is required at the time of hire.

• Commercial real estate project management experience
• Experience working with public agencies and municipalities, including permitting departments and planning groups/commissions
• Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate, Business, Land Use/Urban Planning, or Economics
• Experience in a governmental or public agency, which includes experience in the oversight and evaluation of commercial real estate transactions, land use and development policy, and real estate finance and/or economics
• Experience in complex commercial lease negotiations and administration of ground leases
• Experience in conducting complex financial analysis and preparing reports
• Experience with space planning and leasing of commercial office space
• Experience with GIS, mapping, and review of surveys, plats, and legal descriptions
• Experience with FAA regulations and how they apply to airport obligated leases and land
• Experience working for a telecommunications provider in site acquisition, leasing, or project management

• Proof of degree/transcripts, if utilized to meet the minimum requirements
• For City of San Diego employees, proof of Out‑of‑Class Assignment (OCA), if utilized to meet the minimum requirements

Employment offers are conditional pending the results of all screening processes applicable to this position, which may include confirmation of citizenship or legal right to work in the United States; completion of a pre‑employment medical review and exam (which may include drug and alcohol testing); reference checks; and fingerprinting. Fingerprints will be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California Department of Justice for a conviction record report.

Certain positions may require additional screening processes, including a polygraph examination and/or background investigation. All screening processes must be successfully completed before employment begins.

Rev. 19 – January 30, 2026 (New Recruitment Date)