Electoral Commission of South Australia (ECSA) offers employment opportunities to 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 at anb ECSA election
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