Jurisdiction:
Jurisdictional
Class: Competitive
Adopted: 12/8/05
ASSISTANT REAL
PROPERTY ASSESSOR
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:
This is a
technical position involving responsibility for obtaining and recording data
for use by professional personnel making appraisals of real property for tax
purposes. Work is performed under the
direct supervision of the Director of Real Property Tax Services.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative only)
Measures buildings and structures and
prepares scale diagrams on property record cards using both field measurements
and blueprints;
Records the physical features of
properties on standard forms and computer files;
Conducts assigned field inspections
of real property for appraisal and reappraisal and makes field notes;
Reviews deed and other property
records to extract pertinent information;
Reviews, computes and processes
property tax exemptions for approval/disapproval by the Assessor;
Verifies and processes real property
transfers and inputs information to the computer files;
Serves as an information source for
the public, Town Boards, banks, real estate brokers, etc.;
Prepares and submits news articles
and legal notices as required;
Provides advisory and support
services to Assessors, including guiding and directing them on the provisions
of the Real Property Tax Law;
Participates in
the transfer of raw assessment data into the County data processing system, and
the ongoing maintenance of such data files.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTICS:
Working knowledge of modern
principles and practices or real property appraisal for tax purposes;
Working knowledge of building
construction practices, materials, and costs;
Familiarity with legal terminology
used in deeds, liens, property descriptions and tax records;
Ability to compute building areas
and volumes based on measurements, diagrams and blueprints;
Ability to communicate effectively
with appraisal professionals and the public;
Integrity;
Tact;
Courtesy;
Physical condition
necessary to perform work related activities; computer skills commensurate with
the job requirements.
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PROPERTY ASSESSOR
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MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
A. Graduation from an accredited two
year college AND one (1) year of satisfactory full-time paid experience
in an occupation involving the valuation of real property, such as assessor,
appraiser, real estate broker or agent, valuation data manager, real property
appraisal aide or the like; or
B. Graduation from high school or
possession of an accredited high school equivalency diploma AND three
(3) years of the experience described in A.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENT: The Assistant Assessor will be required to
attend NYS Office of Real Property and/or equivalent training sessions in areas
such as data collection, exemption administration and other components of
assessor training as directed by the Director of Real Property Tax Services.