Assistant Assessor

Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board

£58,406 per annum inclusive

On-line Ref No:  SIC02971

Closing date:  20 December 2018

 37 Hours per week.  A Flexi-Time system in operation

The Assistant Assessor, based in Shetland, will manage the Shetland office.

The postholder supports the Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer in carrying out his/her statutory duties in accordance with the Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board’s values, objectives and targets. This includes the following functions: Non-domestic valuation for rating and council tax valuation for domestic subjects.  The Assistant Assessor will manage all the Board’s functions, covering Orkney and Shetland, in the absence of the Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer.

The postholder is required to be a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

We will pay interview expenses for travel within the UK.

A relocation package is attached to this post.

A Market Forces Supplement of 30% is included in the salary shown.  Such supplements are temporary and reviewed every 2 years with a view to withdraw, increase or decrease in line with changes in the market.

For more information on living and working in Shetland visit  www.shetland.org  and about Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board at www.orkney-shetland-vjb.co.uk 

Further information on the role is available from Dennis Stevenson, Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer, 01856 876222.

If you don’t have access to the internet or have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call 01595 744032.