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Real Property Tax Assistant 1 Jurisdiction: Schuyler County Jurisdictional Class: Competitive Adopted: March 1, 2004; Revised November 8, 2006 Updated: May 27, 2011 REAL PROPERTY TAX SERVICE ASSISTANT DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: The work involves responsibility for performing a variety of tasks in providing assistance and services to local assessors and the public, such as providing information on assessments, exemptions, deed references, and tax rates. General supervision is provided to the Real Property Technician. The work is performed under the general supervision of the Director of Real Property Tax Services and the Assessors with some leeway allowed for the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the assigned duties. Does related work as required. TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: Processes requests for computer services received from local assessors; Assists in preparation of County tax rolls, rates, and bills; Processes forms, letters, invoices, records, legal notices, and purchase requisitions; Files tax maps, surveys, correspondence, and other tax assessment records; Reviews for completeness and accuracy information submitted by local assessors prior to computer processing; Answers inquiries from the public and local assessors regarding assessment rolls, tax maps, and the real property tax services in general; Assists in the preparation of budget requests and processes vouchers for payment of departmental expenditures; Coordinates and prepares tax data in machine readable format and then enters this information into computer and verifies output; Operates data entry terminal to update or retrieve property valuation data and other related information in the computer; Supervises the work of the Real Property Technician; Maintains file of computer listing property description and transfer information; May occasionally search deeds and other property records. Assist Assessors with field work such as data collection and verification as the need arises. FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Good knowledge of the office terminology, procedures and equipment; Good knowledge of the maintenance of financial records, business arithmetic and English; Ability to read and understand property valuation and assessment; Ability to explain basic concepts of the real property tax data processing system to town assessors, appraisers, attorneys and the public; Ability to collect and record property valuation information from a variety of sources; Ability to operate a data entry device; Ability to interpret details on property sketches, maps and plans; Ability to supervise the work of others; ---PAGE BREAK--- Real Property Tax Assistant 2 Ability to deal with the public; Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Either: Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with an Associate’s degree and one year of clerical experience which shall have included computer use and the maintenance of financial records; or Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and three years experience as defined in or An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of and above.