Collateral Appraiser conducts commercial real estate appraisals and property ratings to establish the market value generally used for investment guidance, lending, insurance, or other purposes. Follows standard processes for conducting and documenting on-site property inspections. Being an Collateral Appraiser performs data collection and research on building permits, prior assessments, and relevant market and economic conditions that impact property value. Reviews building plans and specifications and investigates the quality of the construction, the overall condition of the property, and the surrounding location. Additionally, Collateral Appraiser uses generally accepted appraisal practice concepts and practices to perform data analysis, develop valuation estimates, and write comprehensive reports and exhibits. Utilizes appraisal software tools and databases. Ensures that reports comply with required policies, formats, and regulations. May require a bachelor's degree. May require the Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) or similar designation. Requires a State Appraiser License. Typically reports to a manager. The Collateral Appraiser occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. Gaining exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. To be an Collateral Appraiser typically requires 2 -4 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Department: County Assessor FLSA Status: Non Exempt
General Definition of Work
Performs intermediate skilled technical work assessing real estate, personal property, and exempt property in order to determine market value, analyzing and applying appraisal methods, providing information to taxpayers, citizens and other agencies, maintaining property records, and related work as apparent or assigned. Gathers and analyzes sales data and computes ratios to be in compliance with Minnesota state statues and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Assistant County Assessor and the County Assessor.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough knowledge of appraisal educational materials; thorough knowledge of business and residential blueprints and drawings; thorough knowledge of aerial photos; thorough knowledge of applicable local, state and federal statutes and regulations; general knowledge of construction materials, practices and types; general knowledge of agricultural information and practices; thorough skill using standard office equipment and related hardware and software; thorough skill using measuring devices; thorough skill using standard tools of the trade including a digital camera; ability to apply real estate knowledge; ability to interpret and compile sales ratio studies; ability to compose general letters and correspondence; ability to complete housing and appraisal applications and paperwork in a timely and efficient manner; ability to work within the computer aided mass appraisal database system and tax system; ability to safely operate an automobile; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals; ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages; ability to work within an emotionally charged situation; ability to analyze factors that influence property values; ability to read legal descriptions; ability to understand and apply governmental accounting practices in maintenance of financial records; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with taxpayers, staff, realtors, region representatives, city officials, business owners, and the general public.
Education and Experience
High school diploma or GED and moderate experience working in construction, agriculture, appraising, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Associates/Technical degree preferred.
Physical Requirements
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; continuous exposure involving hazardous conditions or situations; work frequently involves repetitive motions and requires standing, much walking, sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and lifting; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, using of measuring devices, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work frequently requires exposure to extreme outdoor weather conditions and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather) and exposure to extreme heat (non-weather); work is generally in a very loud noise location (e.g. grounds maintenance, construction noise, animal noise).
Working Conditions
Duties of this position are performed in a continuous exposure to hazardous conditions. Appraisal activities may involve viewing, inspecting, measuring, and appraising property at times in remote locations, construction sites, unsafe buildings, in snow, varying weather conditions, and at times being exposed to angry animals and irate citizens that make the job less desirable and with a chance for injury. There are instances when taxpayers become irate, verbally violent, threatening and/or intimidating which creates a situation for staff to get hurt physically and emotionally, thus creating a stressful work environment.
Special Requirements
Other Requirements
The incumbent may encounter not public data in the course of these duties. Any access to not public data should be strictly limited to accessing the data that are necessary to fulfill the employment responsibility. While data are being accessed, incumbent should take reasonable measures to ensure the not public data are not accessed by individuals without a work reason. Once the work reason to access the data is reasonably finished, incumbent must properly store the not public data according to the provisions Ch. 13. If a new work assignment requires access to not public data, the incumbent is permitted to access not public data for the work assignment purposes only. Any access to not public data must be strictly limited to the data necessary to complete the work assignment and after the assignment is completed, the employee’s work assignment no longer requires access.
Salary/Benefits: Starting wage is $31.91 per hour plus health insurance, life insurance, retirement plan, vacation/sick/holiday pay and many other voluntary benefits.
Contact information:
Sarah Goblirsch
Le Sueur County Human Resources
88 S. Park Avenue, Le Center, MN 56057
Telephone: 507-357-8579 - Fax: 507-357-8607
Email: hr@co.le-sueur.mn.us
Deadline: Open until filled. Reviewing applications March 15, 2024.
Equal Opportunity Employer