Job Description
Salary: $30.32 - $37.06 Hourly
Location : West Allis, WI
Job Type: Permanent full time
Job Number: 2024-00299
Department: Assessor's Office
Opening Date: 12/12/2024
Description Are you passionate about real estate and ready to make an impact? The City of West Allis Assessor's Office is seeking a detail-oriented Appraiser to inspect and value commercial and residential properties. In this role, you'll perform property inspections, conduct real estate market research, and apply valuation techniques to ensure equitable property appraisals.
Key Responsibilities: - Inspect properties for valuation purposes, including sales, permits, and new construction.
- Use methods like sales comparison, cost, and income capitalization to determine property values.
- Prepare and maintain accurate records using software and sketching tools.
- Collaborate with buyers, sellers, and the public to gather economic property data.
- Present findings to the Board of Review and Circuit Court, ensuring transparent communication.
- Provide exceptional service to property owners, legal representatives, and other stakeholders.
If you excel in communication, have a sharp attention to detail, and are dedicated to serving the community, consider joining the City of West Allis as an Appraiser. Enjoy a competitive benefits package including contributory medical and fully paid dental benefits, a contributory dual pension program, and generous time off. West Allis residents earn an additional 5% on top of the pay range. Learn more and apply today!
Examples of Duties - Analyze and list all real and personal property within the City of West Allis. Classify property by its use.
- Inspect property (residences and buildings), new construction and major improvements to existing structure to establish value.
- Prepare documentation of completed inspections.
- Take photographs of properties.
- Utilize sketching software to create accurate drawings of buildings and other structures.
- Appraise real and personal property for assessment purposes using the sales comparison, cost, and income capitalization approaches.
- Gather information about property by communicating with buyers and sellers, fielding sales, conducting rental surveys, examining leases, noting building occupancy and obtaining other economic information necessary to estimate market values of a real property.
- Make recommendations to the Board of Review.
- Present testimony before the Board and Review and Circuit Court.
- Provide prompt, courteous and customer focused service, information and assistance to departmental employees, the public, other city departments and other agencies; handle inquiries from property owners in person, over the phone and by e-mail.
- Explain assessed values to property owners, leasing agents, managers and legal representatives.
Qualifications - Education in real estate, appraisal, economics, geography, urban planning, accounting, or business.
- Experience in the assessment profession, appraisal profession, urban planning, or real estate.
- Licenses: Residential Appraiser, Certified Residential Appraiser, Certified General Appraiser.
- The DOR Property Appraiser certification must be obtained within six months of the hire date.
- A Bachelor's or Associate's degree in Administrative Professional or a related field.
Method of Selection & Supplemental Information The selection method will consist of one or more of the following: prescreen, interview, written tests, or other assessment methods.
Benefits include: Time off Bank with the ability to accrue up to 25 days in one year to be used at your discretion with management approval; nine (9) paid holidays; eligibility for health insurance the first of the month following thirty (30) days of service with choice of a PPO Plan or High Deductible Health Plan (with optional participation in a Health Savings Account) - both plans are contributory and cover the employee and his/her family; fully paid dental insurance covering the employee and his/her family, with eligibility the first of the first of the month following thirty (30) days of service; a dual pension system comprised of the Wisconsin Retirement Fund* and Federal Social Security (both of which are contributory); a fully paid Life Insurance Program* with coverage in the amount of the employee's annual salary adjusted to the next highest one thousand dollars, with the option for additional coverage; an educational reimbursement plan for the pursuit of job related courses including personal and professional training opportunities and professional organization memberships; voluntary benefit programs consisting of vision, Flexible Spending Benefits for Dependent Care and Medical Reimbursement, Section 457: Deferred Compensation, Treasury Direct Payroll Savings Plan for Savings Bonds, and other various benefits including, but not limited to, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Wellness Program, Armed Services Reserve Training, and Federal Loan Program. For more detailed benefit information click
*The Wisconsin Retirement Fund and Life Insurance Program benefits are provided according to plan guidelines of the State of Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds. City of West Allis, WI
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Holiday work, Permanent employment, Full time, Flexible hours,