Thousands of Ontario election workers are being hired to work for February 27 election day.
If you were always looking for a job to become an election poll worker, here is your chance to uphold democracy and make some bucks.
Ontario is hiring thousands of election workers and its worth your while since some pays up to $29.50 an hour and teens as young as 16 can apply to work for the February 27 election.
Young people aged 16 or 17 can apply for “youth at the booth” positions.
There is a need for tabulator returning officers, information assistants and other election officials who are required to work for a day when voters hit the polls. Some jobs will be paper-based while others will require the use of technology.
All jobs are paid positions and training is included.
There are a range of jobs available and training will be provided at good pay.
To work as an information assistant, applicants must be at least 16 years old with a social insurance number.
“Election officials working at the technology-based polls will be using electronic poll books and vote tabulators,” Elections Ontario said. “Election officials working at the non-technology-based polls will be using paper-based products.”
Area managers, who oversee several paper-based voting locations and supervise poll officials on election day, can expect to earn $29.50 hourly working up to 13 hours on election day only.
A deputy returning officer can earn $22.42 per hour. Job duties include processing electors, revising voter information and issuing ballots.
Poll clerks can expect to earn $21.25 hourly on election day for up to 13 hours. A poll clerk assists the deputy returning officer with processing electors.
A polling day revision assistant also earns $21.25 per hour. In this role, workers verify whether an elector appears accurately on the list of electors.
Applicants are invited to visit Elections Ontario online to get started. A six-step online application process begins by providing information about you. For more visit elections.on.ca