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REAL PROPERTY EVALUATION SUPERVISOR

This is supervisory work directing the activities of a staff of real property evaluators in appraising and assessing real property in an assigned area of the city. A significant aspect of the work includes the performance of appraisal and assessing duties, especially those involving complex properties. Work is performed under a real property assessment administrator and functions in accordance with accepted appraisal standards and applicable state laws.

• Positions must direct the activities of a staff of evaluators in appraising and assessing real property in an assigned area of the city.
• Positions must perform the work in the City’s Board of Revision of Taxes.

Plans, assigns, supervises, and reviews the work of several lower level evaluators in the appraisal and assessment of commercial, industrial, and residential real property; provides advice and guidance to evaluators on difficult or controversial evaluation assignments; ensures that the annual precepts issued by the Board of Revision of Taxes are adhered to by the evaluators.

Oversees the training of lower level evaluators; conducts weekly staff meetings; conducts training sessions on various appraisal topics; keeps abreast of current appraised literature for dissemination to the staff.

Meets with taxpayers and/or their representatives to discuss property assessments and the methods used in deriving them; prepares written reports on appealed assessments, testifies at tax appeal hearings before the Board of Revision of Taxes; testifies at the Court of Common Pleas concerning the appraisal technique used.

Plans, assigns, and reviews the work of an assigned clerical employee.

Conducts research to identify trends in sales assessment ratios with assigned division; prepares reports on appraisal and assessment techniques used in other jurisdictions; investigates organizational impact of new legislation.

Prepares in-depth appraisal analysis of commercial, industrial, and multi-family properties using a combination of income, market data, and cost approaches; contacts other governmental assessing agencies for location of comparables; maintains rapport with real estate brokers, private appraisal agencies, and neighborhood leaders for information-gathering purposes.

Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:
• the methods and techniques of determining fair market value
• the laws and regulations relating to real property assessment
• supervisory principles, practices, and techniques
• building construction methods and materials and their costs
• real estate practices and terminology
• sources of real property information
• assessment record maintenance procedures
• the statistical techniques used to determine market value
SKILL IN:
• applying the market data approach to property evaluation
• applying the income approach to property evaluation
• applying the cost approach to property evaluation
• report writing
ABILITY TO:
• resolve conflicts with the general public using tact and diplomacy
• make real property-related, mathematical computations
• interpret various real estate information
• plan, assign, and review the work of a staff of lower level evaluators and clerical employees
• obtain appraisal-related information from blueprints, plans and maps
• establish and maintain good public relations

EDUCATION

Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university.

AND
GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Two years experience appraising and assessing real property.

AND
SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:

Two years of full performance level experience assessing and appraising properties in a large metropolitan area.

OR


Any equivalent combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable by the Personnel Department that has included the specific experience.

Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

Possession of a valid proper class motor vehicle operator's license as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to and during tenure of employment as a Real Property Evaluation Supervisor.