Salary: Grade D, £26,403 - £27,254 a year
Location: The Council House
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 06/07/2026
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.
In this role you help keep Derby's register of electors accurate and you support fair and accurate elections as they happen. You'll work alongside experienced colleagues who will support you as you go.
As an Elections Administrator, you will need a willingness to learn and an eye for getting things right. When an election runs, you'll see directly how your work helps people take part.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Hybrid working
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & 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 & 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
The Opportunity
In the role of Elections Administrator, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
You will help keep the register of electors accurate and you support elections as they happen. Day to day, you would:
- 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.
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Monday 6th July 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held week commencing 20 July 2026, in person at The Council House.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
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.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
