Community Program Specialist - Bilingual Spanish (Extra Help)

Orange County, CA•Santa Ana, CA

25d

About The Position

The County of Orange, Registrar of Voters conducts proactive outreach programs in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish as mandated by the U.S. Voting Rights Act. This includes translation/proofreading of election materials, providing language assistance to voters, voter education, and serving as an on-going liaison with language-based community organizations and media. This position works with the Spanish speaking population of Orange County. The Bilingual Community Program Specialist will: Plan, develop and implement informational campaign and strategies to gain public participation and support for voter registration and election participation within the Spanish Speaking community of Orange County Translate election materials into Spanish Proofread election materials translated into Spanish by outside translation agencies Write press releases for Spanish language press publications Provide language assistance support services to Vote Centers via video conferencing, chat, over the phone and through the development of all Vote Center language assistance materials Participate in the official canvass of election results Assist in the process of drafting, developing, and updating Outreach reports, such as the Election Administration Plan, Voter Rights Compliance Act Report, etc. Conduct outreach to the Spanish language community through special events, personal contacts, media interviews and public speaking engagements throughout the community Active participant in High School voter education events throughout Orange County Train and assist in the supervision of Extra Help staff assigned to help with translations & proofing

Requirements

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Nice To Haves

Spanish Translation Expertise
Proofreading and translating material from English to Spanish language with accuracy
Ability to use a Spanish keyboard
Technical Knowledge
Understanding of programs and services within the Registrar of Voters
Advertising, copyrighting and layouts, graphic arts and printing methods
Planning, developing, organizing, and coordinating public information and recognition programs and special events
Having the knowledge and understanding of how to conduct outreach to the community
Use software programs such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, and MS Outlook at an intermediate to advanced level
Utilizing Adobe Photo Shop, Illustrator, In Design, and Acrobat
Customer Service | Relationship Building
Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a wide variety of individuals within and outside the agency
Exercising good judgment in answering questions and releasing information
Securing cooperation from representatives of varying community organization
Communication | Verbal and Written
Planning, developing, and delivering persuasive presentations designed to motivate and stimulate support of agency programs at public speaking engagements
Presenting/publicly speaking to community stakeholders

Responsibilities

Plan, develop and implement informational campaign and strategies to gain public participation and support for voter registration and election participation within the Spanish Speaking community of Orange County
Translate election materials into Spanish
Proofread election materials translated into Spanish by outside translation agencies
Write press releases for Spanish language press publications
Provide language assistance support services to Vote Centers via video conferencing, chat, over the phone and through the development of all Vote Center language assistance materials
Participate in the official canvass of election results
Assist in the process of drafting, developing, and updating Outreach reports, such as the Election Administration Plan, Voter Rights Compliance Act Report, etc.
Conduct outreach to the Spanish language community through special events, personal contacts, media interviews and public speaking engagements throughout the community
Active participant in High School voter education events throughout Orange County
Train and assist in the supervision of Extra Help staff assigned to help with translations & proofing