Assessor Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 52791)

Description

Be a part of a strong team of assessors that help shape the growth of every square inch of this great city.  The assessor role is an exciting and dynamic position that will allow you to value, defend, and communicate with property owners over many types of property. These roles perform cross functional duties based on your education, experience, and skills.

What will you do?

• Gain basic to expert working knowledge across multiple property types to assist with and/or take a lead roll in the preparation, communication, and defense of property assessments
• Conduct technical work related to creating fair, accurate and equitable assessments of land, building, structures, and property improvements for the purposes of taxation
• Maintain data through tasks such as carrying out physical and virtual inspections to verify and update property data, sales data verification, building permit review and supplementary assessments
• Carry out market research and other data analysis to identify, describe, and explain real estate market trends
• Apply mass appraisal techniques and use statistical software to analyze sales, construction costs and income data to prepare annual assessments
• Provide outstanding customer service by handling inquiries from a variety of internal and external stakeholders including property owners, property tax representatives, and other City staff members
• Defend assessments through the complaints process including the review and preparation of evidence, consultation with law or other experts as required, and presentation at the Assessment Review Board
• Carry out other related duties and projects as assigned