POSITION: Reassessment Deputy

DEPARTMENT: Assessor

WORK SCHEDULE: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm

JOB CATEGORY: COMOT (Computer, Office Machine Operation, Technician)

SALARY: Annual Salary

STATUS: Full-time

FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt

DATES: March 6th thru March 11, 2025

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. St. Joseph County provides reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with known disabilities who require accommodation to complete the application process or perform essential functions of the job unless those accommodations would present an undue hardship.

Incumbent serves as a Reassessment Deputy, responsible for receiving, verifying, and maintaining real and personal property assessment records, processing sales disclosures in a timely manner, supporting managers and assisting the public.

Benefits

Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans

Paid Time Off (PTO) with generous accruals

Employer Paid Life Insurance coverage

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (STD/LTD)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for healthcare and dependent care

Gym Membership Discounts to encourage wellness

Employer-Funded PERF (Public Employees' Retirement Fund)

Access to additional voluntary benefits and resources

Responsibilities

Answer telephone and assist office visitors, responding to inquiries, providing information and assistance, making copies, take messages, and directing to appropriate individuals or office.

Assist taxpayers at service counter with filing documents, checking status of appeals, explaining forms and applications, and receiving and date-stamp all completed forms and applications.

Processes sales disclosures and assessments, calculates assessment values, and enters data into appropriate system regularly. Assist with Cyclical Reassessment and compliance duties as necessary.

Transcribes state sales disclosures form data into appropriate system to assist with future studies to determine market value.

Qualifications

Ability to meet all hiring requirements, including passage of drug test

Practical knowledge of department standards, practices, policies, assessment and appeals procedures, terminology, documents and forms, state codes and other legal requirements.

Working knowledge of standard Englis grammar, spelling and punctuation, and ability to prepare documents, correspondence and detailed reports.

Education/Experience

High school diploma or HSE required.

Possession of or ability to obtain required training/certification(s), including Indiana Assessment Certification Levels I, II and III.

Physical Requirements

Incumbent performs duties primarily in a standard office environment, service counter and occasionally in the field, involving sitting/walking at will, sitting/standing for long periods, lifting/carrying objects weighing less than 25 pounds, bending, crouching/kneeling, reaching, keyboarding, close/far vision, depth perception, handling/grasping/fingering objects and speaking clearly.