Transfer Specialist

Description

Examples of Duties

(Illustrative Only)
Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Assists public and private agencies and the general public furnishing information regarding ownership, title changes, valuation, assessment processes and legal descriptions of property; explains state law and local policies related to assessment practices.
• Evaluates, classifies and processes recorded documents, information and reports from other agencies to identify assessable property and verify changes in existing taxpayer records; determines necessity for re-appraisal.
• Reviews and processes legal documents affecting property ownership, such as deeds, easements, building permits, notices of completion, bills of sale, mining claims, affidavits of death, divorce decrees, bulk transfers, termination of tenancy, inheritance, court orders, etc.
• Processes value changes and property splits / combinations / separations.
• Maintains current information on mobile home ownership.
• Compiles, prepares and provides staff appraisers with property ownership information as required for appraisals.
• Creates supplemental assessment roll and related reports and property owner notices.
• Corrects assessments on secured / unsecured rolls as necessary.
• Processes exemption requests.
• Reads and provides information regarding Assessor’s parcel maps.
• Enters assessment data / property characteristics into the computer; maintains databases; generates computer reports as required.
• Collects, receipts, records and processes various fees; prepares deposits and related reports.
• Prepares various statistical and technical reports as required.
• Provides training and assistance to other Assessment Technicians as assigned.
• Attends training, meeting, workshops, etc., as required to enhance job knowledge and skills.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge of:

• County and department policies and procedures.
• Laws, codes and regulations governing assessment practices and requirements including property law, real estate terminology, and the Revenue and Taxation code.
• Legal instruments that affect property ownership.
• General appraisal / recording and mapping practices and procedures.
• Record-keeping, report preparation and filing systems and methods.
• Principles, practices and terminology of financial and statistical record-keeping.
• Basic business arithmetic.
• Principles of leadership and training.
• Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and applications related to the work.
• English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and County staff.

• Understand, interpret and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards.
• Perform analytical evaluation of legal documents.
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
• Research title for property ownership and re-appraisal potential.
• Make independent decisions on interpretations of law.
• Read maps, deeds and other land records.
• Read and interpret various legal documents affecting property ownership.
• Prepare accurate documents, records and reports in a timely manner.
• Perform required mathematical computations accurately.
• Provide technical guidance and instruction to others.
• Operate modern office equipment including computer equipment and specialized software applications programs.
• Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy and legal guidelines in politically sensitive situations.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work, including those of diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

• None.

• A Road Worker shall receive a twenty-five ($0.25) cent per hour pay differential for each hour assigned to perform as a heavy equipment operator, when that assignment exceeds five (5) hours in any given standard tour of duty.* Employees who work four (4) hours or more in a shift beginning between 8:00 pm and 4:00 am receive a shift differential of $8.00 per shift. *Upon successful completion of 160-hour training program.
• Social Workers, Social Service Supervisor I/II, Program Managers, and Deputy Directors receive a five (5%) percent salary differential.
• HCU employees who work between 6:00 pm and 7:00 am receive a shift differential of $3.00 per hour. The shift must start at 2:00 pm or later and applies to hours actually worked between 6:00 pm and 7:00 am.
• An IT Technician required to return to work or return to work on a day not regularly scheduled and work four (4) hours or more in a shift receive shift differential at the following rates:
  • 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm shift - $6.50 per shift
  • 11:00 pm to 7:00 am shift - $9.00 per shift
• OE3 employees who work four (4) hours or more in a shift receive shift differential at the following rates:
  • 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm shift - $6.50 per shift
  • 11:00 pm to 7:00 am shift - $9.00 per shift