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Australian Electoral Commission
The AEC is gearing up to deliver Australia’s largest peacetime logistical event once again, but we need workers to make it happen.
The next federal election will be held sometime in the next nine months – a standard House of Representatives and half-Senate federal election can be held on any Saturday from now through to Saturday 17 May 2025 (with five weeks’ notice from announcement to election day of course).
Worked at the 2023 referendum or the last federal election? People who have been temporary AEC staff in the past need to re-register on the AEC’s new system for temporary employment.
New to elections? No experience is necessary with paid training provided.
Register your interest now.
The types of jobs available include working on election day through to engagement for up to five weeks. The AEC needs frontline polling staff, supervisors, mobile voting teams, remote area service teams, counting staff and more.
Have a unique experience: It’s good for the resume, you can make friends, help your community and be part of something important.
Earn money: Casual pay rates apply and vary by role. Paid training is provided.
“We become one of the nation’s largest employers ever so briefly – the likelihood of getting employed if you register with us is very high, particularly in regional communities.”
“You don’t need election experience to work for us, but you do need to be able to take an impartial and neutral approach to your work – that is not negotiable.”
“You’ll be part of a team delivering democracy for fellow Australians, for your community, and get paid for it as well.”
“It can be difficult to find staff in regional and remote areas so we really need people to put up their hands, get involved in their communities and make sure people in their areas can vote.”
"Queensland needs 18% of the national temporary workforce – around 25,000 people - and we're looking to drive registrations throughout Brisbane, regional centres and remote areas of the state.”
“We particularly want to hear from people living in Goondiwindi, Lockhart River, Mt Isa and Weipa which have been historically challenging to recruit workers in.”
"We’re the largest voting population in Australia and need the most people to work - 35% of the national temporary workforce will be in our state. That’s around 42,600 people we need to recruit.”
“We particularly want to hear from people living in Dubbo, Armidale, Inverell, Scone and Tamworth, which have been historically challenging to recruit workers in.”
"Victoria needs around 33,000 temporary staff for the next election, which is nearly a quarter of the national temporary workforce.”
“We particularly want to hear from people living in the Mallee, the Wimmera, Bendigo, Geelong, the Great South Coast, Sale and Warragul – all of which have been historically challenging to recruit workers in.”
"We're looking to drive registrations across Hobart and Launceston, but also other areas of the state. We particularly want to hear from people living on Bruny Island and King Island, in the Midlands, and in Queenstown and Strahan, where we’ve struggled to recruit workers in the past.”
“We’ll be recruiting around 4,000 people to deliver the next federal election in Tasmania. So, if you register your interest with us, there’s a good chance we’ll be able to offer you work at election time.”
“Even if people don't live in a particular area where we need workers, we hope they'll consider travelling a short distance to help us give all Tasmanian communities the opportunity to vote locally.”
"South Australia needs nearly 10% of the national temporary workforce and we're looking to drive registrations throughout Adelaide, regional centres and remote areas of the state.”
“We’ll be recruiting 10,500 people in total and we particularly want to hear from people living on Kangaroo Island and in Coober Pedy, Mt Gambier and Roxby Downs. These places have been historically challenging to recruit workers in.”
"Western Australia contributes 10% of the national temporary workforce, which means we need around 15,000 people to work for us.”
“WA is huge obviously, particularly with the electoral division of Durack which is one of the biggest electoral jurisdictions in the entire world. It means the sorts of roles on offer are diverse.”
“We particularly want to hear from people living in Broome, Esperance, Laverton and Wickham, which have been historically challenging to recruit workers in.”
“We need about 2,000 people to be able to deliver the election throughout the territory.”
"We need people everywhere really but particularly in Alice Springs, Jabiru and Nhulunbuy, which have been historically challenging to recruit workers in.”
The AEC acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.