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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 ARFIs.
  • 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.
  • Review and process exemption renewal forms, update legislative codes, and upload documents into CS10.
  • 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 and respond to residential and commercial property tax inquiries.

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

• A security clearance will be conducted.
• Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.

Union: CUPE Local 38

Business Unit: Assessment & Tax

Position Type: Up to 33 Temporary (up to 4 months)

Location: 2924 11 Street NE and 800 Macleod Trail SE

Compensation: Pay Grade 3 $27.41 - 36.65 per hour

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

Apply By: February 26, 2026

Job ID #: 313376