Elections Coordinator

Essential Duties

• Receives voter registration applications from various sources.
• Prepares reports to the State and monitors reimbursements.
• Develops and updates all contracts and coordinating agreements while serving as school districts election coordinator for all schools within the Allegan Area Educational Service Agency.
• Affords assistance to candidates and treasurers of campaign committees with compliance and disclosure requirements of the Michigan Campaign Finance Act.
• Maintains logs for petitions and/or filing fees for review after the primary and maintains all election results.
• Maintains the State Qualified Voter file and the county voter registration data base for each election.
• Schedules meetings of the Election Commission and takes minutes.
• Maintains the deadlines on the election schedule to ensure meetings are held according to the requirements for each election.
• Determines what format is required for reporting and canvassing forms for the permanent record and prepares the reports to comply with the requirements.
• Maintains the filing of Acceptance of Office forms for school board candidates.
• Monitors the programming and operation of voting system equipment and provides training as needed on equipment.
• Communicates both verbally and in writing to various entities requesting elections information, including media outlets, and in-training of election workers.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent GED.
• Ability to obtain certification and training required by Secretary of State, Bureau of Elections.
• Two (2) years of experience working for an election support company.
• Possession of a valid Michigan driver’s license.

Preferred Education and Experience

• One (1) year of experience with local clerk’s office.
• Associate’s Degree in technology or closely related field.

Benefits

• Excellent Benefits Plan: Health insurance begins on the first of the month after your hire date.
• Medical, Dental & Vision (3 medical plans to choose from, 2 of which have a $0 biweekly premium).
• County-funded Health Savings Account with our two high-deductible medical plans.
• County-paid employee life insurance coverage.
• County-paid short-term disability coverage, up to 52 weeks.
• Generous retirement plan, including a county contribution of 7% of your annual earnings.
• Tuition Reimbursement Program for college degree courses.
• Generous PTO plan, including front-loaded hours into PTO bank at hire, and annually on January 1.
• 13 paid holidays, in addition to PTO.
• FREE use of Allegan County government's two fitness centers.

Starting Wage

$28.54/hr, Full-Time, Benefit Eligible