• Multiple roles available, each assigned to an electorate
• Job Status: Fixed term contract
• Primary hours: 0.8 to full time (depending on electorate assigned) with frequent evening and weekend work.
• Salary: Assistant Staff Level 2 - Assistant Staff Level 1 ($56,099 - $61,709 p.a, pro rata) depending on experience and qualifications. Plus 10% superannuation.
• Probation: A 4 week probationary period applies
• Position begins: Late March, 2022
• Position ends: 1 week after the next Federal Election or May 27, 2022, whichever is sooner

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you passionate about political campaigning and great with people and logistics? We are looking for multiple Polling Booth Coordinators to coordinate our early voting and polling day volunteers in key electorates for the Federal Election. You will be responsible for ensuring that on election day, and across early voting, every election booth in your designated area is covered Green and has a volunteer ready to meet every voter and hand them a Greens How to Vote Card.

Getting ready for election day is a big logistical process, coordinating thousands of volunteers, and materials distribution across the state. To reach your local goal you will need to identify and develop volunteer leaders and train them to recruit and roster volunteers for their local booth using our in-house systems. If an area isn’t on track, you will be the backstop to ensure there are volunteers to fill the gap.

This isn’t your average job: you’ll often work weekends and evenings instead of weekdays, and you’ll need to be self-motivated and flexible – but you’ll meet amazing Greens members from all walks of life, and make a real difference to growing the political party that fights for our future. If you enjoy working with people and are passionate about building a progressive Australia, you’ll love this job.

The next federal election could happen anytime until May 21st, 2022. This election presents a crucial opportunity to put the Greens in the balance of power in the lower house and also re-elect the Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Senator Lidia Thorpe.

ABOUT THE VICTORIAN GREENS

The Greens have a proud history of speaking up for what is right, not just what is easy or what polls well. Over the course of the last four decades, the Greens have become the third force in Australian politics.

In 2010, Adam Bandt won the seat of Melbourne, becoming the first Greens MP in the lower house. Since then, Adam has delivered for our values and our community, securing $13 billion for clean energy and getting kids dental into Medicare. Imagine what we could do with more Greens MPs in the lower house!

The Greens are much more than an environmental party. The Greens are also working in many other areas to champion integrity, decency and fairness. As well as representing constituents, the Greens speak on behalf of those who wouldn’t otherwise get much of a say inside parliament: children, refugees, students, individuals and families living in poverty and, of course, our natural environment.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Overall coordination and project management of the polling booth project including finalising booth coverage plan, weekly reporting on progress and troubleshooting issues.
2. Recruiting volunteers for early voting booth roster for the two weeks before election day
3. Recruiting and supporting volunteer leaders for each election day polling booth and supporting them to recruit volunteers for their local area.
4. Training volunteer leaders to make calls to recruit others and to record them in our in-house rostering system.
5. Coordinating materials for each polling booth and the production of kits to ensure each booth gets an appropriate allocation
6. Coordinate thank-yous for volunteers and collate feedback for evaluation.

SELECTION CRITERIA

1. Commitment to the Greens’ charter and policies and understanding of the Australian political landscape.
2. Outstanding organisational skills, experience in managing people and logistics to tight deadlines, you thrive in a fast paced environment.
3. Strong rapport-building and relationship skills. You can quickly build and maintain relationships of trust in a local group and broader Greens community.
4. Experience in managing volunteers, including the ability to build and supervise teams, develop volunteer skills and bring out the best in each individual team member. Experience delivering training would also be highly valued.
5. Confidence in learning new technology. You can quickly learn how to use our in-house volunteer management databases and support volunteers with troubleshooting.
6. Outcomes driven. We are looking for someone with experience in getting results and meeting goals.

HOW TO APPLY

Click "Apply Now" to lodge your expression of interest and upload a CV. You will need to be signed into a Google account to apply for this role. Enquiries about the role should be directed to [email protected] using the subject line: Polling Booth Coordinators enquiry via EthicalJobs. We do not require a cover letter or additional selection criteria response from applicants. Applications that are not submitted through the above form will not be considered.

We will read every application and should you be successful in your application, we will contact you to arrange an interview. Please be honest and thoughtful in your answers, and detail why you would be particularly well suited to the role, clearly addressing each one of the questions provided with examples and successes from your experience.

We know that strength comes with diversity and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as people of any ability, race, religion, gender identity and sexual orientation to apply.