Assessment Technician

Le Sueur County Career•Le Center, MN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs intermediate skilled administrative and technical work supporting department staff and entering and maintaining data related to assessment values, taxes, homestead classification status, special programs, and tax laws. This role involves answering and directing incoming inquiries and working under the supervision of the Assistant County Assessor and County Assessor.

Requirements

High school diploma and moderate experience working in a clerical support role, working with real estate or assessment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Thorough knowledge of homestead and classification laws and procedures.
Thorough knowledge of local, state, and federal statutes and laws pertaining to assessment and taxes.
Thorough knowledge of manuals, guides, and standards related to real estate assessment and taxes.
Thorough knowledge of GIS maps.
Thorough knowledge of special program documentation.
General knowledge of pictometry maps.
Thorough skill completing mail merge and large-scale mailings.
Comprehensive skill working with standard office equipment and related hardware and software.
Comprehensive skill operating standard tax database systems.
Thorough skill operating standard GIS and mapping software.
Thorough skill operating standard accounting software.
Thorough skill working within and explaining special program applications.
Thorough skill creating data reports and records upon request.
Ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
Ability to understand and apply governmental accounting practices in maintenance of financial records.
Ability to follow documented operational procedures.
Ability to establish and maintain electronic and paper filing systems.
Ability to be tactful and adept in dealing with a wide variety of people.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with taxpayers, staff, realtors, region representatives, vendors, city officials, business owners, and the general public.
Certified Assessment Technician within two (2) years.
Ability to maintain certification through continuing education.
Driver's license valid to drive in the State of Minnesota.
Access to not public data should be strictly limited to accessing the data that are necessary to fulfill the employment responsibility.
Take reasonable measures to ensure not public data are not accessed by individuals without a work reason.
Properly store not public data according to the provisions Ch. 13.
Access not public data for work assignment purposes only, limited to data necessary to complete the work assignment.

Nice To Haves

Associates degree in related field preferred.
Conversational Spanish speaking for client services, if able.
Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

Enters assessment data into the tax system and the computer aided mass appraisal database system.
Performs phone and counter work, answers and responds to incoming calls, and assists the public in filling out various forms.
Locates and checks out files for supervisors and public requests.
Responds to inquiries regarding assessment laws, procedures, and property programs.
Seeks uniformity in real estate procedures by working with both internal and external County staff and departments.
Develops and maintains a working knowledge of assessment support programs and works with internal and external County departments utilizing these programs.
Performs data entry work associated with the annual assessment using the department assessing software, including preparation of all abstracts and social security homestead files.
Processes equalization notices, real estate transfers, certificates of real estate value, local board of review changes, and state board of equalization changes.
Prepares and coordinates large scale mailings such as equalization notices and special program applications.
Generates various electronic and manual assessment reports from the tax system; generates bills and collects payment for reports.
Analyzes computer printouts for errors, determines processing required, and takes necessary action to correct records.
Reviews assessment records for completeness and accuracy in regard to coding, linking, and taxable market value to ensure the correct calculation of tax capacity values.
Reviews statutes and laws to stay current on tax law and regulation knowledge.
Participates in testing of new assessment programs and assists with training on new software.
Attends continuing education, department, and other meetings as required for department operation.
Approves and signs off on all homestead applications.
Performs conversational Spanish speaking for client services, if able.
Performs the physical and mental demands of the position.
Attends work during regularly scheduled hours.
Performs other related duties as assigned.