IEBC Announces Temporary Election Jobs for Kenyans: How to Apply

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has officially opened its recruitment portal for temporary staff to oversee the upcoming by-elections scheduled for February 26, 2026.

The commission said this is aimed at filling hundreds of positions to ensure a smooth voting process in the affected regions, which include Isiolo South Constituency, as well as the Muminji, Evurore, and West Kabras wards.

“The Commission invites qualified applicants to apply for the following temporary positions for the 26th Feb By-elections,” IEBC said in a post.

Support Electoral Trainers (SETs), Presiding and Deputy Presiding Officers and polling/Counting Clerks are the key areas advertised.

The commission stated that the Support Electoral Trainers will assist in training presiding officers, deputy presiding officers, and clerks on polling, counting and tallying procedures.

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Application Details

Interested candidates are required to submit their applications exclusively through the official IEBC jobs portal. The commission has emphasized that manual applications will not be accepted.

Official Link: jobs.iebc.or.ke

Application Deadline: Monday, January 26, 2026

Support Electoral Trainers 

Duties and Responsibilities

• To assist in the training of Presiding Officers, Deputy Presiding Officers and Clerks. The training involves polling, counting and tallying.
• Assist in preparing the training venue and the necessary materials for training.
• Perform the duties of a Presiding Officer or Deputy Presiding Officer as will be assigned by the Returning Officer.
• To supervise other individuals who will be engaged in the training of clerks and other election officials at the lower-level clusters.
• Assist the Returning Officer in carrying out all forms of electoral training.
• Compile electoral training reports as directed by the Returning Officer.
• To implement electoral training plans developed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
• To collect and ensure the security of all election training materials.
• To distribute electoral training materials at cascaded levels.

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PRESIDING AND DEPUTY PRESIDING OFFICER

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 the 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

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POLLING/COUNTING CLERK

Reporting to the Presiding Officer, the POLLING/COUNTING CLERK will carry out the following duties;

• Assist in laying out of the polling station and counting room.
• Demarcate and display posters at the polling station.
• Control queues and guide voters to their respective polling stations.
• Confirm that a voter has not voted by inspecting their fingers for indelible marks.
• Identify voters before allowing them to vote.
• Issue stamped ballot papers to voters duly identified in the register of voters.
• Assist the Presiding Officer with the sorting of votes after voting as part ofthe  counting
• Perform any other official duties as may be assigned by the Presiding Officer.

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