Job Description

Class Summary


This Part-time Clerk is responsible for providing customer service, clerical skills, and lifelong-learning opportunities. Opportunities will focus on youth development, agriculture, urban agriculture, horticulture, water quality protection, nutrition and health, meal planning, family finance, and aging.
Essential Duties

• Communicating with English and Spanish participants, community groups, and staff members
• Providing assistance in submitting, processing, mailing, and obtaining results for soil and water lab analysis
• Providing customer service and responding to basic homeowner gardening inquiries via walk-ins, emails, and phone calls; as well as triaging complicated questions to higher levels of expertise
• Providing hands-on training to Master Gardener Extension Volunteers

• Preparing educational handouts and assembling supplies for classes, programs, and events
• Assisting with registering virtual and in-person class participants
• Assisting with preparing and distributing activity kits for hands-on learning labs
• Communicating the objectives and activities of the program, and collecting evaluations

Grade
The grade for this position is 97. Salary will be dependent on education and experience.

Effective 4/11/2023, this position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• One year of general office or customer service experience
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered.
• Proficient in speaking, reading, and writing Spanish

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of horticulture experience
• Valid driver\'s license

For information related to position-specific essential duties, knowledge and skills, and physical requirements, please .

Note: The class specifications listed on this website are not the official class specifications for Gwinnett County and are subject to change.

Additional Information

Department of Community Services

The Department of Community Services provides high-quality recreational, educational, electoral, health, and human services, and other services in partnership with the Gwinnett community. We envision a diverse, vibrant, and safe community where residents are healthy and successful. We partner with others to enhance the quality of life of families and individuals residing in Gwinnett. We believe in honesty, integrity, and ethical conduct. We are customer-oriented and both accountable and responsive to our citizens. We believe in teamwork and collaboration with our community partners. We promote safety, cost efficiency, innovation, and service excellence.

For more information about this department, please .

About Gwinnett County

Welcome to Gwinnett County - one of America\'s fastest-growing counties for the past 20 years. Our dynamic and exciting county combines the best of big-city living with the comforts of the suburbs.

The county\'s population in 2000 was about 588,448 and we\'ve only continued to grow since then, with the population expected to reach one million by the year 2022.

Gwinnett has many advantages, beginning with its location and road system. The county is just 45 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 30 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Thanks to this location, 80 percent of the U.S. population is within a two-hour flight. Georgia Highway 316 has been extended to Athens, reducing travel time to the University of Georgia to 25 minutes. Gwinnett\'s infrastructure includes more than 2,750 miles of roadways to provide excellent mobility for our residents.

The County Administrator and County Attorney are appointed by the Board of Commissioners and serve at its pleasure. To implement the Board\'s policy directives, the County Administrator uses a management team consisting of members of his immediate staff and 14 department directors. The 14 departments that make up the executive side are Police Services, Fire and Emergency Services, Corrections, Communications, Support Services, Financial Services, Community Services, Human Resources, Information Technology Services, Law, Planning and Development, Water Resources, Child Advocacy & Juvenile Services, and Transportation. Each department is run by a director who is charged with managing operations in a manner that stresses the County\'s values.

In addition to the executive side of County government, certain services are provided through Constitutional officers and independent elected officials. These external offices are created by the Georgia Constitution or through state law. In Gwinnett, they include the Sheriff, Tax Commissioner, District Attorney, Solicitor, Probate Court Judge, and Chief Magistrate.

Vision
Gwinnett is the preferred community where everyone thrives!

Mission
Gwinnett proudly supports our vibrantly connected community by delivering superior services.

Values

Integrity: We believe in being honest, building trust, and having strong moral principles.

Accountability: We believe in stewardship, transparency, and sustainability.

Equity: We believe in fairness and respect for all.

Inclusivity: We believe in engaging, embracing, and unifying our communities.

Innovation: We believe in a continual adaptation of technology, process, and experience.
Hiring Process

Gwinnett County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information regarding our hiring process, please click the links below:
Gwinnett County is committed to creating a diverse workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (including sex), race, color, national origin (including ancestry), gender (identity and expression), sexual orientation, age, marital status, familial status (including pregnancy), disability, military or veteran status, religion, political affiliation, immigration status, homeless status, or any other category protected by law.

For questions about recruitment, or to request a reasonable accommodation during the application, interview, or testing process, please call Human Resources at 770-822-7915 or email .

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