ELECTION ASSISTANT II, NC (TEMPORARY)

Election Assistant II, NC

Get ready to join one of the nation's largest county employers! Recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Large Employers, the County of Los Angeles offers broad career growth and competitive salaries. We are the largest employer in Southern California, withopportunities for you to make a difference in the lives of over 10 million residents. We are the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk and our mission is to serve Los Angeles County by providing essential records management and election services in a fair, accessible, and transparent manner. We are providing you with an amazing opportunity to join our organization of professionals committed to serving our employees, the public, and community. We seek to achieve accountability, professionalism, integrity, respect, and equity.

The Election Assistant II, NC works under the supervision of an Election Assistant III or other higher level supervisor on a variety of assignments essential to the conduct of primary, general and special elections and related election functions of the Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.

Essential Duties Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Participates in a variety of election related duties, such as, conducting recruitment for specialized operations; assists in coordinating the functions of centers that provide election information to voters; assists in the placement of vote center leads and assistant leads.
• Receives and accounts for election materials and supplies delivered to vote centers, headquarters, and other RR/CC facilities and coordinates the operational set-up and removal of such materials and equipment.
• Serves as lead of a vote center or mobile pop-up center, which may include, open and close vote centers; process voters; answer election related inquiries; reconcile end-of-day reports; and drop off voted ballots to assigned locations.
• Assists in developing training courses related to election processes by determining course content, preparing training outline, and determining the need for and kind of training visual aids; schedule, secure training rooms and conducts election related training classes.
• Participates in the production of election related training or employee orientation videos by operating camera, lighting, sound or editing equipment, or by script writing.
• Transports supplies and election materials between warehouses, truck-yard, vote centers, and other operations.
• Procures locations that can serve as vote centers and assesses locations to ensure all ADA guidelines are met.
• Configures, installs, and tests personal computers and printers; troubleshoots related software and hardware problems.
• Proofreads, reviews, and edits election material for proper use of grammar and content in English or other languages; translates election material from the English language to another language, as needed. Recruits and place multilingual election workers.
• Performs a variety of clerical duties related to elections process.

Selection Requirements: Six months clerical, computer technical support*, or prior election** experience. Paid or volunteer experience will be accepted. Work performed part-time in the specified capacities will be prorated on a month-for-month basis. LICENSE: A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions PHYSICAL CLASS: This job may require one of the following physical requirements: Physical Class 2 - Light Work: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved. Physical Class 3 - Moderate Work: This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds. Physical Class 4 - Arduous Work: This class involves frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces. It includes those positions that occasionally demand extraordinary physical activity such as those in Safety positions. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION: *For this examination, computer technical support is defined as experience in configuring, installing, and testing personal computers and computer peripheral devices. **For this examination, prior election experience is defined as experience working on assignments for the preparation and execution of local, state, and municipal elections.

This is a noncompetitive assessment process and taking an exam is not required. The assessment is intended to merely qualify applicants. Selective certification lists may be prepared for the following language specialties: Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Hmong, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Mongolian, Nepali, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Telugu, Thai, Urdu, or Vietnamese. Candidates who wish to have their name placed on a language selective certification list(s) must indicate their foreign language on the application and supplemental questionnaire.

Applicants will be processed on an as-received basis and promulgated to the eligible register accordingly. Applicants will be placed on the eligible register for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of promulgation. The positions are for TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT ONLY. The eligible register for this examination will be used to fill TEMPORARY vacancies at any of the potential work sites: Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Headquarters – Norwalk, CA; Ballot Processing Center – City of Industry, CA; VSAP Operation Center – Whittier, CA; Tally Operation Center – Downey, CA; VCST – Santa Fe Springs, CA; Field Work – Various Locations Throughout LA County. Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Applications must be filed online only. We must receive your application before 5:00 P.M., PT, on the last day of filing. Applications submitted by U.S. Mail, Fax, or in person will not be accepted. Apply online by clicking on the green "Apply" button at the top right of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website. Please make sure you put in the time and effort when filling out your application and supplemental questions completely. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Selection Requirements as listed on this job posting. Provide any relevant job experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected. Please note that all information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION.

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individual assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed.