Election positions

Polling booth managers (PBMs) are our most senior polling day position. They are responsible for managing all aspects of a polling booth on polling day. Depending on the size of the polling booth, they may have to supervise between 3 and 14 staff.

Key duties include:

• setting up the polling booth the night before
• briefing staff before voting opens at 8:00 am, and then monitoring staff throughout the day to ensure they are following procedures, rotating through positions and taking breaks as required
• managing the securing of voting material throughout the day and evening
• liaising with voters and party workers and resolving or escalating issues as required
• overseeing the counting of ballot papers after voting closes at 6:00 pm, completing important paperwork and phoning results through to the returning officer.

Salary and duty statement

$1,032.12 – $1,219.82 fixed fee remuneration depending on the size of the polling booth.
Polling booth manager - duty statement (93 KB)

Deputy polling booth managers are trained to undertake the same duties as a polling booth manager (PBM), and may be required to step into the role of PBM.

Salary and duty statement

$880.46 fixed fee remuneration
Deputy polling booth manager - duty statement (90 KB)

In some instances, a voter will need to complete a declaration vote. A common example is when a voter is enrolled in a different South Australian district. This means the voter must complete a form (on the declaration vote envelope) along with their ballot papers.

Declaration vote issuing officers sit at a table to the side of the polling booth and assist people with completing their declaration vote. This is a slightly longer process than ordinary voting as some voters may need additional support to complete their declaration vote.

The duties of a declaration vote issuing officer are more technical and specialised than a regular polling official, and include:

• providing one-on-one support to voters with the process of completing a declaration vote, and making sure everything has been filled in correctly so that their vote can be admitted
• using secure devices to look up voters’ enrolment information, and if necessary, assisting them to update their enrolment
• sorting and tallying declaration vote envelopes and completing reconciliations
• assisting with other tasks such as sorting and counting ordinary votes, packaging and packing down the polling booth.

Salary and duty statement

$724.53 fixed fee remuneration
Declaration vote issuing officer - duty statement (111 KB)

Polling officials are our most common position and are the election workers that most people interact with when they vote.

A polling official will rotate through a range of tasks during polling day, including:

Salary and duty statement

$598.45 fixed fee remuneration
Polling official - duty statement (116 KB)

Polling assistants provide general support across the polling booth and may be asked to help with any task except for those that involve handling ballot papers.

Polling assistants are limited to four-hour shifts and are often (but not always) younger people having their first experience of election work. Some polling assistants work two four-hour shifts on polling day.

Example of duties include:

Salary and duty statement

$156.12 fixed fee remuneration per four-hour shift
Polling assistant - duty statement (102 KB)

Hygiene officers are accountable to the polling booth manager (PBM). They play an important role in helping to protect the health and safety of electors and ECSA staff in polling booths.

Key duties include:

• assisting the PBM set up COVID-SAfe voting spaces including materials and signage
• managing and distributing PPE and set-up of waste disposal, if necessary
• observing queue numbers and advising the queue controller when to slow entry of electors, adhering to density limits
• encouraging electors to use the QR code or advising electors to use the manual sign-in form
• disinfecting shared and common surfaces regularly and hand sanitiser management
• removing and disposing of pencils and how-to-vote election material from voting screens.

Salary and duty statement

$591.53 fixed fee remuneration
Hygiene officer - duty statement (142 KB)

Early voting centre managers are responsible for managing all aspects of an early voting centre and may supervise 10 or more staff.

Early voting centre managers must be available to work from 4 March 2022 to 18 March 2022, and this may include working nights and weekends.

Note: Early voting centres will be open from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm.

Example of duties include:

Duty statement

Early voting centre manager - duty statement (79 KB)

Deputy early voting centre managers are trained to undertake the same duties as early voting centre managers and may be required to step into the role of early voting centre manager.

Note: Early voting centres will be open from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm.

Duty statement

Deputy early voting centre manager - duty statement (77 KB)

Early voting officers are our most common early voting position. To work as an early voting officer, you must be available to work from 4 March 2022 to 18 March 2022, and this may include working nights and weekends.

Note: Early voting centres open from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm.

Early voting officers rotate through a range of tasks during polling day, including:

Duty statement

Early voting officer - duty statement (96 KB)

Hygiene officers are accountable to the early voting centre manager. They play an important role in helping to protect the health and safety of electors and ECSA staff in polling booths.

Key duties include:

• assisting the early voting centre manager set up COVID-SAfe voting spaces including materials and signage
• managing and distributing PPE and set-up of waste disposal, if necessary
• observing queue numbers and advising the queue controller when to slow entry of electors, adhering to density limits
• encouraging electors to use the QR code or advising electors to use the manual sign-in form
• disinfecting shared and common surfaces regularly and hand sanitiser management
• removing and disposing of pencils and how-to-vote election material from voting screens.

Duty statement

EVC hygiene officer - duty statement (PDF, 145KB)

Clerical assistant 2 (district office) is responsible for acting as the count table supervisor on the Sunday after polling day.

Duty statement

Clerical assistant 2 (district office) - duty statement (78 KB)

The position is responsible for providing varied clerical support to the returning officer.

Duty statement

Clerical assistant 1 (district office) - duty statement (74 KB)

Clerical assistant 2 (Legislative Council) is responsible for acting as the count table supervisor for ballot paper rechecks conducted after polling day.

Duty statement

Clerical assistant 2 (Legislative Council) - duty statement (70 KB)

Clerical assistant 1 (Legislative Council) is responsible for providing varied clerical support during ballot paper rechecks conducted after polling day.

Duty statement

Clerical assistant 1 (Legislative Council) - duty statement (74 KB)