Office Services Clerk

State of Maryland•Baltimore City, MD

9d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a position Specific Recruitment for the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Real Property Division, Baltimore City Assessments Office. GRADE ASTD8 LOCATION OF POSITION Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation Baltimore City Assessment Office William Donald Schaefer Tower 6 St. Paul St. #11 Baltimore, MD 21202 Main Purpose of Job To perform various clerical functions in an assessment office which include, but are not limited to, reviewing, verifying and interpreting information for determining and resolving problems. This job is mission essential and mission critical.

Requirements

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Experience: One year of experience performing clerical duties.
Candidates may substitute 30 credit hours of education at an accredited college or university for one year of the required experience.
Six months clerical training with three courses in subjects such as keyboarding, clerical math, word processing, spreadsheets, database, graphics presentation, proofreading, or office etiquette may be substituted for six months of the required experience.
Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in Administrative classifications or in Administrative, Clerical, or Office Services specialty codes in the Clerical Support field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Responsibilities

Perform various clerical functions in an assessment office which include, but are not limited to, reviewing, verifying, and interpreting information for determining and resolving problems.
Interacts with the general public both in person and by phone to respond to issues related to the assessment process, property values, general office procedures, personal property and homeowner's tax credit.
Inputs a variety of data to the mainframe to update and maintain real property files.
Determines if input data is correct in accordance with policies and procedures before entering it.
Creates new accounts, determines if legal descriptions are correct and adjusts parent accounts to reflect new legal descriptions for split transfers, combination of accounts and plats by following established office procedures.
Types and sends a variety of forms, letters and reports in accordance with established office procedures.
Reviews, verifies, interprets and receives deeds and legal documents for changes of ownership and property description.
Determines from the deeds whether the correct property is being transferred by matching the legal description on the mainframe with legal description in the deed.
Determines from the deed if the transfer is a whole transfer or a split account.
Files various materials to organized and retain assessment documents in accordance with established office procedures.
Performs other duties as may be required.

Benefits

health insurance, dental, and vision plans offered at a low cost.
Personal Leave - new State employees are awarded six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date).
Annual Leave - ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year.
Sick Leave - fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year.
Parental Leave - up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child.
Holidays - State employees also celebrate at least twelve (12) holidays per year.
Pension - State employees earn credit towards a retirement pension.
Student Loan Forgiveness - Employees with the State of Maryland are eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Free Mass Transit Benefit- Permanent State employees are entitled to use the Baltimore Light Rail, the Baltimore Metro Subway, the Baltimore Bus Service

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