Elections Administration Officer - Hybrid & Flexible Hours

New Start; Braintree; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid work

LGPS

Free car parking

Learning & development

Staff discounts

Employee assistance programme

Staff recognition schemes

Health & wellbeing

Job summary

Braintree District Council is seeking an Elections Administration Officer to join the Elections team in a hybrid working arrangement. The role covers the delivery of electoral services across the district, including preparation and maintenance of the Electoral Register and support for all elections.

You will manage clerical tasks, processing of applications, and coordination of project meetings to ensure compliance with statutory deadlines.

Qualifications

• Significant administrative experience
• Experience in customer-facing roles
• Excellent IT skills including Word and Excel and familiarity with electoral software systems
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
• Flexible working hours during Election delivery periods

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical and administrative support to the Elections Team, including word processing, scanning, printing and posting documentation and routine correspondence
• Order goods and services for the Election Team and process payments through e-procurement, including matching invoices to PO numbers
• Use Express or other electoral software to support election delivery
• Manage diaries and inboxes for the Election Team; draft standard forms and templates
• Arrange notices and coordinate Election Project meetings, prepare agendas, and maintain action logs
• Assist with preparing the Register of Electors for monthly publication and distribution, and process electoral register applications
• Support the Annual Canvass within statutory deadlines
• Distribute Electoral Registers to authorised individuals with appropriate safeguards

Skills

Administrative experience

Customer-facing

Attention to detail

Time management

Tools

Electoral Software systems

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Express (or similar) software

Job description

Braintree District Council is seeking an Elections Administration Officer to join the Elections team in a hybrid working arrangement. The role covers the delivery of electoral services across the district, including preparation and maintenance of the Electoral Register and support for all elections.

You will manage clerical tasks, processing of applications, and coordination of project meetings to ensure compliance with statutory deadlines.