Job Description Summary

Job Description

OPEN TO CURRENT PIMA COUNTY EMPLOYEES ONLY

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 6020 - Property Appraiser III

Salary Grade: 12

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $56846 - $68203 Annually

Pay Range: $56846- $79580 Annually

Range Explanation:

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications experience education licenses training and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

The Property Appraiser III appraises personal residential commercial land and/or industrial property for tax purposes and develops and defends property valuation. Assists in the coordination of section projects and leads other appraisal staff. This is distinguished from Property Appraiser II by the complexity of duties in developing and defending industrial and commercial property valuations and the ability to lead other appraisal staff.

This vacancy is in the Field Services section of the Assessors Office.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act this classification may include any of the following tasks knowledge skills and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the departments need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Leads other property appraisal staff which includes assisting the supervisor in the planning of the workload and the assignment of work to other staff;

• Performs complex research and analysis developing and defending industrial and commercial property valuations;

• Compiles and analyzes data to establish value of commercial industrial land residential and personal property for tax appraisal;

• Contacts commercial accounts in the field to gather information for appraisals;

• Locates computes and appraises secured and unsecured personal property of commercial industrial and agricultural businesses residential rental complexes and ranches in accordance with Department of Revenue guidelines and state statutes;

• Gathers verifies and analyzes information regarding sales of real property;

• Reviews depreciation schedules asset lists financial statements and annual department forms to verify taxable property and to extract net operating income;

• Inspects and appraises property at market value using established cost market and income approaches to valuation and correlates data into a single estimate of value;

• Makes corrections to applied valuations based on field inspections and other research;

• Reviews valuations when petitioned by taxpayers and defends arbitrates or testifies about properties before property owners boards of valuation and courts of law and appears as an expert witness in Superior Court cases;

• Explains assessment procedures to individual taxpayers;

• Utilizes and maintains departmental databases spreadsheets and related networks; May lead and/or train appraisal support staff;

• Performs other lead functions assisting with staff training and development.

Minimum Qualifications:

Four years of experience in construction real estate and/or property appraisal AND one year of education in regional development civil engineering urban planning property appraisal and/or real estate. (Acceptable real estate experience includes establishing value through research of sales of comparable properties. Acceptable construction experience includes estimating and obtaining building permits.)

(Additional experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

OR:

Two years of experience with Pima County as a Property Appraiser II or Property Technician II.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the Education and Work Experience sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write see resume on your application.

Selection Procedure:

Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources. Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.

Supplemental Information:

Licenses and Certificates: Valid driver license is at time of application.ValidAZdriver license is at time of appointment. The successful applicant will be subject to a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review to determine applicants suitability to operate county vehicles in accordance with Pima County administrative procedures. Failure to obtain and maintain the required licenses and certifications shall be grounds for termination. Any offer of employment resulting from this recruitment is contingent upon Fleet Services review and approval of the candidates driving record.Within one year of hire must complete the Arizona Department of Revenue Level II Certification courses to qualify for Appraisal or Assessor Certification issued or recognized by the State of Arizona Department of Revenue (ARS 42-13006). Some positions require a valid Arizona Class D driver license at the time of application. Failure to obtain/maintain the required licensure/certification/registration shall be grounds for termination.

Special Notice Items: Some positions may require completion of a satisfactory personal background investigation by the court or law enforcement agencies due to the need for access to County Attorney and Court facilities records and communication systems. The County requires pre-employment background checks. Successful candidates will receive a post-offer pre-employment background screening to include verification of work history education and criminal conviction history. A prior criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify a candidate from employment with the County.