The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Through its dedicated online platform, INECPRES (INEC Portal for Recruitment of Election Staff), the Commission is recruiting approximately 1.4 million temporary election personnel to be deployed across more than 176,000 polling units nationwide.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) invite applications from qualified candidates who wish to serve as ad-hoc staff during the 2027 General Election to fill the position below:
Job Title: Assistant Presiding Officer (APO)
Location: Nationwide
Employment Type: Part-time
Requirements
- NYSC: Serving Corps members
- Former NYSC: Not earlier than 3 years before date of election. (i.e 2024, 2025, 2026)
- Federal & State Tertiary Institution: Students in Penultimate year & students in year 2 and year 3 of study with IT knowledge
- MDAS (Federal and State): Permanent Staff with OND or NCE and on GL 07-10
- Federal & State Tertiary Institution: Students in Tertiary institution
- MDAS (Federal and State): Permanent Staff with OND or NCE and on GL 07-14
- MDAs (Federal and State): Permanent Staff with OND or NCE and on GL 07-14
Basic requirements:
- Applicants must not be a political party member.
- Applicants must not have demonstrated or expressed support for any candidate or party.
- Applicants must reside in the STATE selected.
Application Closing Date
18th November, 2026 (12 Midnight).
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
