The Area planner coordinates new project opportunities between unit offices, analyzes and incorporates complex issues and factors in decision-making, provides Area-level budget allocations, oversight and tracking, conducts specialized research, obtains funding sources for projects, leads and directs interdisciplinary teams, coordinates communication efforts between field staff, Bureau personnel and other agency staff, prioritizes projects, implements Bureau-level-planning program objectives and policies, resolves land use conflicts and responds to controversial issues, and researches and coordinates Area training activities and programs related to land use planning and real estate management principles. Also required is knowledge of business administration, public relations, real estate marketing, and realty and access principles; resource economics, contract administration and the MEPA process; governmental accounting and budgeting, accounting and financial management; administrative rule and legislative development processes; and policies, procedures and objectives of the Real Estate Management Bureau and the Trust Land Management Division.