Elections Administrator

Job details

Job title: Elections Administrator

Job reference:

Date posted: 12/06/2026

Application closing date: 06/07/2026

Working Pattern: Full time

Salary: Grade D, £26,403 - £27,254 a year

Location: The Council House

Hours: 37 hours a week

Contract Type: Permanent

Are you organised, accurate, and comfortable helping people by phone, email and in person? Are you looking for a first step into local government, with full training and no need for previous experience? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

In this role you will help keep Derby's register of electors accurate and support elections as they happen. Day to day tasks include:

• Process applications to register to vote, and applications to vote by post or proxy.
• Answer questions from the public by phone, email and letter.
• Help prepare for elections, including organising the temporary staff who run polling stations and counts.
• Raise purchase orders and invoices, with support from senior colleagues.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have:

• The ability to use a computer and enter information accurately.
• Good organisation and the discipline to keep to deadlines.
• A clear way of explaining things, by phone, in writing and in person.
• Care and discretion in handling confidential information.
• A good standard of Maths and English.
• A willingness to work outside normal hours in the run up to elections and other busy periods.
• Some experience of customer service or handling records is useful.

Benefits

In addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme.
• Hybrid working.
• Modern office environment.
• Continued professional development opportunities and career conversations.
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts.
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme.
• Cycle2Work Scheme and free cycle training.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support.
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network.
• Support for colleagues who are carers.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.