Extra-Help Elections Worker

Full Job Description

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Process voter registration and statewide petitions, including filing affidavits of registration in the Elections Information Management System (EIMS).
  
  
• Issue ballots to eligible voters at various Vote Center locations.
  
  
• Process Vote by Mail material, issue voter ballots, and collate voter ballot material.
  
  
• Prepare, assemble, and distribute publications, notices, ballots and other election materials.
  
  
• Data entry, review documents for completeness, and operation of extraction machine.
  
  
• Maintain an inventory of elections supplies and materials; prepares supplies for set-up and storage during an election period.
  
  
• Assist the public with basic questions and general information related to voting and registration.
  
  
• May deliver or retrieve ballot boxes, Vote Center supplies, and other election materials.
  
  
• May assist with the translation of voting information as needed.
  
  

If assigned to Voter Services may also:

• Assist the public with inquiries related to voter ballots and the voting process.
  
  
• Perform data entry of voting information.
  
  
• Process/resolve electronic record issues.
  
  
• Perform other clerical duties as assigned.
  
  

If assigned to Elections Counting Facility (Clerical) may also:

• Operate extraction machines to open and extract ballots for processing.
  
  
• Perform other clerical duties as assigned.
  
  

If assigned to Elections Counting Facility (Stocking) may also:

• Drive trucks to deliver and retrieve ballot boxes and Vote Center supplies.
  
  
• Clean and inventory election materials.
  
  
• Surveys Vote Centers.
  
  
• Assignment in this section will be trained on usage of warehouse equipment and must possess a valid driver's license.
  
  
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Experience:
Six (6) months of clerical, warehouse, or delivery experience.

Education: 
Equivalent to graduation from high school.

Qualifications

• Frequent operation of a personal computer and other office equipment.
  
  
• Communicate effectively with others in person and over the telephone.
  
  
• Meet deadlines under stressful conditions.
  
  
• Interpret directions, policies, procedures, regulations, and develop appropriate conclusions and responses.
  
  
• Complete multiple priority projects with conflicting deadlines.
  
  
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
  
  
• Frequent public contact.
  
  
• Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision, and color perception.
  
  
• Frequently stand, walk, lift, carry, reach, push, pull, twist and manipulate large and small objects.
  
  
• Occasionally kneel, bend, twist, squat, balance, and crawl.
  
  
• Frequent use of hand-eye coordination.
  
  
• Frequently lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
  
  
• Some assignments may require working weekends, nights, and/or occasional overtime.
  
  
• Occasional exposure to noise; occasional contact with dirt, dust, indoor/outdoor cold and heat.
  
  
• Occasional exposure to varied weather conditions.
  
  
• Regular attendance is an essential function.
  
  

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Basic clerical skills and record keeping practices.
  
  
• Basic math, correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
  
  
• Alphabetical and numerical filing methods.
  
  
• Principles and practices of effective customer service.
  
  

ABILITY TO:

• Learn new work processes, procedures, and the equipment/applications used in voter registration and election activities.
  
  
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
  
  
• Learn, understand and apply laws, rules, policies, and procedures governing California elections.
  
  
• Read and follow maps.
  
  
• Organize work effectively.
  
  
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions, and accurately decipher or compare handwriting signatures.
  
  
• Work with people from diverse backgrounds/cultures.
  
  
• Work overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.
  
  
• Safely operate a County motor vehicle.