<p>Job Opening: Delinquent Tax Clerk</p> <p>Department: Tax Claim Office</p> <p>Posting Date: June 1, 2025</p> <p>Salary: $34,452.60 Annually / $18.93 Hourly</p> <p>Summary</p> <p>The Delinquent Tax Clerk manages the collection of delinquent property taxes by processing payments as they are received.</p> <p>Essential Duties</p> <p>Under general supervision of the office manager:</p> <p>Processes delinquent tax payments as they are received through the mail or over the counter; cash certified bank checks or credit cards are accepted as payment; applies payment to appropriate property; generates receipt.</p> <p>Reviews hearing agreements upon receiving payments; applies payments accordingly; determines if property should be removed for sale.</p> <p>Receives and responds to calls regarding tax/payment questions; educates property owner/caller regarding payment and sale process; retrieves pre-printed phone sheet for corresponding property and documents conversation.</p> <p>Assists with the preparation for hearings; locates and organizes appropriate documentation; provides property owner with application and payment plan.</p> <p>Prepares and mails reminder and default notices.</p> <p>Receives and responds to requests for Repository Sale List; receives bid forms for properties on the Repository Sale List.</p> <p>Balances payments for all financial transactions daily; resolves any discrepancies. Reviews and settles daily transactions with manager.</p> <p>Secures cash and checks in safe at the end of each day.</p> <p>Assists with the preparation for sales conducted by the Tax Claim Bureau; researches phone numbers, makes phone calls, sorts mailings/postings.</p> <p>Assist at annual tax sales; process and collects payments for required documentation, prepares necessary paperwork, produces receipts.</p> <p>Performs other related duties.</p> <p>Qualifications</p> <p>High school graduate or equivalent.</p> <p>Excellent math and communication skills.</p> <p>Strong phone and customer service skills.</p> <p>Attention to detail.</p> <p>Physical Requirements</p> <p>Normal, good health.</p> <p>Ability to stand and/or sit for long periods of time.</p> <p>Residence Requirement: The County of Delaware has a residency requirement for employees. Anyone applying for this job must reside in Delaware County or be willing to move to the County within six months of starting employment.</p> <p>Delaware County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, membership in an employee organization, political affiliation, or status as a veteran in the recruitment, selection, or hiring of its workforce.</p> <p>Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. EEO/AA</p> <p>Contact</p> <p>To apply, please go to Neo.gov.</p>