IEBC invites applications for various By-Election Temporary Electoral roles at Migwani Ward, Kitui County.
Polling/Queuing /Counting Clerk
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Presiding Officer, the clerk will carry out the following duties;
- Assist in laying out of the polling station and counting room.
- Demarcate and display posters at the polling station.
- Control queues and guide voters to respective polling station.
- Confirm that a voter has not voted by inspecting their fingers for indelible marks.
- Identify voters before allowing them to vote.
- Issue stamped ballot papers to voters duly identified in the register of voters.
- Assist the Presiding Officer with the sorting of votes after voting as part of counting
- Perform any other official duties as may be assigned by the Presiding officer.
Requirements for Appointment
- Kenyan citizen of high integrity, and be non-partisan;
- KCSE Aggregate C- and above;
- Must be of good character and;
- Must be available for the entire period of the exercise; and
- Resident of the County Assembly Ward.
Wages: Polling Clerks/Counting Clerks will be paid Kshs. 1,000 per day
Voter Educator
Requirements
- A voter educator must be a resident of the Ward where the by-election is taking place.
- Must be a speaker of the main language of communication used by residents of the electoral unit,
- Possess a diploma and above in relevant field (Social Sciences/Project Management),
- Minimum of 3 years- experience in voter education, community mobilization or social work in respective by-election electoral unit,
- Must be mature, respectable and non-partisan with exceptional understanding and knowledge of civil society organizations, geography, and socio-cultural economic and political dynamics of the Ward.
- Proof of having successfully conducted voter education activities or informal training in collaboration with existing social networks within the Electoral unit,
- Demonstrable interest in electoral processes
- Proven commitment to the values of patriotism, nation-building, good governance, democracy, human rights and gender equity.
- Must NOT be engaged in any other job during the contract period and must commit to work exclusively for the IEBC under the stipulated terms and conditions of service,
- Working knowledge of computers, social media and digital platforms, and
- Proven report writing skills
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Constituency Returning Officer, the Voter Educator will carry out the following tasks:
- Distribution and dissemination of the voter education materials in Schools, Churches/mosques, Health centers, Markets, Community centers, Farms, business centers etc
- Liaise with local stakeholders, relevant authorities and community leaders to facilitate voter education activities.
- Conduct voter education in the County Assembly Ward.
- Act as a link between the IEBC Returning Officer, CSO’s, CBO’s and the community.
- Assess public understanding of matters related to electoral activity at hand in the ward.
- Monitor and evaluate voter education providers in the ward.
- Prepare and submit weekly activity reports to the Supervisor, and
- Any other assignment as directed by the immediate supervisor.
Wages: Ward based Voter Educators will be paid Kshs.1500/- per day
Support Electoral Trainer
Duties and Responsibilities
- To assist in the training of Presiding Officers, Deputy Presiding Officers and Clerks. The training involves polling, counting and tallying process.
- Assist in preparing training venue and the necessary materials for training.
- Perform the duties of a Presiding Officer or Deputy Presiding Officer as will be assigned by the Returning Officer.
- To supervise other individuals that will be engaged in the training of clerks and other election officials at the lower level clusters.
- Assist the Returning Officer in carrying out all forms of electoral training.
- Compile electoral training reports as directed by the Returning Officer.
- To implement electoral training plans developed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
- To collect and ensure security of all election training materials.
- To distribute electoral training materials at cascaded levels.
Requirements
- Kenyan citizen of high integrity, and be non-partisan;
- Hold a Degree/Diploma certificate from a recognized institution;
- Computer literate;
- Have proven and demonstrated training skills;
- Ability to manage people;
- Must be available for the entire period of the exercise
- Resident in the County Assembly Ward.
Wages: Support Electoral Trainers will be paid Kshs. 2,000 per day
Deputy Presiding Officer(DPO)
Responsibilities
The Deputy Presiding Officer(DPO) will deputize the PO in performing the duties.
- Overall in charge at the polling station.
- Demarcates and lays out the polling station.
- Ensures the safety and use of the KIEMS.
- Ensures that the KIEMS and power bank are fully charged and all components are available before departing to the polling station.
- Supervises polling activities at the polling station.
- Distributes materials to the clerks at the polling station.
- Officially declares the start of polling.
- Runs the network connectivity tool on the KIEMS at 5.30am
- Opens/closes Polling Station Voting Period on the KIEMS
- Ensures law and order is maintained at the polling station.
- Ensure smooth flow of voters in the queue.
- Ensures that all election results and logs are transmitted from the polling station electronically to the Tallying centers.
- Shows the agents the tabulated results before transmission.
- Supervises all the elections officials in the polling station.
- Updates and communicates regularly with the Constituency Returning Officer.
- Posts a copy of the election results at the polling station
- Takes the results to the Constituency Returning Officer.
- Is in charge of security at the polling station.
- Ensures safe retrieval and return of election materials to RO
Requirements for Appointment
- Kenyan citizen of high integrity, and be non-partisan;
- Hold a Degree/Diploma certificate from a recognized institution;
- Computer literate;
- Have effective communication;
- Good report writing skills;
- Ability to manage people, sensitive data and materials;
- Have skills in data computation;
- Must be available for the entire period of the exercise; and
- Resident in the County Assembly Ward.
Wages: Deputy Presiding Officers will be paid Kshs. 1,800 per day
Presiding Officers
Responsibilities
- Overall in charge at the polling station.
- Demarcates and lays out the polling station.
- Ensures the safety and use of the KIEMS.
- Ensures that the KIEMS and power bank are fully charged and all components are available before departing to the polling station.
- Supervises polling activities at the polling station.
- Distributes materials to the clerks at the polling station.
- Officially declares the start of polling.
- Runs the network connectivity tool on the KIEMS at 5.30am
- Opens/closes Polling Station Voting Period on the KIEMS
- Ensures law and order is maintained at the polling station.
- Ensure smooth flow of voters in the queue.
- Ensures that all election results and logs are transmitted from the polling station electronically to the Tallying centers.
- Shows the agents the tabulated results before transmission.
- Supervises all the elections officials in the polling station.
- Updates and communicates regularly with the Constituency Returning Officer.
- Posts a copy of the election results at the polling station
- Takes the results to the Constituency Returning Officer.
- Is in charge of security at the polling station.
- Ensures safe retrieval and return of election materials to RO
Requirements
- Kenyan citizen of high integrity, and be non-partisan;
- Hold a Degree/Diploma certificate from a recognized institution;
- Computer literate;
- Have effective communication;
- Good report writing skills;
- Ability to manage people, sensitive data and materials;
- Have skills in data computation;
- Must be available for the entire period of the exercise; and
- Resident in the County Assembly Ward.
Wages: Presiding Officers will be paid Kshs. 2000 per day;
