STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: CLERK, BOARD OF TAX AND LAND APPEALS
Class Code: 2058-27
Date Established: 02-12-87
Occupational Code: 7-5-5
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To develop and plan agency policies and
operating objectives for the Board of Tax and Land Appeals in accordance with
organizational needs and requirements, statutory procedures, and Board
regulations.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Acts as the Board
liaison with supreme and superior courts, lawyers, governmental officials and
other interested parties in explaining and defending statutory authority,
appeal and hearing procedures, and Board regulations and policies.
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Plans, organizes, and
manages case processing, including analyzing staffing, developing work
strategies and monitoring the status of cases before the Board.
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Assigns and evaluates
work efforts of professional and administrative staff, including responsibility
for training and performance appraisal.
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Accepts filings of
Declarations of Taking and deposits of damages in eminent domain matters,
issues orders of notice for service on all condemnings; holds deposit of
damages and interest accounts, paying oversums to appropriate owners.
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Schedules all
hearings, attends eminent domain hearings throughout the state, and prepares
reports for the Board on eminent domain hearings held.
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Prepares agency
budget by researching and projecting annual cost estimates, assessing agency
service requirements and developing or revising fiscal policies as necessary.
·
Monitors pending
legislation and testifies at public hearings in defense of agency budget goals
and objectives.
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Recommends changes in
administrative, professional, and fiscal policy to the Board as necessary.
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Delegates supervisory
and programmatic responsibilities to staff.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and
interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in order to
arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
major aspects of long-range agency objectives by planning short- and long-term
organization goals, reviewing recommendations for procedural changes, and
developing or revising program policies.
Errors at this level result in incorrect decisions at an administrative
level, and are detected subsequent to implementation in an overall evaluation
process.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of programs
or of employees doing work which differs from the supervisor, including
disciplining employees, solving personnel problems, recommending hiring and
terminating employees, and developing work methods. The supervisor in this position manages a working unit or
section with responsibility for employee performance appraisal.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires reviewing summaries and
reports and making management level decisions to solve problems or to achieve
work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those solutions and
goals. This level also requires
formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the general public
to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client
system.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific thinking. This level also requires planning
policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on available
criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor’s degree from a recognized
college or university with a major study in business or public administration,
pre-law, paralegal studies or a related field. Each additional year of approved formal education may be
substituted for one year of required work experiences.
Experience: Six years' experience in business
management, paralegal or court related activities or related management
experience, three years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity. Each additional year of approved work
experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.
License/Certification: Valid New Hampshire driver's license.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Thorough knowledge of the statutory and
administrative policies, rules and procedures for processing cases through a
court or a board. Thorough
knowledge of the procedures necessary for case scheduling and office
management. Knowledge of the
principles and practices of budgeting.
Thorough knowledge of effective supervisory and management techniques. Ability to organize, supervise and
coordinate administrative activities.
Ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in
writing. Ability to establish and
maintain effective working relationships with employees, court officials,
attorneys and the general public.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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