Duties and Responsibilities

The Presiding Officer(PO) will perform the underlisted duties while the Deputy Presiding Officer(DPO) will deputize the PO in performing the duties.

• Overall in charge at the polling station.
• Demarcates and lays out the polling station.
• Ensures the safety and use of the KIEMS.
• Ensures that the KIEMS and power bank are fully charged and all components are available before departing to the polling station.
• Supervises polling activities at the polling station.
• Distributes materials to the clerks at the polling station.
• Officially declares the start of polling.
• Runs the network connectivity tool on the KIEMS at 5.30am
• Opens/closes Polling Station Voting Period on the KIEMS 
• Ensures law and order is maintained at the polling station.
• Ensure smooth flow of voters in the queue.
• Ensures that all election results and logs are transmitted from the polling station electronically to the Tallying centers.
• Shows the agents the tabulated results before transmission.
• Supervises all the elections officials in the polling station.
• Updates and communicates regularly with the Constituency Returning Officer.
• Posts a copy of the election results at the polling station
• Takes the results to the Constituency Returning Officer.
• Is in charge of security at the polling station.
• Ensures safe retrieval and return of election materials to RO

Requirements for Appointment

• Kenyan citizen of high integrity, and be non-partisan;
• Hold a Degree/Diploma certificate from a recognized institution;
• Computer literate;
• Have effective communication;
• Good report writing skills;
• Ability to manage people, sensitive data and materials;
• Have skills in data computation;
• Must be available for the entire period of the exercise; and
• Resident in the constituency/Ward in which they apply for;

Wages

• Presiding Officers will be paid Kshs. 2000 per day; and
• Deputy Presiding Officers will be paid Kshs. 1,800 per day

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Job Description

Reporting to the Constituency Voter Educator, The Ward-based Voter Educator will carry out the following tasks:

• Distribution and dissemination of the voter education material in Schools, Churches/mosques, Health centers, Markets, Community centers, Farms, business centers etc
• Liaise with local stakeholders, relevant authorities and community leaders to facilitate voter education activities.
• Conduct voter education in the County Assembly Ward.
• Act as a link between the IEBC Constituency Election Coordinators, CSO’s, CBO’s and the community.
• Assess public understanding of matters related to electoral activity at hand in the ward.
• Monitor and evaluate voter education providers in the ward.
• Prepare and submit weekly activity reports to the Constituency voter educator, and
• Any other assignment as directed by the immediate supervisor.

 Wages

• County Voter Educators will be paid Kshs. 2500/= per day
• Constituency Voter Educators will be paid Kshs.2000/= per day
• Ward based Voter Educators will be paid Kshs.1500/- per day

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