Assessment Clerk - Assessor's Office

Town of East Hampton • East Hampton Town, NY

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About The Position

The Assessment Clerk performs clerical duties required to maintain current real property tax records in a computerized tax and assessment system. Clerical workers are trained to perform a wide variety of duties and fill in for one another as needed. Work is supervised by Senior Assessment Clerks and technical personnel. The position is full-time, 35 hours per week, with an annual rate of pay of $49,623.57.

Requirements

• Graduation from a standard senior high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma.

Responsibilities

• Attend training classes to learn the requirements of the computerized tax and assessment system and terminal operation.
• Operate a terminal to update the land-base file with ownership, zone changes, exemptions, assessments, apportionments, and consolidations for commercial, industrial, and residential properties, including property sales inventory information.
• Explain grievance procedures to taxpayers, accept application forms, and enter decisions on the terminal.
• Extract comparable sales data from computerized files to assist with preparation for grievance and/or Small Claims proceedings, following specific instructions from technical staff.
• Enter sales validation figures on the terminal to maintain current real property market prices.
• Calculate property areas using a planimeter.
• Assist taxpayers with filing senior citizen and veteran exemption forms.
• Perform related work as required.

Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Enrollment in the New York State and Local Retirement System
• Health care coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage

What This Job Offers

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