Jobs in Electoral Services

Go to list of job vacancies currently advertised in the public area

Electoral administration occupies a unique position within the framework of local government. Legally, Electoral Registration Officers (responsible for maintenance of electoral registers) and Returning Officers (responsible for administration of elections) are entirely separate entities from local authorities and their respective duties are prescribed by legislation. In the execution of their statutory obligations, those officers are not answerable to local authorities, despite having been appointed by them. This is an indication of the importance of electoral services which are provided throughout the UK by dedicated and highly professional administrators.

Working in such a specialised field can be very rewarding but demands high levels of accuracy, determination and a willingness and the ability to get a job done within set time scales.

As part of an exercise to procure information for the "jobs4u" careers database, the AEA liased with the Department for Education and Skills, resulting in the articles available to read here.

Advertising job vacancies

We are happy to advertise jobs on this website and we can arrange to make advertisements available either to Members of the Association only or accessible to all internet users. Jobs must either be in the field of electoral services exclusively or, if duties cover various kinds of administrative work, there must be some element of responsibility in relation to the provision of or support for electoral services.

The fees payable are set out in the table below; please note we do not offer an agency discount.

JOB ADVERTISEMENT FEES TABLE

Advertiser	Advert Published in	Fee
Local authority, Electoral Office for Northern Ireland, Electoral Commission, electoral administration software suppliers	Members’ area	£255.00
Local authority, Electoral Office for Northern Ireland, Electoral Commission, electoral administration software suppliers	Public area	£355.00
Advertising agency	Members’ area	£355.00
Advertising agency	Public area	£455.00
Local authority, Electoral Office for Northern Ireland, Electoral Commission, electoral administration software suppliers	Optional additional service: distribution by e-mail of the advertisement on first publication to every individual Member of the AEA	Add £100 to the appropriate fee above
Advertising agency	Optional additional service: distribution by e-mail of the advertisement on first publication to every individual Member of the AEA	Add £150 to the appropriate fee above
Any advertiser	Re-advertisement of the same job vacancy within 3 calendar months of its original publication on the website	20% reduction of the appropriate fee above

All invoices will be e-mailed to the client and if an invoice address is not provided, the invoice will be sent to the person placing the order.

It is very important that all relevant information is provided on the request form at the outset to avoid any unnecessary delay in publication of the advertisement; in fact, many of the form fields are required to be completed and you will not be able to submit the form without filling them in. Also, advertisements will normally appear on the website on the day of receipt by the Website Manager unless a specific publication date is requested.

As well as appearing on the website, a link to the advertisement is included in the weekly newsletter which is accessible via the website to all Members of the Association, of which there are currently in excess of 1,600.

If you are applying for a job, please mention that you saw the vacancy advertised on this site.

If there are any jobs currently being advertised in the area of the website accessible to the public, they are listed below.

Head of Electoral and Member Services »

London Borough of Hackney