General Statement of Duties

Forsyth County's Department of Tax Administration has an opening for a Sr. Appraiser. The Sr. Appraiser will supplement both the residential appraisal and commercial appraisal staff as needed for reappraisal research and valuation activities. The Sr. Appraiser will also assume some duties of a tax analyst.

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Distinguishing Features

A successful candidate should have the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Ability to operate office machines including a personal computer.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other employees.
• Ability to determine value of property using established guidelines, costs, sales, and income data.
• Ability to deal tactfully and courteously with the public.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Considerable knowledge of construction, building materials, and landscaping costs.
• Considerable knowledge of industrial, commercial, farm, and residential property in the county, economic factors and trends.
• Considerable knowledge of the principles, laws, and methods of real property appraisal for tax assessment purposes.
• Ability to interpret and explain laws, policies, and procedures relating to the listing and appraising.

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Minimum Education and Experience

• Graduation from high school or GED.
• Successful completion of basic courses in real property appraisal.
• At least two years of work experience directly related to the appraisal of real property.

Qualifying Real Property Appraisal Courses

Courses may be IAAO 101 and 102 or any combination of the following courses from a North Carolina Appraisal Board approved sponsor:

• Basic Appraisal Principles – 30 Hours

• Basic Appraisal Procedures – 30 Hours

• The 15-Hour National USPAP Course or its equivalent – 15 Hours

• General Appraiser Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use – 30 Hours

• Statistics, Modeling and Finance – 15 Hours

• General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach – 30 Hours

• General Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach – 30 Hours

• General Appraiser Income Approach – 60 Hours

• General Appraiser Report Writing and Case Studies – 30 Hours

• Appraisal Subject Matter Electives – 30 Hours
  (May include hours over minimum shown above in other modules)

• Prefer a two- or four-year college degree in a related area.

• Candidates must be certified or immediately certifiable by the Property Tax Division of the NC Department of Revenue as a real property appraiser.

• Must have a valid N.C. driver’s license.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Determines base land rates for each property classification from qualifying sales of commercial sites and adjusts for location and size.
• Represents the County before the State Property Tax Commission upon appeal of decision of the Board of Equalization and Review.
• Documents and completes complex and detailed narrative reports for each appraisal.
• Performs maintenance of the current database; measures and lists improvements or additions and revalues parcels that have been divided, consolidated, rezoned, or changed use.
• Uses the Computer Aided Mass Appraisal (CAMA) system to conduct statistical analysis of reappraisal properties.
• Gathers and analyzes the three approaches to determine the value of commercial property.
• Reviews appraisal of residential, commercial, farm, and industrial property.
• Makes recommendations to the Board of Equalization and Review on appeals; answers questions and defends value.
• Meets with individual property owners to answer questions or complaints and to explain appraisal practices and procedures.
• Makes investigative field inspections of commercial property, inspects exterior of any improvements, describes the property and relevant characteristics, makes new measurements, and determines construction quality and costs.