The Australian Electoral Commission is looking for over 100,000 workers across the country in the coming months.
The types of jobs available include working on election day through to engagement for up to five weeks. The AEC needs frontline polling staff, supervisors, mobile voting teams, remote area service teams, counting staff and more.
“We become one of the nation’s largest employers ever so briefly — the likelihood of getting employed if you register with us is very high, particularly in regional communities,” electoral commissioner Tom Rogers said.
“You don’t need election experience to work for us, but you do need to be able to take an impartial and neutral approach to your work — that is not negotiable.
“You’ll be part of a team delivering democracy for fellow Australians, for your community, and get paid for it as well.
“It can be difficult to find staff in regional and remote areas so we really need people to put up their hands, get involved in their communities and make sure people in their areas can vote.”
The next federal election will be held sometime in the next nine months — a standard House of Representatives and half-Senate federal election can be held on any Saturday from now through to Saturday, May 17, 2025 (with five weeks’ notice from announcement to election day).
“Victoria needs around 33,000 temporary staff for the next election, which is nearly a quarter of the national temporary workforce,” AEC Victorian state manager Nye Coffey said.
“We particularly want to hear from people living in the Mallee, the Wimmera, Bendigo, Geelong, the Great South Coast, Sale and Warragul — all of which have been historically challenging to recruit workers in.”
Head to https://www.aec.gov.au/employment/working-at-elections/index.htm to find out more.