City : Vancouver, British Columbia

Category : Full time Permanent

Industry : Government Services

Employer : BC Assessment

Are you an experience Appraiser who can effectively lead and mentor a high-performing team and you’re ready to take the next step in your Appraiser career?

BC Assessment is looking for permanent Senior Appraisers in our Vancouver, Langley, Kamloops, and/or Kelowna, offices.

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 Employers for the tenth year!

At BC Assessment, we offer competitive benefits for 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 well-being. And a Wellness Spending Account!

• We offer a reduced-cost bus pass through the BC Transit ProPASS program and our Uptown office has a secure bike storage and secure change rooms with lockers.

• Our office is located at Uptown in Victoria, BC which overlooks several retail shops and coffee shops and is walking distance to the Galloping Goose trail network.

• 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 Senior Appraiser supports the assessment function by leading teams and valuing assigned property types, including auditing and defending values.  

The ideal candidate is an experienced appraiser with deep knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of appraisal to apply accepted methods of property valuation and assessment.  You understand internal processes as well as external organizations and their relationship to the property taxation process.  You are able to research, analyze and maintain sound and defendable records, as well as use judgement and experience to guide you in assessing complex properties. 

You are a strong, impactful communicator that can influence, persuade and present to groups large and small, as well as someone that can build relationships effectively at all levels within and outside of the organization.  You are organized, and can juggle multiple priorities and projects. 

Finally, you demonstrate strong leadership skills to help grow your team in their careers and within the assessment function.

Key Accountabilities

Leadership

• Lead project and work teams by planning, developing, and implementing and monitoring the project plans; assign areas of responsibility, and  review team roll production

• Lead and supervise employees through work, career development, and performance management.

Customer Service

• Represent BCA’s interests when providing information and advice to external clients including representatives of industry, local governments and other community groups including handling inquiries and complaints, and making presentations.

• Function as a representative of the Assessor to negotiate or resolve valuation issues on complex properties and advise the supervisor of critical or sensitive issues which arise.

Roll Preparation

• Inspect, measure, and determine the value and class of assigned property types.

• Apply appropriate mass appraisal techniques and systems, as well as relevant legislation, by-laws and business rules.

• Regularly identify building materials for recording and inputting into database.

• Understand and apply exemption criteria and inputs information collected into databases.

• Sort and compile data for the purposes of analysis and identifies inconsistencies in the data.

• Conduct market value research and analysis to determine appropriate data for application of various valuation approaches and apply research results by setting economic variables such as valuation rates, factors, and adjustments.

• Lead and prepare assessment rolls for assigned areas.

Roll Defense

• Act as appeal Case Manager actively working to resolve appeals, planning the process and leading the teams.

• Prepare relevant information and appeal preparation e.g. appraisal reports, equity analysis. Participate in appeal management processes and procedures.

• Effectively present evidence at PARP and PAAB as an expert witness or as an advocate.

Audit and Quality Assurance

• Identify, develop, and plan audit activities.

• Design, coordinate and conduct data and valuation audits.

This position is included in the bargaining unit.  BC Assessment intends to establish an eligibility list for this competition.

Location: Vancouver, Langley, Kamloops, Kelowna

Compensation: $90,599.47 to $106,498.39 annually

Competition Close Date: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 11:59PM

If you are chosen to move forward in the hiring process for this exciting opportunity, you can expect:

• Pre-employments assessment to be sent out the week of June 5th

• Virtual interviews to take place the week of June 12th

Qualifications

*Note: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

Education

• Must hold and maintain accreditation with the Appraisal Institute of Canada as an Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI) or be designated with the Real Estate Institute of BC as an RI(BC) with the Diploma in Urban Land Economics with the mass appraisal, appraisal, or assessment option.

AND:

• Must have an undergraduate degree in Commerce or Business Administration. Other undergraduate degrees may also be considered with a preference for Economics, Urban Geography, Urban Planning, or Engineering.

*Note:

• Individuals who held and have maintained accreditation with either a RI(BC) designation with the diploma in Urban Land Economics or AACI designation prior to December 31, 2007, will be deemed to meet these educational requirements.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered for applicants who have not yet completed UBC courses BUSI 499 or BUSI 344 (exception for only one, not both) but otherwise meet all of the experience and education requirements in the job description. Successful candidates must be willing to complete either course within 12 months of being appointed to the position.

Experience

• Four years of progressively complex appraisal, supervisory and project management experience. 

Application Instructions

• Visit our careers website and select the position and location of interest to you.

• Please complete the full application for this position, including your education, certifications and experience that are relevant to and/or required per the stated qualifications.  If you are an internal employee, please ensure that your employee profile contains your relevant education and experience.

• Upload your resume and cover letter; once you submit your application, you will not be able to add documents.

• If a questionnaire is present, please complete it fully.  Responses may be used to shortlist candidates against the stated job requirements.

• All BC Assessment employees must live in British Columbia. If you do not currently reside in, or live within commuting distance of the location(s) of the position to which you are applying, please make clear your relocation intentions as part of your cover letter.

Offers of employment are conditional upon a satisfactory Criminal Record Check.  All information provided in your application may be subject to verification.  Successful applicants will be required to provide proof of qualifications and/or supporting documentation (e.g. copies of certificates, diplomas, degrees, driver’s license) as a condition of employment.
 

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