Elections Aide - Extra Help

County of Yolo•Woodland, CA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The County of Yolo is recruiting to fill up to twenty-five (25) Elections Aide - Extra Help positions in the Assessor / Clerk-Recorder / Elections Department. This recruitment will establish an eligible list of candidates for current and future vacancies. This job posting will remain open until the current vacancies are filled and may close at any time without notice. The Assessor / Clerk-Recorder / Elections (ACE) Department is recruiting a team of people with commitment, dedication, and diverse skill-sets to ensure all eligible Yolo County voters have an opportunity to cast a ballot. Under close supervision, an Elections Aide performs routine clerical and manual work in support of Yolo County election activities. Employees in this position facilitate the voting process in a variety of ways, before, during, and after an election, ultimately focused on maintaining the integrity of free and fair elections in Yolo County. This recruitment is ONLY for the Elections Aide "extra help" assignment and does not substitute as an application for a regular position. Eligible list placement for any "extra help" position does NOT transfer to eligibility in a regular position of the same class. Applicants who demonstrate the minimum qualifications will be added to an eligible list for current and future extra-help vacancies. Candidates will remain on the eligible list for six (6) months.

Requirements

One (1) year of clerical experience.
One (1) year of full-time business or college education beyond the high school level may be substituted for the required experience (verification of education is required for substitution).

Responsibilities

Sorts, counts, files, reviews, and proofs Affidavits of Registration, absentee voter applications, and ballots.
Prepares and boxes election materials, supplies, and petitions for transportation, mailing, and storage.
Inventories election materials in the Elections Division and at other warehouse facilities.
Prepares, packs, unpacks, and may deliver election materials to polling places and elections officers.
Verifies signatures on petitions and returned absentee ballots.
Sorts and files cancelled Affidavits of Registration.
Performs occasional data entry and other simple keyboard operations.
Proofs various election materials for accuracy.
Screens telephone calls and provides information where possible.
Prepares and labels sample ballots, pamphlets, and state ballot pamphlets for mailing, which includes bagging and lifting up to fifty pounds of election materials in mail cages and transporting cages to the post office.