Elections Technician II Services

Communicates with potential vote center staff elected officials and members of the public to procure and maintain vote center and vote-by-mail drop off facility contracts.

Answers telephones and responds to routine telephone inquiries; refers callers to appropriate supervisor or informational source for more detailed information.

Proofreads and provides data for official materials and documents to be shared with members of the public.

Stores inventories manages and/or retrieves a variety of election materials and equipment.

Assembles various boxes and materials needed to conduct elections.

Distributes election supplies including but not limited to computer paper copier paper voter registration cards envelopes etc.

Prepares outdated voting material scheduled for destruction including voted and unvoted official ballots sample ballots state pamphlets and office forms by boxing palletizing shrink-wrapping and loading on to recycling vehicles.

Receives inventories maintains and separates all official election supplies and materials.

Restocks and regularly inventories all equipment and supplies in warehouse and/or storage facilities.

Maintains filing system of incoming and outgoing material (inventory).

Stores inventory and repairs election equipment materials and supplies.

Supervises trains and directs the work of temporary and/or seasonal warehouse workers during high workload and peak election times when instructed.

Knowledge of: Modern office practices and procedures; Operation of standard office equipment including word processing computerized data systems and terminology; Current English usage (grammar spelling and punctuation); Filing indexing and cross referencing methods; Proper telephone techniques; Procedures for dissemination of appropriate information to the public; Basic California State and federal elections procedures; General function of the elections work unit to which assigned; Procedures for dissemination of elections information to the public candidates and/or government officials; Elections deadlines and criticalities; General ballot requirements and ballot tabulating methods; Basic arithmetic.

Ability to: Perform general clerical work; Understand and follow both written and oral instructions; Perform data entry and other computerized and or information processing tasks; Learn office operations including ongoing working and procedural changes; Alphabetize and file documents according to system directions; Concisely and efficiently obtain record and relay information from the public and community and government officials served; Read understand explain procedures forms and processes with tact and courtesy to the general public and government officials; Speak English at a level for effective job performance; Learn to perform diverse clerical and technical elections operations tasks required by the office; Learn to operate a variety of unique computerized output and/or electronic imaging equipment of the elections office; Learn to perform equipment adjustments if and as needed; Read and understand applicable elections codes and instructions; Make decisions in standard elections procedural matters without immediate supervision; Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports; Make arithmetical calculations rapidly and accurately; Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships; Communicate in English and at the professional level of the Elections Office with the voting public candidates elected and government officials.

Experience: One year experience as an Elections Technician I in Riverside County;

OR

Two years full-time experience with a municipal county or state election office;

OR

Three years clerical experience which must have included work with data entry and/or computerized systems and two years experience which must have included the responsibility for communicating or explaining information or procedures to the public.

Substitution: One year of the required three years clerical experience may be substituted by either of the following:

Completion of either 9 semester or 18 quarter units from a recognized college or 250 hours of training from a recognized occupational program in secretarial sciences office practices business education or a closely related field;

OR

Completion of 360 hours of training from a recognized occupational training program in secretarial sciences business education or a closely related field.

This recruitment isOpen to All Applicants. Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the department.

Applicants who are current County of Riverside employees and/or current employees of the Department of Registrar of Voters may be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of applications received.

Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.

For questions regarding this recruitment

Contact Lital Slobodsky at or

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Veterans Preference
The County has a Veterans Preference Policy applicable to new hires. To qualify upload a copy of your (or your spouses) Member-4 Form DD-214 indicating dates of service and a copy of your spouses letter of disability (if applicable) with your application. For privacy reasons it is recommended that you remove your social security information from the document(s). A Human Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if you qualify for veterans Veterans Preference Policy C-3 is available here: Accommodations
The County of Riverside is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process should contact the recruiter for the position noted above. For additional information and/or to obtain the appropriate form for requesting a reasonable accommodation please visit the Disability Access Office web page located at: of Education
If using education to qualify or when requested by the recruiter upload a copy of any license(s) official/unofficial transcript(s) degrees and/or related employment documents to your NeoGov account at the time of application and before the closing date. Official or unofficial transcripts will be accepted.

If your education was completed outside of the United States you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credential Evaluators Inc. (AICE).

Work Authorization Requirement
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. The County of Riverside does not participate in visa sponsorship programs including H1-B visas and will not provide sponsorship for any employment-based visas.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The County of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the County of Riverside to provide equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons. All applicants will be considered without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression marital status ancestry medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics) genetic information or denial of medical and family care leave or any other non-job-related factors.

Pre-Employment
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment requirements including a criminal background investigation which involves fingerprinting. (A felony or misdemeanor conviction may disqualify the applicant from County employment). A pre-employment physical examination and background check may be required.

Probationary Period
As an Approved Local Merit System all County of Riverside employees except those serving At Will are subject to the probationary period provisions as specified in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding County Resolution or Salary Ordinance. Temporary and Per Diem employees serve at the pleasure of the agency/department head.

General Information
Current County of Riverside and/or current employees of the hiring department may receive priority consideration. Qualified candidates may be considered for future County vacancies.

Job postings may close without notice based on application volume. Submit your complete application by the recruitment close date; no late applications are accepted. Ensure all relevant experience/education is reflected on your application/resume as a failure to demonstrate position requirements may disqualify applicants. A description of job duties directly copied from the job classification or job posting will not be considered.

Please read and follow any special application instructions on this posting. Click the Apply link located on this page to submit your application. For additional instructions on the application process examinations Veterans preference pre-employment accommodation or other employment questions please refer to our web site .

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