ELECTION EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST

About the role

This position educates, informs, and empowers all Henry County residents on voter registration and election-related subjects, including equipment demonstrations and assisting with registration and absentee ballots.

Responsibilities

• Administer a multifaceted and innovative countywide voter education outreach program for people of diverse backgrounds to encourage voter participation and inform the public of voter registration procedures, the voting process, and voting systems.
• Strengthen the department’s relationship with community partners through attendance at community events and meetings, group presentations, and one-on-one meetings.
• Develop and execute outreach campaigns on social media, radio, television, newspaper, and other traditional media.
• Collaborate and coordinate voter registration events.
• Recruit new election workers when appropriate; recruit poll workers and train selected poll workers on elections procedures and equipment; schedule and coordinate poll workers for elections work.
• Plan, manage, and track all poll worker data.
• Collect community feedback and analyze voting data to shape voter education strategies.
• Manage the social media accounts and the voter education sections of the website.
• Create print and web-based education materials for events and the website.
• Assist the Director with internal and external communications.
• Train citizens who want to volunteer by hosting voter registration drives through the Deputy Registrar Program.
• Collaborate with non-profit organizations and other government offices.
• Act as deputy registrar conducting voter registration drives and assisting voters with completing absentee ballot applications. Register voters at events, assist with filling out applications, and review applications for completeness and accuracy.
• Provide pertinent information on voter registration, upcoming elections, and applicable laws.
• Prepare tools to measure performance of public meetings and events, including participant feedback and partnering with community leaders, civic organizations, churches, schools, and colleges.
• Design and maintain databases to enter comments and ratings from voter surveys. Provide monthly statistical data.
• Organize and direct public meetings and voter education and outreach efforts. Determine appropriate information to present to community groups.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of professional experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• GEOC and MEOC certificates preferred, or able to obtain within 6 months.
• Must be available for occasional weekend and evening work. Schedule will adjust based upon the needs of the department.

Skills

• Knowledge of local government operations, elections-related programs, policies and plans, and modern office practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other similar programs.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications related to the essential functions of the job.
• Skill in effective communication, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to meet and deal with employees and the public in an effective and courteous manner.
• Ability to get along with others and work effectively with the public and co-workers.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evening meetings.
• Ability to multi-task and work within deadlines.
• Ability to deal with confidential and sensitive matters.
• Ability to use computers for data entry, word processing, and accounting purposes.
• Ability to operate a copying machine.
• Ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

Physical Demands

The work is sedentary, requiring exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Requires mental acuity, including the ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes, the ability to express ideas by means of the spoken word, and close visual acuity.

Work Environment

Work is performed in a relatively safe and secure work environment.