About ECSA

Mick Sherry
Electoral Commissioner

Mick Sherry was appointed as the Electoral Commissioner of South Australia on 20 February 2017.

Prior to his appointment as Commissioner, Mr Sherry held roles at state and federal level including with South Australia Police, Western Australia Royal Commission into Police Corruption, Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia and the Victorian Office of Police Integrity.

In 2015 Mr Sherry was appointed as the Australian Electoral Officer for the Northern Territory and Manager of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) Northern Territory office. During his time with the AEC, he was responsible for the conduct of the 2016 federal election in the Northern Territory and the 2016 redistribution of electoral divisions in the Northern Territory.

Mr Sherry holds a number of tertiary qualifications including a Master of Arts and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. 

 

 

        

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Electoral Commission of South Australia (ECSA) offers employment opportunities to work at the state or local government elections or South Australia’s First Nations Voice to Parliament election. To be considered for employment, you will need to complete a Registration of Interest (ROI) in the ECSA Employment Portal but before you do, it is important you understand the eligibility requirements.

 

Eligibility requirements for employment

To work at an election, you must:

  • not be active in political affairs or have an association with a political party or candidate. This ensures you do not compromise the strict neutrality of the Electoral Commission
  • agree to undertake a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCHCC) if it is a requirement for your position, as identified in the ‘special conditions’ section of the relevant duty statement
  • be at least 16 years of age at the time of receiving an offer of employment to work at a state election (as a Polling Assistant) or at least 18 years old for all other positions.
  • be at least 18 years old of age at the time of receiving an offer of employment to work at a local government election
  • have a unique email address. If you share an email address with another person who would like to work at an election event, you must each register with a unique email address. This ensures offers of employment are sent to the correct person
  • read and agree to abide by ECSA's Code of Conduct for Electoral Officers. You do not need to complete or submit a Code of Conduct to ECSA as you will be asked to agree to the Code of Conduct as part of the registration process and again when you accept an offer of employment to enable ECSA to determine your eligibility for employment

In accordance with ECSA's Code of Conduct for Electoral Officers temporary election workers are required to act honestly, impartially, professionally, ethically, and courteously in the performance of their duties.

Note: you only need to complete one ROI to be considered for employment at all ECSA elections and it will take roughly 30 to 45 minutes to complete the 3 part process.

How to register your interest to work

Commencing a Registration of Interest (ROI)

If have not previously completed a Registration of Interest (ROI) in the ECSA Employment Portal, you will need to register your interest in working at the state or local government elections or South Australia’s First Nations Voice to Parliament election.

To register your interest in working at an election, you will need to create an account in the ECSA Employment Portal using the URL https://candidate.aurion.cloud/ecsa/production/

If you have already started the ROI process, you can go straight to the sign-in page using the URL https://candidate.aurion.cloud/ecsa/production/signin.

If you have completed the ROI process (or need to update your information or add your bank, tax and super details) you can go straight to the sign-in page in the ECSA Employment Portal using the URL https://erm.aurion.cloud/ecsa/production/personnel/login. 

Steps in registering

There are 3 steps in the ROI process:

  • creating an account that includes answering ECSA's Code of Conduct for Electoral Officers eligibility questions
  • confirming your email address and the creation of your account by answering the screening questionnaire
  • finalising your registration by entering your bank, tax, and superannuation details.

Download the ECSA Employment Portal - Registration of Interest user guide. The guide is designed to walk you through creating a ROI step by step.

Note: the ECSA Employment Portal is locked between 3.30pm Tuesdays and 1pm Thursdays and you will not be able to finalise step 3 of your ROI, update your information or add your bank, super or tax details during this time.

Frequently asked questions

View the frequently asked questions page for more information on working at an ECSA election event including duty statements for available roles and district map.

Contact

If you need further assistance, please contact the ECSA Employment Desk on 1300 974 103 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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If you are considering making an electoral complaint, please view the relevant electoral advertising page which provides the legislative provisions.

How to submit a complaint

Complaints must be in writing and must include appropriate evidence to support your allegation.

We deal with 2 types of complaints:

Electoral complaints: Complaints alleging a breach of electoral legislation.

Service complaints: Complaints about ECSA’s services and operations.

You can lodge a complaint using our online form:

Complaint form

How to provide feedback

Feedback on ECSA’s services and operations can be provided using our online form:

Feedback form

SA First Nations Voice to Parliament Election

If you are considering making a complaint relating to the SA First Nations Voice to Parliament Election, please view the separate page which provides the policy and online complaint form.

What you can expect from us

Where contact details are provided, we will acknowledge feedback and complaints within 2 business days. We aim to resolve most complaints within 5 business days.

Complex complaints may require information from third parties. We will advise on the time expected and keep stakeholders updated.

We will be clear about how a complaint has been resolved.

Confidentiality

We treat complaints and feedback confidentially. Any personal information provided in your feedback or complaint will be managed in accordance with relevant legal and policy requirements.

We may be required to disclose information to resolve the matter.

Where the parties involved in a complaint have publicised the matter, the Electoral Commissioner may confirm the existence of a complaint without discussing the details.

We may make public comment regarding feedback and complaints, to ensure electors are aware of a situation and have accurate information.

Feedback and complaints policy

We will treat all matters in a fair, unbiased and objective manner.

ECSA’s Feedback and Complaint Policy outlines the definitions, principles, and responsibilities for managing feedback and complaints. The policy is intended to ensure that ECSA manages feedback and complaints fairly, efficiently, and effectively.

The policy contains information about requesting a review of feedback or a service complaint.

Download ECSA's feedback and complaint policy (PDF, 303KB)

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If you have completed an ROI in the ECSA Employment Portal, you do not need to complete another one to be considered for work at the state or local government elections or South Australia’s First Nations Voice to Parliament election.   

Note: completing an ROI does not guarantee you will receive an offer of employment. There are numerous factors ECSA considers when engaging temporary election workers, including the number of positions available, previous experience and/or work performance, location of employment and residence, and workforce diversity.

All offers of employment are made through the ECSA Employment Portal and when bulk recruitment is being undertaken, you may not receive a phone call prior to receiving an email from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. advising an offer of employment has been made.

The email from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. will prompt you to log into the ECSA Employment Portal using the URL https://erm.aurion.cloud/ecsa/production/personnel/login to review and accept (or decline) the offer.

If you need further assistance, please contact the Employment Helpdesk on 1300 974 103 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Employment portal

If you have completed an ROI, you can log into the ECSA Employment Portal using the following link https://erm.aurion.cloud/ecsa/production/personnel/login.

Frequently asked questions

View the frequently asked questions page for more information on working at an ECSA election event including duty statements for available roles and district map.

User guides and forms

Access forms, guides and other relevant documents on our working at elections guides and forms page.

Contact

If you need further assistance, please contact the ECSA Employment Desk on 1300 974 103 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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