Election workers’ salaries vary greatly by municipality
Election|In principle, anyone can apply for a pre -election officer. There may be significant differences between municipalities in pay.
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The hourly wage of the election officer varies greatly in Finnish municipalities.
Järvenpää is paid € 22.27 per hour, which has attracted a lot of applicants.
There was no open search in Helsinki, as there were enough former officials.
That’s what good pay, thought Anni Harni;
The officials are paid EUR 22.27 per hour in Järvenpää, which is quite clean for indoor work.
The hourly wage is also much better than Harn’s former electoral salary in Lempäälä, where he worked during the presidential election last year.
« Then I got 15 euros per hour and there was a turn. »
Järvenpää Secretary and lawyer of the Central Election Commission Eveliina Taipale He says that wages paid may vary between municipalities as they can decide for themselves what they pay for the officials.
« In Järvenpää, we have consulted with the salaries of each other between the four nearest municipalities. »
The salaries paid by Hyvinkää, Nurmijärvi and Järvenpää are in line with each other: in all of them the hourly wage is between 22 and 23 euros. On the other hand, this year, Tuusula will pay the salary for the first time according to the Lempäälä model, ie the hourly wage is EUR 18.50 and the turn is paid.
In Espoo, the hourly wage is EUR 21.60, EUR 19.04 in Helsinki and EUR 17.50 in Vantaa.
Järvenpää The good salary offered was perhaps one of the reasons that there were plenty of applicants this year and there were many inhabitants of the Helsinki metropolitan area this year.
« There were 247 election positions and 30 of them got a seat. »
According to Taipale, the applicants wanted customer service spirit, sufficient IT skills and care. Language skills are also advantageous in the search for an official.
Another reason for the large number of applicants was that not all municipalities hired new officials for these elections.
For example, Helsinki did not arrange an open credential search this year. Secretary of the Helsinki Election Commission Veera’s edge says they had enough experienced staff without search.
« In fact, there were so many of them that not all former officials could get to work. »
For the first time, Anni Harni was an election officer at the age of 20. Now seven years later, there are so many elections behind that work is already done by routine.
Anni Harni did not apply for Järvenpää because of his salary, but because it was close to his home.
« This year, there seemed to be fewer open places in different municipalities. »
Although the hourly wage in Järvenpää is better than before, he gets a much smaller wage bag from these elections than Lempäälä.
“There I worked for more than 60 hours, here the lessons are 22.”
According to Eveliina Taipale, you wanted to offer work to more people, and therefore there will be no more than about twenty people.
Puree He ended up as an election officer for the first time through a pure coincidence. In 2018, he applied for a sorter, but there were no jobs at that time.
« Then they said in a job interview that you seem to be able to fit the election work. »
So Harn became the election of the pre -vote of Helsinki Post Office.
In principle, anyone can apply for a pre -election officer. The applicant does not have to be a Finnish citizen, but they are hoped for decent citizens.
« The backgrounds are not checked, but the applicant must be of legal age, » says Taipale.
It is prevented by the search if the official’s relative is on the election candidate.
Those The claims apply only to the officials to be elected to the advance polling sites, as on the election day, the electoral committees are the trustees of the electoral committee. The City Government appoints the electoral commission and the parties elected the trustees to the boards.
The fees paid to members of the electoral committees also vary greatly.
For example, in Espoo, the chairman and vice chairman of the electoral committee will receive € 510. A member of the board will receive € 345. In Järvenpää, the chairman receives € 327.57, vice chairman of EUR 266.92 and members EUR 230, EUR 52. The remuneration received by the Election Commission shall decide on the municipal council or the Board of Directors.
