Revenue Property Assessment Liaison
State of Nebraska

Job Info

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Hiring Agency:
Revenue - Agency 16

Location:
Lincoln Job Posting, North Platte Job Posting

Hiring Rate:
$22.686

Classification Salary Range:
$19.63 - $33.44

Job Posting:
JR2024-00006319 Revenue Property Assessment Liaison (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

Job Description:
**The Department does not sponsor non-immigrant work visas for this position.**

Depending on the qualifications of the incumbent, this position MAY be understaffed as a Revenue Property Assessment Liaison Trainee.

Job Description for a Liaison: Under limited supervision, investigates and evaluates property valuation practices and procedures of county officials and interprets manuals, guides, directives and regulations relating to property valuation developed by the Department of Revenue for instruction and regulation of county property tax assessment.

Job Description for a Liaison Trainee: Under immediate to general supervision, the Liaison Trainee is trained to investigate and evaluate property valuation practices and procedures of county officials. Interprets, explains and applies manuals, guides, directives and regulations relating to property valuation developed by the Department of Revenue for the instruction and regulation of county property tax assessment.

Job duties include:

1. Learns concepts and processes involving the analysis of assessment data, write assessment reports to summarize conclusions.

2. Assists in the evaluation of property valuation practices and procedures of county officials and co-assists county officials in interpreting and applying information contained in assessment reports.

3. Receives training in the proper application of property tax legislation, statutes, policies, procedures, uniform tax books, records and forms. Evaluates deadlines of all property tax categories that affects county assessors, county clerks, register of deeds and county treasurers.

4. Participates in meetings with property owners and county officials to explain assessment plans, statutes, policies, and procedures relating to property tax.

5. Answers or refers questions to the appropriate division with the Department of Revenue concerning assessments, levy, tax rates, procedures, and policy application.

6. Participates in conferences, seminars and other training for county officials, taxpayer groups, individual taxpayers, or their representatives relating to property assessment.

Requirements / Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Revenue Property Assessment Liaison: Five years of progressively responsible experience in real estate/real property assessment, or experience applying and interpreting statutes, regulations, or administrative procedures; OR Bachelor's degree with course work in a relevant area such as business administration, public administration, or economics, plus two years of professional experience; AND completion of the Revenue Property Assessment Liaison Trainee program.

Revenue Property Assessment Liaison Trainee: Five years of progressively responsible experience in real estate/real property assessment, or experience applying and interpreting statutes, regulations, or administrative procedures; OR Bachelor's degree with course work in a relevant area such as business administration, public administration, or economics, plus two years of professional experience.

Other: After the successful completion of the probationary period this is a remote working position; however, candidate must be able to report to NSOB in Lincoln or the Craft State Office Building in North Platte when the need arises.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities of a Liaison: Knowledge of: property tax statues related to real property and personal property including the various exemption provisions; functional areas of the Department of Revenue and specifically the functional aspects of the Property Tax Division; county offices and the State Board of Equalization; application of Department of Revenue policies and procedures; terms commonly used in or related to real property assessment; writing of assessment reports; depreciation theories, cost estimating, methods of capitalization, and real property assessment mathematics; principles of land economics, assessment processes; problems encountered in gathering, interpreting and evaluating data involved in valuation of real property.

Ability to: present agency policies and procedures to establish the agency position on issues during county board meetings; apply agency statutes, policies and procedures to evaluate county property assessment practices; evaluate and draw conclusions based on merits of arguments presented; communicate effectively to individuals and groups.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities of a Liaison Trainee: Knowledge of: terms commonly used in or related to real estate and real property assessment; professional report writing; statistical principles and application; agricultural land economics, effective processes for gathering, interpreting and evaluating data used in valuation of real property; and spreadsheet applications for data analysis.

Ability to: develop understanding of agency policies and procedures. Evaluate and draw conclusions based on merits of arguments presented; communicate effectively to individuals and groups both verbally and through written communication.


Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

Current employees of the State of Nebraska should NOT apply on this external career. Instead go to Workday and access the Jobs Hub - Internal Apply app from your home landing page.

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