Extra-Help Elections Worker

Salary: $16.00 - $18.00 Hourly
Location : Merced County Elections Department 2222 M St Merced, CA
Job Type: Extra-help
Job Number: 2302568
Department: Elections
Opening Date: 12/19/2023
Closing Date: Continuous
Examples of Duties
This recruitment is being established to obtain a current eligible list for Extra-Help vacancies. Extra-Help are not entitled to county benefits and are limited to 25 hours a week.
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Process voter registration and statewide petitions, including filing affidavits of registration in the Elections Information Management System (EIMS).
  
• Issue ballots to eligible voters at various Vote Center locations.
  
• Process Vote by Mail material, issue voter ballots, and collate voter ballot material.
  
• Prepare, assemble, and distribute publications, notices, ballots and other election materials.
  
• Data entry, review documents for completeness, and operation of extraction machine.
  
• Maintain an inventory of elections supplies and materials; prepares supplies for set-up and storage during an election period.
  
• Assist the public with basic questions and general information related to voting and registration.
  
• May deliver or retrieve ballot boxes, Vote Center supplies, and other election materials.
  
• May assist with the translation of voting information as needed.

If assigned to Voter Services may also:

• Assist the public with inquiries related to voter ballots and the voting process.
  
• Perform data entry of voting information.
  
• Process/resolve electronic record issues.
  
• Perform other clerical duties as assigned.

If assigned to Elections Counting Facility (Clerical) may also:

• Operate extraction machines to open and extract ballots for processing.
  
• Perform other clerical duties as assigned.

If assigned to Elections Counting Facility (Stocking) may also:

• Drive trucks to deliver and retrieve ballot boxes and Vote Center supplies.
  
• Clean and inventory election materials.
  
• Surveys Vote Centers.
  
• Assignment in this section will be trained on usage of warehouse equipment and must possess a valid driver's license.
  
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
Experience:
Six (6) months of clerical, warehouse, or delivery experience.
Education:Equivalent to graduation from high school.
License:
Possess a valid California driver's license at time of appointment and maintain.
Essential Functions
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Frequent operation of a personal computer and other office equipment.
  
• Communicate effectively with others in person and over the telephone.
  
• Meet deadlines under stressful conditions.
  
• Interpret directions, policies, procedures, regulations, and develop appropriate conclusions and responses.
  
• Complete multiple priority projects with conflicting deadlines.
  
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
  
• Frequent public contact.
  
• Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision, and color perception.
  
• Frequently stand, walk, lift, carry, reach, push, pull, twist and manipulate large and small objects.
  
• Occasionally kneel, bend, twist, squat, balance, and crawl.
  
• Frequent use of hand-eye coordination.
  
• Frequently lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
  
• Some assignments may require working weekends, nights, and/or occasional overtime.
  
• Occasional exposure to noise; occasional contact with dirt, dust, indoor/outdoor cold and heat.
  
• Occasional exposure to varied weather conditions.
  
• Regular attendance is an essential function.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Basic clerical skills and record keeping practices.
  
• Basic math, correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
  
• Alphabetical and numerical filing methods.
  
• Principles and practices of effective customer service.

ABILITY TO:

• Learn new work processes, procedures, and the equipment/applications used in voter registration and election activities.
  
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
  
• Learn, understand and apply laws, rules, policies, and procedures governing California elections.
  
• Read and follow maps.
  
• Organize work effectively.
  
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions, and accurately decipher or compare handwriting signatures.
  
• Work with people from diverse backgrounds/cultures.
  
• Work overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.
  
• Safely operate a County motor vehicle.

FAMILY CARE LEAVE
Family Care Leave applies to all employees who work 1250 or more hours in any twelve month period.
HEALTH PLANS AND LIFE INSURANCE
Extra-help employees are not entitled to County-paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program benefits and are not eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan.
JURY DUTY
Extra-help employees are not entitled to pay or receive reimbursement from the County for Jury Duty.
PAID TIME BENEFITS
Extra-help employees are not entitled to paid bereavement, vacation, or holidays.
PAID SICK LEAVE
Extra-help employees are entitled to accrue up to three (3) paid sick days (24 hours) in a 12-month period.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Extra-help employment earnings are not covered under Social Security. Merced County provides an alternate plan - Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) - for extra-help employees who are otherwise not eligible for participation in the County's retirement system.
COMPENSATION/UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE:
The County does provide benefits to those eligible under the State Workers Compensation and Unemployment Insurance statutes.
THIS BULLETIN IS NOT A CONTRACT AND DOES NOT CREATE CONTRACTUAL OR LEGAL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF ANY EMPLOYEE. THIS BULLETIN IS SUBJECT OF BEING SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED, WITHDRAWN OR OTHERWISE CHANGED PENDING LABOR AGREEMENTS AND/OR AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DEEM NECESSARY.
For answers to specific questions regarding employee benefits, please call Human Resources at 209.385.7682.
01
Can you effectively communicate in any of the following languages: Spanish, Hmong, Punjabi, Chinese or Mien? If so, specify which one.

• Spanish
• Hmong
• Punjabi
• Chinese
• Mien
• None of the above

02
Describe your computer experience using various software applications and the types of documents you have created using these applications.
03
Extra-Help positions are not entitled to county benefits and are limited to a maximum of 25 hours per week. Are you willing to accept Extra-Help work?

• Yes
• No

Required Question