Revenue Forester 3 - Port Angeles

State of Washington•Clallam County - Port Angeles, WA

2d•Remote

About The Position

The Department of Revenue's Audit Division is seeking a Revenue Forester 3 for their Port Angeles Forest Tax Unit. This role offers a remarkable work-life balance, with supportive leadership and talented colleagues. The department values diverse perspectives and experiences, employing and serving people of all backgrounds. This culture promotes a professional family that maximizes potential through opportunity. The agency provides a generous benefits package, including defined benefit retirement plans, health, dental, and vision coverage, deferred compensation plans, and potential eligibility for student loan forgiveness. They also offer insurance and retirement benefits, alternate work and flex schedules, a 40-hour work week, tuition reimbursement, and financial assistance.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to apply the principles, practices, and concepts of industrial forestry through progressive professional experience independently performing work such as forest engineering, timber harvesting, timber sales, timber marketing, or timber appraisal.
Proven ability to apply professional forestry concepts to Washington’s Timber Excise Tax through knowledge and experience working with applicable WACs and RCWs.
Demonstrated knowledge and skill in utilizing standard forestry mapping software and conducting aerial photo interpretation, gained through training, coursework, or professional field experience.
Proven ability to work independently in remote outdoor settings utilizing navigation techniques, including map and compass skills and/or handheld electronic navigation devices, acquired through fieldwork or related experience.
Demonstrated knowledge and skill in utilizing Microsoft Office software products, obtained through regular professional use or formal training.
Proven ability to learn and effectively utilize proprietary software, based on prior experience adapting to and applying new technical systems or applications.
Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively, including in confrontational situations, through prior experience working with customers or members of the public.
Demonstrated ability to independently travel to and between varied work locations, with or without reasonable accommodation, and proven ability to safely operate vehicles suited for off-road terrain, gained through prior field experience, training, or similar professional work.
The ability to take action to learn and grow: curious about self and others, takes responsibility for knowing strengths and weaknesses, and uses learning to make government programs and processes more efficient and effective.
The ability to take action to meet the needs of others: flexible, adaptable, customer-service focused, and willing and able to empathetically respond to unique needs.
Uses an equity & inclusive approach: actively seeks to understand and appreciate diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences; encourages an inclusive culture; applies an objective lens to daily work by considering impacts on those served, particularly marginalized groups, by identifying and removing inequitable barriers.

Nice To Haves

Within 18 months of appointment to this class, the incumbent must demonstrate successful completion of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) course in market valuation of real property or a minimum of three credit hours of related coursework from an accredited technical or vocational institution.
A bachelor's degree in forest management, forest engineering, forest economics or forest science AND three years of professional experience in timber sales administration, timber tax administration, forest practices enforcement, forest inventory and appraisal, logging engineering, or timber marketing.
Additional years of qualifying experience will substitute, year-for-year, towards the four years of required education.

Responsibilities

Manage forest tax assessments and compliance by harvesters of private and public timber for a multi-county region.
Identify and investigate evaded or avoided forest tax.
Determine potential tax discovery and liability while confirming accuracy of the largest and most complex accounts.
Verify species and volume of timber reported as well as the engineering encountered in road building and logging on timber harvest sites.
Provide forest tax law and administrative rule assistance to taxpayers.
Conduct records reviews of Small Harvester accounts.
Prepare final field audit reports for review by the Forest Tax Operations Manager.
Work with counties and cities to ensure receipt of local permits for timber harvesting.
Perform log scaling and timber cruising when needed.
Represent the agency at meetings, hearings, classes, and conferences as required.