Poll Worker Program Ambassador – Marvin Center

Bowling Green State University; Bowling Green (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowling Green State University is recruiting student volunteers to serve as nonpartisan poll workers, with a focus on campus tabling and peer outreach. The role emphasizes engaging fellow students, sharing eligibility information, and coordinating campus events related to the Poll Worker Program.

Responsibilities include staffing recruitment tables, delivering brief presentations, and assisting with training logistics and promotional outreach, while maintaining a professional, nonpartisan

Qualifications

• Current BGSU student in good academic standing.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Comfortable engaging peers at tables, events, and in group settings (1-30 people).
• Dependable, professional, and able to work independently.
• Interest in civic engagement, leadership, or community service preferred.

Responsibilities

• Staff recruitment tables across campus to share information about poll worker opportunities.
• Engage students in conversation, answer questions, and provide accurate information on eligibility and training.
• Deliver short presentations to groups of 1-30 students about serving as a poll worker.
• Support other programs and processes associated with the Poll Worker Program (e.g. workshops, events, training logistics, communication with county boards of elections).
• Assist with outreach through events, class visits, and digital promotion.
• Complete poll worker training through the program to be knowledgeable and prepared.
• Help track student interest and participation for program reporting.
• Represent the Marvin Center and the Poll Worker Program in a professional, nonpartisan manner.

Skills

Communication

Critical Thinking

Leadership

Professionalism

Education

Current BGSU student in good academic standing

Job description

To recruit and engage BGSU students to serve as nonpartisan poll workers in future elections, with a primary focus on campus tabling and peer outreach.

Career Readiness Competencies

• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Leadership
• Professionalism

• Staff recruitment tables across campus to share information about poll worker opportunities.
• Engage students in conversation, answer questions, and provide accurate information on eligibility and training.
• Deliver short presentations to groups of 1-30 students about serving as a poll worker.
• Support other programs and processes associated with the Poll Worker Program (e.g. workshops, events, training logistics, communication with county boards of elections).
• Assist with outreach through events, class visits, and digital promotion.
• Complete poll worker training through the program to be knowledgeable and prepared.
• Help track student interest and participation for program reporting.
• Represent the Marvin Center and the Poll Worker Program in a professional, nonpartisan manner.

• Current BGSU student in good academic standing.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Comfortable engaging peers at tables, events, and in group settings (1-30 people).
• Dependable, professional, and able to work independently.
• Interest in civic engagement, leadership, or community service preferred.