888 District/City Tally Clerk job at Electoral Commission

Job Purpose

To timely capture and verify election results from the Declaration of Results (DR) Form into the Election Results Software for the 2026 General Elections.

Key Responsibilities

• Capturing the election results from the official DR form into the results management system.
• Verifying captured results against the official DR form to ensure completeness and correctness.
• Ensuring that all results for each elections are fully captured and accounted for in the results management software.
• Maintaining strict confidentiality and integrity of all election data and documents.
• Ensuring proper filing and safe storage of DR forms after capturing the results in the software.
• Setting up the Tally equipment at the Tally Centre as guided by the Returning Office and the IT Support Officer
• Testing and checking of the software to ensure that all administrative units and candidates have been put in the software for each elective area.
• Responsible for the security of the Tally equipment they will be using and the DR forms under their custody at the time of entry.
• Unpacking all tally equipment for the security of the tally venue and back to district offices for safe custody.
• Any other duties that nay be assigned by the supervisors.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent.
• Diploma holders with proven experience of data entry shall be desirable.
• At least six months’ data entry experience or experience in similar electronic/clerical records work is an added advantage.

Key Competences and Skills

• Good computer skills with fast and accurate data entry.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with numbers.
• Ability to work under pressure and for long hours especially at night.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• High level of integrity honesty and professionalism.
• Ability to follow instructions and standard operating procedures.
• Physically able to work long night shifts throughout the election results tallying period.

• Capturing the election results from the official DR form into the results management system.
• Verifying captured results against the official DR form to ensure completeness and correctness.
• Ensuring that all results for each elections are fully captured and accounted for in the results management software.
• Maintaining strict confidentiality and integrity of all election data and documents.
• Ensuring proper filing and safe storage of DR forms after capturing the results in the software.
• Setting up the Tally equipment at the Tally Centre as guided by the Returning Office and the IT Support Officer
• Testing and checking of the software to ensure that all administrative units and candidates have been put in the software for each elective area.
• Responsible for the security of the Tally equipment they will be using and the DR forms under their custody at the time of entry.
• Unpacking all tally equipment for the security of the tally venue and back to district offices for safe custody.
• Any other duties that nay be assigned by the supervisors.

• Good computer skills with fast and accurate data entry.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with numbers.
• Ability to work under pressure and for long hours especially at night.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• High level of integrity honesty and professionalism.
• Ability to follow instructions and standard operating procedures.
• Physically able to work long night shifts throughout the election results tallying period.

• Minimum of Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent.
• Diploma holders with proven experience of data entry shall be desirable.
• At least six months’ data entry experience or experience in similar electronic/clerical records work is an added advantage.