Training Officer, Assessor (Promotional)

YOU MUST BE AN ALAMEDA COUNTY EMPLOYEE TO APPLY

THIS IS A NEW PROMOTIONAL ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended. Qualified applicants must be current county employees and have completed the equivalent of six months of continuous service following a regular appointment in the Alameda County classified service (non-classified includes the District Attorney’s Office, the Medical Center, and the Superior Court) by Tuesday, July 26, 2016. regular appointment does not include provisional, TAP (Temporary Assignment Pool), or STEP-UP appointments.

Applications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Postmarks are not accepted. Applications will only be accepted on-line.

Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Applications will only be accepted on-line. Postmarks are not accepted. Failure to submit the Application or Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

THE DEPARTMENT
The Assessor’s Office is currently recruiting for the position of Training Officer, Assessor to contribute enthusiastically to its mission to provide timely and accurate appraisal services in a manner resulting in fair and equitable treatment for all Alameda County taxpayers. With a proposed staffing level of 175 full‐time equivalent positions, this team of professionals provides mandated assessment services performed in accordance with the California Constitution, Revenue and Taxation Code, Government Code, and State Board of Equalization guidelines and directives.

The primary mandated services of the Assessor's Office include: locate and identify the ownership of all taxable property in Alameda County; determine the taxability of all property; determine the re-appraisability of property changing ownership or having new construction added; annually assess all real estate in accordance with the provisions of Article XIIIA of the State Constitution (Proposition 13); annually assess all taxable personal property at its fair market value; determine and apply all legal exemptions against these assessments; and surrender an accurate assessment roll to the Auditor's Office prior to July 1st each year.  To learn about other major functions of the Assessor's Office please visit the Assessor’s website at: http://www.acgov.org/assessor/

THE POSITION
The Training Officer, Assessor is a single-position classification located in the Assessor's Office. The incumbent develops, coordinates and evaluates the effectiveness of coursework, curriculum, and training programs for personnel within the Assessor’s Office; instructs personnel on subject matter related to real property appraising and auditing; and performs other work as required.

IDEAL CANDIDATE
In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications stated below, the ideal candidate will have demonstrated a track record of success in the following areas:

• Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities, generating ideas, and implementing solutions
• Planning and supporting the development of individuals’ skills and abilities; securing resources required to support development efforts; ensuring that opportunities for development are available; offering assistance to help individuals overcome obstacles to learning
• Creating policy/procedure guidelines that foster continuity of operations and organizational resilience
• Demonstrating the traits, inclinations, and dispositions that characterize successful leaders; exhibiting behavior styles that meet the demands of the leader role; exhibiting leadership qualities that elicit the trust of subordinates
• Effectively managing time and resources to ensure work is completed efficiently; effectively allocating own time to complete work as well as coordinating own and others’ schedules to avoid conflict
• Planning and organizing work activities; managing several tasks at once; establishing a course of action for self and others to ensure work is completed efficiently
• Obtaining information and identifying key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; committing to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision
• Identifying functional training needs and plans, developing, delivering, and managing training courses and programs; seeking, developing and delivering useful, relevant training for growth or performance enhancement
• Working cooperatively with others, inside and outside the organization, to accomplish objectives to build and maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships, leverage information and achieve results
• Delivering clear, effective communication, and taking responsibility for understanding others; clarifying purpose and importance, stressing major points and following logical sequence

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Either I

Experience:

The equivalent of one year of full-time experience in the class of Appraiser III in the Alameda County classified service (non-classified includes District Attorney’s Office and the Hospital Authority).

Or II

Education:

Possession of a Baccalaureate degree awarded by an accredited college or university.

And
Experience:

The equivalent of four years of full-time experience in real property appraisal work which included the equivalent of one year of full-time experience supervising real estate appraisers for ad valorem tax assessment purposes.

Special Requirements:

Incumbents are required to furnish their own automobile to use on the job. Reimbursement for such use will be made consistent with County policy. 

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

Knowledge of:

• Current appraisal principles and procedures.
• Provisions of the State Constitution, the Revenue and Taxation Code, Administrative Rules, and the Assessor’s Handbooks pertaining to the assessment of real property for tax purposes.
• Training resources and courses offered by the State Board of Equalization and other agencies providing appraisal classes.
• Principals of personnel supervision and training.
• Modern office procedures and methods.

Ability to:

• Coordinate numerous activities and programs concurrently.
• Develop training curriculum and instruction material.
• Evaluate, assess and recognize training program deficiencies and make enhancements.
• Resolve logistical problems and determine an effective course of action.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Relate effectively with the public.
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Maintain accurate records and files.

The examination will consist of the following steps: 1) A review of candidates' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process. 2) A review of candidates’ Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. 3) An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidate's final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises. CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION. We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.

Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

To learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the “What You Need to Know” section of our website, www.acgov.org/hrs.

Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:

TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN

Deadline for Filing:                                                        5:00pm, Tuesday, July 26, 2016    
Review of Minimum Qualifications:                                                Friday, July 29, 2016
Review of SQ for best qualified:                                                Monday, August 1, 2016
*Panel Interviews:                                                              Wednesday, August 17, 2016

*The combined oral examination/hiring interview, in addition to establishing an eligible list, may serve as the final selection interview for the immediate vacancy.

Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes.  To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement before the last date of filing. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.

For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website, www.acgov.org/hrs

All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @acgov.org and alamedacountyHR@acgov.org as accepted addresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account by clicking on the "My applications" button on the Current Job Openings page.

Please take the steps recommended above to insure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.

NOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box alamedacountyHR@acgov.org are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions please go to our website at www.acgov.org/hrs. You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment for which you have applied.

Lindsay Christopher, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services, County of Alameda
510-272-6393, Lindsay.christopher@acgov.org

Alameda County is an Equal Opportunity Employer