Election Clerk - Temporary

Forsyth County • Winston-Salem, NC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Join the Board of Elections Department as an Elections Clerk! This is a great opportunity for someone with elections experience and/or office administration background to administer elections in a major jurisdiction and to be a part of an organization that promotes innovation and modernizing elections administration. This is a temporary position to assist with the upcoming election. This position will assist the Board of Election’s staff with daily office procedures providing accurate information to the public; processing, sorting, collecting, and distributing income mail; scan, review, file, and data entry voter registration forms, absentee request forms and various election documents; assist with campaign finance administrative tasks; assist with poll worker training administrative tasks; assist with preparing supplies for the voting sites, voting machine set-up, and laptop set-up; travel to an assigned geographical area to provide on-site support or transport supplies/equipment; and collaborate with team members on various projects. Hours of work are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, but must be available to work overtime including evenings and weekends. Hours and dates are subject to change during early voting.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• Two years of election experience
• Must maintain a valid NC Driver's License
• Considerable knowledge of the use, application, and operation of personal computer hardware and software.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Communicate with others tactfully and courteously over the telephone and in-person.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other employees, departments, counties, and the public.
• Maintain an effective and efficient workflow in order to perform in an accurate and timely manner following guidelines pursuant to NC election laws.
• Selected candidate will be required to successfully pass a more stringent criminal background check per N.C.G.S. § 163-27.2(f)

Nice To Haves

• elections experience
• office administration background

Responsibilities

• Answering incoming phone calls and provide early voting and election related information to voters and poll workers.
• Scanning, reviewing, filing, and data entry of voter registration forms and various election documents.
• Assist with campaign finance administrative tasks.
• Assist with poll worker training administrative tasks.
• Assist with preparing supplies for the voting sites, voting machine set up and laptop set up.
• Assist with processing, sorting, collecting and distributing incoming mail.
• Traveling to an assigned geographical area to provide on-site support or transport supplies/equipment.
• Collaborate with team members on various projects.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED