INEC Ad Hoc Staff Recruitment 2022: Requirements and Application Guide

Are you hopefully anticipating when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC will carry out its next recruitment for ad hoc staff so you can apply? Or are you concerned about what constitutes the INEC ad hoc staff recruitment as per the requirements and the application guidelines? I have taken time to provide answers to all these questions and more you may be asking concerning INEC ad hoc staff recruitment for this year.

In this post, I provide all the information you need to scale through a successful application exercise for INEC recruitment.  The requirements and the methods of application for INEC ad hoc staff are going to be duly taken on in this post. It is no longer news that INEC is going to be recruiting for the year 2021 to prepare its workforce against the forthcoming General Elections in 2023. As a result of the above, INEC is compelled to conduct a massive registration exercise for Nigerians who are yet to get their Voters’ Card so they would be eligible to participate in the 2023 ballot. INEC Headquarters is located at plot 436, Zambezi Crescent, Maitama District, F.C.T. Abuja, Nigeria.

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About INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is a Federal Government agency with a statutory function of conducting elections into the offices of the President, National Assembly, Governors, and State Assemblies. INEC is always very busy with much demanding and tasking jobs in political seasons which often calls for an extra workforce. It is against this backdrop that the Election Management Body (EMB) often have the need to employ additional hands to help during the peak of activities for elections. These category of staff at INEC are known as ad hoc staff, who help INEC to properly carry out its primary functions, which include the following:

1. To ascertain and register political parties and their candidates for election
2. Registration and preparation of voters list or registers for elections
3. Recruitment of Ad Hoc staff to aid in the preparation and the actual conduct of elections into various offices. The Ad Hoc staff unlike the permanent INEC officials are usually disengaged automatically after the election.
4. Preparation of electoral materials such as ballot boxes, ballot papers,
5. Conducting elections
6. Declaration of election results
7. Auditing the accounts of political parties

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is constitutionally structured as follows:

• The Chairman who is legally appointed by the president and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation and currently Professor Mammoud Yakubu
• At least one member from each of the 36 states of the Federation
• At least five more additional members appointed on their own merit
• State Resident Electoral Commissioners in each of the 36 states whose duties are to conduct states and local government elections

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Career Overview in INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has 2 types of employees i.e. the permanent workers who serve as career Civil Servants and work normal 9 – 5 hours like their counterparts in other federal government agencies, departments and Agencies year in and year out. The second group of workers on which this article focuses are the Ad Hoc staff recruited mainly for the purpose of helping the agency in the conduct of election and withdraw to their normal jobs and businesses thereafter.        

Even though they are usually employed on a temporary basis, the INEC Ad Hoc staff enjoy certain benefits for their time being in the job such as training on the pros and cons of elections.

The nature of the job for INEC Ad Hoc staff is always very cumbersome and very stressful and it comes with lots of demand, urgency and pressure. The Ad Hoc staff serving INEC also need not worry about security as they often work within tight security in case there are some irregularities.

Ranks/Positions for INEC Ad Hoc staff

Positions opened for qualified individuals to apply as INEC Ad Hoc staff are as follows:

Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO)

Presiding Officer (PO)

Assistant Presiding Officer (APO)

Registration Area Centre (RAC) Officer

Registration Area Technical Support (RATECH) Officer

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Salary Structure for INEC Ad Hoc Workers

The pay packages for INEC Ad Hoc Officials are as follows in a pyramid form:

1.             Registration Area Technical Support Officer (RATECH) GL07 – GL08 a category that youth Corp Members fall into earned N30, 500 including all allowances in the 2019 presidential election. (premium times)
2.             Presiding Officer (PO) GL09 – GL11 earns about N53, 177 – N80, 131

    III.            Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO) GL12 –GL14 earns about N88, 402 – N175, 133

INEC Ad Hoc staff do not enjoy the benefits the permanent staff enjoy because of the temporary nature of their job with the agency. But they earn reasonable allowances.

Recruitment Process for INEC Ad Hoc Staff

The suitably qualified candidates are to logon to the recruitment portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission at www.inecrecruitment.com and complete the application form as instructed.

Requirements for Recruitment of INEC Ad Hoc Staff

Applicants for INEC jobs must:

1. Be Nigerian Citizen by birth
2. Possess state certificate of origin signed by the Local Government Chairman.
3. Be computer literate
4. Possess certificate of mental and physical fitness by a Doctor in a government recognized hospital
5. Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma in Social Sciences, Sciences or Humanities and NYSC Discharge or Exemption Certificate
6. National Certificate of Education (NCE) or Ordinary National Diploma (OND) with 2 years post qualification cognate experience
7. Not be more than 35 years old or 45 years old for experienced applicants.

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Application Guide

Interested candidates are to login to the INEC application form portal at www.inecrecruitment.com with their registered details and follow the step-by-step onscreen guide to fill and submit the application form.

N/B: the INEC application form portal is not currently open which implies that the Commission recruitment exercise is not yet on. We will update this page as soon as the 2021 INEC ad hoc staff recruitment begins. So, stay connected.

Success Tips for INEC Ad Hoc Jobs

1)      Adhere to instruction strictly

2)      Give every detail

3)      Avoid multiple application

4)      Stay updated to the shortlisting announcement

5)      Be focused.

Conclusion

In the above article, I have answered all the commonly asked questions about the ad hoc staff recruitment of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). If you have taken time to read through the above blog post, I believe you have learned about INEC, career overview of the Commission, the recruitment process, application requirements, application guide, and tips to succeed in the application process. As I stated earlier, this page will be updated as soon as the INEC recruitment portal opens for applications.

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