Senior Electoral Officer

PERSOLKELLY is one of Australia's largest and longest serving recruitment providers. We deliver quality temporary and permanent options, specializing in the recruitment of professional, ICT, government, STEM, management, and executive talent. Our team has recently been appointed as the sole recruitment partner for the Western Australian Electoral Commission and will be working to provide a 10,000 strong workforce to deliver the next state election in 2025.

We are currently looking for the below roles to assist with the elections next year:

• Presiding Officer: Manages personnel, election resources, and the polling place, ensuring electoral procedures are followed and supervising staff.
• Assistant Presiding Officer: Assists the Presiding Officer as needed, helping to manage personnel, election resources, and the polling place.
• Declaration Officer: Issues declaration votes on polling day to electors who are not on that district's electoral roll.
• Early Presiding Officer: Manages personnel, election resources, and the polling place, ensuring electoral procedures are followed and supervising staff.
• Early Assistant Presiding Officer: Assists the Early Presiding Officer as needed, helping to manage personnel, election resources, and the polling place.
• Early Issuing/Counting Officer: Issues ballot papers to electors using the Elector Recording System (ERS) during the polling period.
• Assistant Returning Officer: Opens ballot boxes, counts votes, and tallies results at designated counting locations.
• Mobile Presiding Officer: Manages the operation of mobile polling at aged care facilities, hospitals, locations for homeless individuals, airports, and prisons.
• Mobile Issuing Officer: Issues ballot papers and assists the Mobile Presiding Officer as needed.
• Remote Presiding Officer: Manages the operation of mobile polling at remote locations, including visits to Aboriginal communities at set times.
• Remote Issuing Officer: Issues ballot papers and assists the Remote Presiding Officer as needed.
• Returning Officer Assistant: Assists the Returning Officer with higher-level duties, including the receipt and entry of results on polling night.
• Returning Officer General Assistant: Assists with the receipt, sorting, and distribution of materials to Presiding Officers, as well as the reconciliation and packing of materials on election night and for three days after polling day.

We welcome and encourage women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, and people from diverse backgrounds to apply. If you would like to join our team, please apply now. To learn more about working with PERSOLKELLY, we encourage you to visit our website. Follow our LinkedIn page at linkedin.com/company/persolkelly for the latest updates and insights.