Stock Clerk

• Category: Public Safety / Warehouse
• Department: Sheriff

Stock Clerk positions are available across various departments within the County of San Diego, with current vacancies in the Sheriff's Office.

Under general supervision, incumbents receive, store, inventory, issue, and deliver materials, supplies, and equipment for a department or division in a large storeroom or warehouse. The role involves routine and physical tasks.

Stock Clerks in the Sheriff's Office may also assign, train, instruct, lead, or supervise incarcerated persons and perform retail tasks such as scanning items at a point-of-sale terminal and delivering Commissary orders within detention facilities or Sheriff's Commissary Stores. Applicants must be willing to work any shift, including holidays or weekends, and may work in a 24-hour detention facility. Shift premiums and locked facility premiums may be available.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Comfortable working in a jail environment and interacting with incarcerated persons
• Effective communicator and customer-focused
• Knowledgeable worker with ethical behavior
• Warehouse experience
• Proficient with computers, point-of-sale systems, and mobile delivery devices

Forklift experience is desirable but not required. Retail experience is also desirable for positions involving the Sheriff's Commissary.

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Work is primarily indoors in office, storeroom, or warehouse environments, with frequent travel within the county for deliveries. Warehouse work may involve exposure to heights, loud noises, odors, fumes, dust, debris, and temperature variations. Work in the Sheriff's Office involves frequent interaction with potentially uncooperative or hostile incarcerated individuals.

• Six months of storeroom experience in receiving, storing, issuing, delivering, and inventorying supplies and equipment.
• Possession of a valid Certified Forklift Operator's license may be required within thirty days of appointment, depending on the position.

• Disqualifications may include certain misdemeanor or felony convictions depending on circumstances.
• Must demonstrate honesty and trustworthiness.
• Subject to a thorough background check, which may include a truth verification test.

The Department of Human Resources conducts Blind Applicant Screening to ensure fairness and diversity. Qualified candidates will be referred for interviews based on evaluation results. Ensure your application and supplemental questionnaire thoroughly detail your experience.

Pre-employment includes background checks, fingerprinting, and medical screening. Employees at certain County locations must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including booster doses if eligible.

Qualified applicants will be placed on a six-month employment list based on their scores from the evaluation of their application and supplemental responses. Ensure all information is accurate and complete, as it will be assessed by an automated system and reviewed manually if shortlisted.