Posting number: 16973
Department: County Clerk's Office
Job classification: Clerk
Posting type: Open
Categories: Administrative Assistant, Customer Service, Elections, Communications, Office and Administrative Support
Temporary recruitment coordinators work in a busy environment with a team to recruit and support election workers in providing our community with access to voting and creating a positive experience for voters exercising their right to vote. This job entails coordinating placements, communicating assignment details and task expectations, ensuring judges meet the task requirements, like attending training, hiring their own clerks, scheduling and picking up supplies, setting up the Vote Center and more. This position requires good customer service skills and ability to maintain bipartisanship. Recruitment coordinators also support other election functions such as equipment handout and election night equipment return.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Customer service with heavy phone calls and emails.
Supporting recruits with registering for training, finding clerks, getting information about positions and signing up for compensation.
Updating Excel spreadsheets, Election Management System, and other applications.
Ability to multi-task in extremely busy environment.
Reporting to dispatch locations during almost 3 week voting period to dispatch workers.
Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx
If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net
This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.
Education and Experience:
Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:
Good verbal and written communication skills a must.
Customer Service and dispute resolution skills required.
Typing of 40+ WPM required.
Must be able to perform well without in-person supervision, within expected work hours and maintain good performance.
Must be knowledgeable in basic computer and phone functions.
Able to prioritize, multi-task and complete tasks within deadlines.
NOTE Qualifying education, experience, knowledge and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.
Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:
15600 Morales Rd., Houston, TX 77032
Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of 2000 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 3,400,578 (though a 2007 estimate placed the population at 4,011,475), making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston.
