Administrative Technician (Assessor)

Shelby County • Memphis, TN

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About The Position

The Administrative Technician works under the general direction of a high-level County elected, managerial, or administrative official. The role performs responsible clerical work involving scheduling, analyzing, processing, and maintaining policy-level statistical and data-control reports and records. It offers wide latitude to exercise initiative and independent judgment and includes serving in a lead capacity.

The position requires three years of appropriate clerical, bookkeeping, data-processing, or statistical experience and a high school diploma or GED; alternatively, it requires two years of such experience and one year of college study (30 semester hours or 36 quarter hours). Experience in a governmental property-assessment environment is preferred. Proof of education, training, and/or experience is required.

The position is subject to a background check for convictions substantially related to potential job duties; such convictions will not automatically disqualify a candidate. Employees hired after September 1, 1986, generally must reside in Shelby County and continue residing there as a condition of employment. The stated public-safety and civil-service exemptions do not include appointed positions with the Sheriff’s Office, Division of Corrections, or Fire Department.

Requirements

• Three years of appropriate clerical, bookkeeping, data-processing, or statistical work experience, plus graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a GED; or two years of such experience plus one year of college study (30 semester hours or 36 quarter hours).
• Proof of education, training, and/or experience is required.
• General knowledge of the Shelby County Assessor’s operation and modern office practices, including familiarity with computer equipment and applications.
• Ability to communicate courteously and professionally with the public and coworkers and maintain harmony in the work setting.
• Ability to resolve work problems.
• Ability to shift and prioritize assigned tasks to accomplish the Assessor’s Office mission.
• Ability to plan, organize, and maintain an even flow of work.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and decision-making when interpreting instructions and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Work experience in a governmental property-assessment environment.

Responsibilities

• Assigns, directs, and reviews work assigned to employees in lower-graded classifications.
• Maintains filing systems; composes and types correspondence; copies, compiles, distributes, and files paperwork and records as needed.
• Monitors attendance.
• Prepares weekly workflow status reports.
• Reviews and verifies mileage-report information against production reports.
• Prepares basic attendance reports and distributes them to management for review.
• Enters production reports, permits, hearing results, and docket-based reports for managers and appraisers.
• Prepares annual reports on incoming permits.
• Collects and maintains information necessary to develop organizational transactions used for decision-making.
• Performs other related duties as required or directed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED