JOB SUMMARY
This is an entry-level professional technical position under the general direction of the Senior Director of GIS & Cadastral Services. This position provides skilled abstract work for the development and maintenance of the tax roll. Work includes research and analysis on specialized property transactions and is performed with a high degree of responsibility and independence.  This position is performed in our Titusville office location.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Conducts research, validates and compiles all pertinent data from the Brevard County public record pursuant to recorded legal instruments, as well as, from discovered/submitted unrecorded legal instruments in order to maintain or create property tax accounts on the tax roll.
• Maintains or creates the tax roll through the utilization of abstracting methodologies, coordinate geometry (COGO) software, manual drafting techniques and the computer aided mass appraisal (CAMA) system.
• Provides assistance to all PAO staff, the public, the private sector and various governmental agencies in reference to metes & bounds property identification, metes & bounds splits, lot & block splits, property size/boundary research, and property title research as it relates to the accuracy of the tax roll.
• Troubleshoots and provides applicable notification when errors are discovered within legal instruments in an effort to resolve and avoid transferring such errors into the tax roll.
• Assists in customer service operations and the development of the CAMA system functionality as needed.
• Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK

• Associate or technical degree in a specialized field (e.g., geography, cadastral mapping, property, and title abstract), two (2) years of related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Seven (7) years of service working for the Property Appraiser’s Office in GIS/Cadastral/Property Abstracting Title role preferred.
• One or more of the following designations is required at hire:
  • Certified Cadastralist of Florida (CCF),
  • Certified Cadastral Mapper (CCM),
  • Certified Master Cadastralist of Florida (MCF)
  • Certified Florida Evaluator (CFE)
  • If not in possession at hire, successful completion of the Certified Cadastralist of Florida (CCF) training program and receipt of the CCF designation is required within two (2) years.
• Valid Florida Driver’s License.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to stand, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; frequently required to walk; and the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, continuously lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None.

LEADERSHIP
Employees in this position work from a general outline of duties and responsibilities. Other employees assist them in completing their work.

WORKING CONDITIONS
Employees in this position work in a dynamic environment that requires them to be sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs.

COMPLEXITY
Employees in this position perform entry-level professional work including basic data analysis and synthesis, report creation, process performance, and regulatory or compliance activities. Their work involves statistics, operations analysis, or forecasting.

DECISION MAKING
Employees in this position work in a responsive environment where co-workers or citizens bring problems to them for resolution. They are responsible for determining the problem and creating an individual solution for the issue.

RELATIONSHIPS
Employees in this position work with less than ten co-workers who are mostly engaged in the same activities as them.