• Job status: Fixed term contract, with some evening and weekend work as required
• 0.8 to full time (depending on electorate assigned) with frequent evening and weekend work
• Starting salary: Assistant Staff 2 - Assistant Staff 1 ($57,502 - $63,252 pro rata) plus 10.5% super, depending on experience and qualifications
• Location: Multiple roles available, each assigned to an electorate - you could be working in Melbourne, Richmond, Prahran, Brunswick or Northcote
• Position begins: August or September 2022
• Position ends: 2 December 2022 (one week after the next State election)

About this 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 State 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.

Position description

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

Selection criteria

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have all of the relevant skills. We’re looking for someone organised and thorough and with passion for our movement, which we prioritise over formal education or qualifications.

We’re committed to diversity and supporting the right person to grow into this role and thrive.

Key selection criteria

• Commitment to the Greens’ charter and policies and understanding of the Australian political landscape.
• Outstanding organisational skills, experience in managing people and logistics to tight deadlines, you thrive in a fast paced environment.
• Strong rapport-building and relationship skills. You can quickly build and maintain relationships of trust in a local group and broader Greens community.
• 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.
• Confidence in learning new technology. You can quickly learn how to use our in-house volunteer management databases and support volunteers with troubleshooting.
• Outcomes driven. We are looking for someone with experience in getting results and meeting goals.

Bonus points for

• Lived experience or connections to First Nations justice, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ justice, disability justice or gendered justice movements.
• Experience working or volunteering in an election campaign environment

Why work for the Victorian Greens?

We offer a friendly, flexible and supportive workplace. Some great reasons to join the Victorian Greens team include:

• Making a meaningful contribution to the political movement for people and the planet
• Flexibility to negotiate working hours and some work from home
• Four weeks of annual leave a year, bonus leave between Christmas and New Years Day, and flexible leave for cultural holidays
• Above-average personal leave, including additional paid provisions for mental health and domestic and family violence leave
• Superannuation contribution of 10.5%
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing support

How to apply

Click Apply Now to lodge your expression of interest and upload a CV.

Expressions of interest will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

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For a confidential conversation about this role or the recruitment process, please contact Jessica Wheelock at [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 through this form will not be considered.

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