Assessment & Tax Assistant

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Assessment & Tax annually prepares fair and equitable property assessments within Calgary for the purpose of taxation. As an Assessment & Tax Assistant, you will provide technical and administrative assistance for a variety of project-based functions that are critical to valuation processes, data verification and quality assurance, administrative operations, and governance functions. Primary duties include:

- Collect and/or verify data from a variety of sources.
- Conduct data reconciliation and quality assurance.
- Organize and process incoming and outgoing documents.
- Participate in special projects or other duties as required.
- Projects include:

- Provide operational support for intake of Assessment Requests for Information (ARFI) including document sorting, file conversion, digitization, file optimization, and loading to CS10.
- Review, enter and contact customers regarding multi-residential or non-residential ARFI.
- Enter building data from construction permits/plans and leasing information received from property owners and managers into a database.
- Review residential sales information and update data to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Provide technology support with ensuring hardware & software is functional and up to date and technology inventory is accurate.
- Provide operational support for tribunal administration including processing, tracking, and communicating information about complaints to the Assessment Review Board (ARB).
- Assist in Data analysis and entry of Tax Installment Payment Plan (TIPP) information.

**Qualifications**
- A High School diploma or equivalent (for example: GED) combined with at least 1 year of post-secondary education in a related field.
- At least 6 months of work experience in business administration, data management, real estate, customer service or a related field is required.
- Preference will be given to applicants who are enrolled in a degree program.
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and basic proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook is required.
- Success in this position requires exceptional attention to detail, strong communication and interpersonal skills and excellent organizational ability.

**Pre-employment Requirements**
- Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.
- Union: CUPE Local 38
Business Unit: Assessment & Tax

Position Type: Up to 30 Temporary (Up to 4 months)
Location: Various

Compensation: Pay Grade 3 $26.55 - 35.50 per hour (2025 Rates)
Days of Work: This position works a 5 day
- work week with 1 day off in a 3 week cycle.
- Hours of work: Standard 35-hour work week

Audience: Internal/External
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Job ID #: 311373