Assessor's Technician I/II

About the role

The Ventura County Assessor discovers, inventories, and assesses property for tax purposes. The primary mission is to produce the local assessment roll reflecting current ownerships, addresses, and property values.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and verifies information submitted by taxpayers for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established procedures.
• Determines, updates, and initiates vesting, building, and appraisal records and databases to properly annotate chain and percentage of title, identify real and personal properties, boats, and aircrafts.
• Collects, examines, and prepares documents and records to support assessment and appraisal determinations, including deeds, unrecorded contracts, building permits, and personal property statements.
• Processes authorizations for roll corrections and responds to public inquiries regarding reassessment changes, business property declarations, and appraisal procedures.
• Performs field checks and canvasses to ascertain location, mailing address, ownership, and type of business, identifying property characteristics and assisting appraisers in analyzing and updating data.
• Utilizes computerized tracking and spreadsheet programs to assist appraisal staff with record searches and corrections on valuations and processing.
• Performs annual field inspections to identify new businesses and businesses no longer operational, and assists in the audit process by comparing data and making calculations.

Requirements

Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a valid California driver license.

Verification of completion of required college coursework from an accredited institution is required. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. Degree(s) from a foreign institution require an academic credential evaluation to determine the U.S. equivalency.

Qualifications

• Assessor's Technician I: Sixty (60) semester units of college coursework from an accredited college or university, or thirty (30) semester units of college coursework plus one (1) year of experience in real estate appraisal, personal property appraisal, building contracting, or inspection, or one (1) year of responsible clerical or technical experience in an Assessor's Office in the State of California.
• Assessor's Technician II: One (1) year of experience as an Assessor's Technician I or a comparable class in an Assessor's Office in the State of California.

Skills

• Knowledge of appraisal terminologies, principles, and practices; standard building classification systems; map and blueprint reading; State revenue and taxation laws; procedures, methods, instruments, and records used to research, convey, transfer, and record title to property; and modern office procedures, practices, systems, and equipment.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and apply laws, rules, and regulations; attend to details; read and interpret maps, titles, property descriptions, and related documents; read and understand metes and bounds descriptions, mapping symbols, and plotting lines; determine parcel boundaries from legal descriptions; identify types of structures and basic characteristics of building construction; discover and inventory a variety of real or personal properties; perform arithmetic calculations involving computation of square feet, linear feet, acreage, and pro-rations; draw buildings on assessment records and calculate dimensions of various improvements; process data using computer systems; explain assessment methods and regulations to the public accurately and tactfully; and establish effective working relationships with individuals of various socio-economic levels and cultural backgrounds.

Benefits

• Vacation Accrual: 14 days per year, increasing to 19 days after 5 years of service, 20 days after 11 years of service, then increasing 1 day a year through 15 years of service, topping out at 26 days per year after 20 years of service.
• Vacation Redemption: Ability to "cash in" or redeem up to 80 hours of vacation accrued in the same year after using 80 hours preceding 12 months.
• Deferred Compensation: Eligible to participate in the County's 401(k) Shared Savings Plan and/or Section 457 Plan.
• Health Plans: Flexible credit allowance for purchasing medical, dental, and vision insurance from a group of authorized plans.
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax benefit towards eligible medical, dental, and vision care expenses.
• Pension Plan: Participate in the County's defined benefit pension plan. If eligible, you may establish reciprocity with other public retirement systems such as CalPERS.
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year which includes a scheduled floating holiday.
• Disability Plans, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, and Wellness Program.

Pay

$26.15 - $33.47 per hour for Assessor's Technician I, and $29.10 - $37.25 per hour for Assessor's Technician II.

Schedule

Open until filled.