APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$56,689.20 to
$84,772.80
PAY GRADE: 38
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
Incumbents function as first-line supervisors who train, supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; assign and review work; and initiate disciplinary action.
The position supervises property tax appraisers who review and audit property valuation and assessment functions performed by county assessors. The incumbent also performs appraisals, provides expert testimony, exhibits, and drafts decision letters on appraisal and assessment matters before the Nevada Tax Commission, State and county boards of equalization, Legislature and other bodies. The incumbent plans, develops, and coordinates schedules for completion of the work products by staff; ensures appraisal techniques are correctly employed, develops sound working relationships with county officials with regard to information exchange; and develops and implements appraisal and assessment standards through regulations and guidance letters. The incumbent uses applied statistics to analyze the uniformity and consistency of property tax appraisals.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in business administration or related field and four years of appraisal experience for tax purposes, two years of which included statistical analysis of appraised properties for purposes of equalization; OR four years of experience in financial management and managerial accounting principles and practices involving the valuation of property; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Notes
Certification as a Property Tax Appraiser by the Nevada Department of Taxation is required within two years of appointment.
Special Requirements
A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items.
A valid driver's license or evidence of equivalent mobility is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continued employment.
The Examination
SUPERVISOR, LOCALLY ASSESSED PROPERTIES
The exam will consist of a rating of training and experience weighted 100%. It is essential that applications include extensively detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. Your score will be based on the information provided in your application and your responses to the questions asked below. If there are several parts to a question, answer each part separately. Along with each answer, identify the position(s) and/or training (as described in your application) where you gained the background asked for in the question. Absence of experience/training asked for in a question is not necessarily disqualifying. Failure to answer the questions will result in a score based solely on the application.
Qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview.
1) Do you hold any of the following:
a) advanced appraisal designations and/or certificates. Please specify.
b) Master's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business or directly related field.
2) Describe your experience, including the number of years, in the following:
a) Real or Personal property appraiser
b) Utility Valuation Analyst
3) Describe your experience, including the number of years, presenting and defending valuation results and other appraisal or assessment related work products to formal boards and/or commissions.
4) Describe your experience, including the number of years, using applied statistics in ratio studies, including measures of central tendency and other statistical models.
5) Describe your experience, including the number of years, with the following:
a) GIS
b) Computer-assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) programs. Please specify which programs you have experience with.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
1) Please describe any experience with appraisal and costing software such as Marshall and Swift Costing Service or Apex Sketch software.
2) Please describe any experience in using applied statistics.
