Appraiser - Langley, Canada - BC Assessment

BC Assessment

Verified Company

Langley, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Start or grow your career within property assessment and support the strong and vibrant communities in British Columbia that we live, work and play in BC Assessment is currently looking for Appraisers to join the
Lower Mainland region
.

Organization Overview

BC Assessment is a Provincial Crown Corporation that develops and maintains real property assessments throughout British Columbia in addition to providing real property information.

BC Assessment serves the citizens of British Columbia and has 13 offices throughout the province.

At BC Assessment, our people and culture are important to us. We work together to create a culture that appreciates differences in all forms. We trust and respect each other, and are invited to bring our whole selves to work.

We are committed to making BC Assessment the best possible place to work, and through our efforts ultimately contribute to a better British Columbia.

Our digitally agile, service-centric employees are productive, engaged, and work collaboratively in a modern flexible workplace. Our employees are at the heart of our organization and we are proud to be recognized as one of BC's Top Employersfor the tenth year

At BC Assessment, we offer competitive benefitsfor our employees:

Work-life balance
35-hour work weeks, hybrid work options and flexible work schedules.
Public Service Pension Plan one of the best in Canada, allowing you to plan for your future.
Health and Wellness generous extended health and dental benefits through Pacific Blue Cross and an Employee Assistance Program to help support our employees overall wellbeing.
We offer a reducedcost bus pass through the BC Transit ProPASS program and our Uptown office has a secure bike storage and secure change rooms with lockers.
Career development we want you to grow and learn with us We provide ongoing learning, leadership development and career development scholarship program.

We are committed to ensuring that reasonable accommodations are made available to persons with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.

Job Overview
The Assessment and Customer divisions are responsible for the creation and defence of the annual assessment roll.

Through the services provided, we reflect the strategic importance of customers and ensure customer-centricity and accountability for the customer process.

As an Appraiser, you will support the assessment function by valuing assigned property types, including auditing and defending values.

You are organized, detail-oriented, and efficient.

You understand the fundamentals of property assessment and appraisal, and are able to communicate effectively with customers, both internal and external to the organization.

You have strong digital literacy, are comfortable working within databases, and care about data integrity and analysis.

You can read maps, understand legislation, and interpret large amounts of data using math and statistics to support your analysis.

You are excited to grow your knowledge of property valuation by taking further courses to become a professional appraiser.

A valid BC Driver's license is required for this role. This critical role may involve travel of up to 1-4 weeks per year, depending on location.
Learn more about how BC Assessment Assesses Propertiesand the important work Appraisers do

Key Accountabilities

Roll Preparation:

Inspects, measures, inventories and determines value and class of assigned property types and records inventory and information according to prescribed standards.
Applies appropriate mass appraisal techniques and systems.
Applies relevant legislation, bylaws and business rules. Uses and becomes familiar with established procedures and policies and established approaches to value.
Regularly identifies building materials for recording and inputting into database.

Audit and Quality Assurance:

Conducts routine data audits and basic valuation audits; reviewing and correcting coding or data.
Queries, sorts and compiles data for the purposes of analysis and identifies inconsistencies in the data.

Roll Defence:

Prepares relevant information and appeal preparation e.g. appraisal reports, equity analysis.
Participates in appeal management processes and procedures.
Represents BC Assessment, presents evidence and acts as an expert witness in the appeal process.

Customer Service and Other Duties:

Represents BC Assessment's interests when interacting with customers, such as property owners while inspecting properties, and with local government staff when gathering information.
Exchanges information and answers questions, follows up on routine customer inquiries, participates in project work.

This position is included in the bargaining unit. BC Assessment intends to estab