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County of Riverside · 1 hour ago

Elections Technician II - Services

Riverside County, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

The County of Riverside is seeking an Elections Technician II - Services to join their Operations Division. This role involves managing warehouse operations, coordinating contracts for vote center sites, and performing inventory management of election supplies, requiring occasional travel throughout Riverside County.

GovernmentHealth CarePublic RelationsPublic SafetySocial

No H1B

Responsibilities

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

Assists, directs, and instructs the public with information regarding polls/precinct locations, and in the more difficult or unique elections processes and legal procedures required by a variety of municipal, special district, State and/or Federal mandates

Prepares, inspects, and stages for outbound and return of electronic vote center equipment and supplies

Assists in the assembly of vote center supplies and materials

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Prepares outdated voting material scheduled for destruction, including voted and unvoted official ballots, sample ballots, state pamphlets, and office forms, by boxing,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

Qualification

Microsoft Office SuiteCalifornia Elections CodesInventory/Asset ManagementData EntryWarehouse OperationsClerical WorkCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingTeamwork

Required

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

Concise and efficient communication with the public and community and government officials served

Read, understand, explain procedures, forms, and processes with tact and courtesy

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

One year experience as an Elections Technician I in Riverside County

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

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

Possession of a valid California Driver's License

Sufficient keyboard or typing skill to enable the applicant to complete 35 net words per minute