As the clock ticks for IEBC election jobs, only 80,890 applicants had submitted their details on the IEBC portal by yesterday, 11th June, with only four days to the the June 15th deadline. (see application details at the end)
The IEBC announced more than 350,000 job openings during this electioneering period but the initial link provided was not working, the most probable reason of the small number of applicants. Also Kenyans are known to be last-minute creatures.
Among the advertised positions include 91,032 presiding and deputy presiding officers and 262,665 polling clerks to man Kenya’s 45,516 polling stations.
The presiding officers and their deputies will be employed on a 13-day contract and be paid Sh2,000 and Sh1,800 per day, respectively.
The polling clerks will work for nine days, earning Sh1,000 per day. A presiding officer or a deputy must have a degree or diploma in any filed, be computer-literate, skilled in computation, and be a resident in the constituency or ward where they are applying.
Polling clerks must have scored an aggregate of C- and above in their KCSE, as well as be a resident of the constituency or ward where they are applying. Also being sought are 337 logistics officers, who will work for 30 days, earning Sh1,500 per day.
IEBC will also hire 290 deputy returning officers for Kenya’s 290 constituencies for 60 days, and they will earn Sh3,000 per day.
The commission is also seeking 5,054 support electoral trainers, who should be holders of a social science degree or diploma, and who will work for 15 days and earn Sh2,000 daily.
The body will hire 580 constituency ICT clerks, who should have a minimum of a diploma in IT, have an ICT certification with two years’ experience in a busy environment. The ICT clerks will be hired on a 30-day contract, earning Sh1,500 per day.
There will also be 2,900 ward-based educators, two for each of the country’s 1,450 wards.
They should have a minimum of a diploma in education or project management, three years’ experience in voter education, community mobilisation and social work in their target constituency, with “exceptional understanding of the socio-cultural, economic and political dynamics of the ward.”
Interested Kenyans have until June 15 to apply for the jobs here.
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