ASSESSMENT OFFICER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Updated: Aug 2, 2024 - The Assessment Officer with experience in recruitment, is skilled in identifying and nurturing talent through meticulous interviewing and evaluation. Leveraging sound judgment and initiative, this professional excels in building strong relationships and mentoring team members, ensuring a flexible and proactive approach to meeting rigorous deadlines. Expertise in legislative compliance and stakeholder engagement underscores their commitment to delivering insightful analyses and solutions.
Summary of Assessment Officer Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Psychology with 3 years of Experience
- Professional certification from the IAAO (International Association of Assessing Officers) is also
- Understanding of the principles, approaches, methods, and techniques of property evaluation for mass appraisal and assessment purposes under Pennsylvania law
- Knowledge of Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
- Understanding and application of appraisal valuation theory
- Proper application of the theory of values as applied to real property appraisal and evaluation
- Understanding of the cost, sales comparison, and income capitalization approaches to value
- Strong technical knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics including sampling techniques
- Experience with building construction methods and analyzing costs
- Understanding of assessment record maintenance procedures and standards
- Strong knowledge of current real property values and trends
2. BS in Education with 2 years of Experience
- Experience in a recruitment role
- Recruiting, interviewing, and sifting candidates
- Ability to use initiative and exercise good judgment
- Articulate and able to develop sound working relationships with colleagues and candidates
- Able to coach and mentor new members of a team
- Flexible manner and approach
- Proactive and forward-thinking
- Good problem solver, attention to detail, Self-motivated
- Experience working toward tight timescales
- Assessment of submissions against legislative requirements
- Perform research work and analysis including preparing documentation and reports
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders
- Identify problems and work to resolve them
- Write effective reports and briefing materials for Delegates and the Executive
3. BS in Business Administration with 4 years of Experience
- Strong management, organizational, and communication skills with employees, peers, supervisors, elected officials, and the public.
- Knowledge of best practices as determined by the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)
- Understanding of legal requirements affecting real property assessment under Pennsylvania law
- Knowledge of computer-assisted mass appraisal systems
- Knowledge of taxation practices
- Experience appraising and assessing high-value and diverse real estate parcels and interest
- Ability to manage a large unionized, multi-disciplined technical and administrative workforce engaged in real property mass appraisal, evaluation, and assessment
- Effective evaluation and analysis of real estate market trends
- Strategic mindset in making forecasts and projections
- Deep understanding of and interpreting income and expenditure statements as relate to market value and assessment
4. BA in Human Resources Management with 2 years of Experience
- Technical knowledge in reading and interpreting complex building plans blueprints, surveys, registry maps, zoning code, and historical certifications
- Ability to analyze procedures, policies, plans, and guidelines
- Deep understanding of operational efficiency to make recommendations for improvements
- Ability to develop procedures, policies, plans, and guidelines
- Ability to make real property-related mathematical computations
- Effectively interpret leases, deeds, installment sales agreements, and financial statements
- Ability to present ideas effectively with a variety of stakeholders, both orally and in writing
- Ensure that materials detailing assessment methodologies are made publicly available
- Strong Conflict resolution skills working with the general public, taxpayers, and property owners
- Team building and motivational skills to maintain effective working relationships with associates, taxpayers, and representatives using tact and diplomacy
5. BS in Statistics with 1 year of Experience
- Experience in a risk management function in project management, construction, and engineering environments.
- Have or acquire PMP and PMI-RMP professional certifications or the equivalent.
- Registration as a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) or relevant professional designation (e.g. C.E.T.) in the Province of Ontario is an asset.
- Extensive experience facilitating workshops
- Extensive experience with construction methods and practices and the project management environment
- Extensive experience in the assessment, analysis, management, mitigation, and oversight of risks that would be associated with the project management and construction projects
- Excellent understanding of scheduling and estimating
- Knowledge and experience in the application of Monte Carlo risk analysis software applications at project and program levels
- Excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Outlook).
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