The Deputy Returning Officer (DRO) is primarily responsible for assisting the Chief Returning Officer (CRO) with the administrative requirements of the Students’ Union (SU) General and By-Election. The DRO is a resource provided to students by the SU. As such, the incumbent is responsible for promotional and administrative tasks, ensuring the SU Elections are supported according to the direction of the SU. Required working days will be between February 24, 2025 and March 7, 2025. A paid training session will occur in late January, 2025.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in ensuring Election Candidates adhere to campaigning rules via poster patrol
- Assist in the set-up, take down and staffing of polling stations and addressing students’ election-related queries.
- Assist the CRO in distributing promotional materials related to voting days.
- Assist the Manager, Student Services and CRO in executing and promoting the election forums and candidate fair.
Applicants must:
- be current University of Calgary undergraduate students; and
- not be involved in the SU’s elections in any other capacity (i.e., as a candidate, campaign manager, or volunteer).
For more information, please check out the position description. Pay for this position is $15.00/hour.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send a resume, cover letter, and your class schedule to elections@su.ucalgary.ca. Application deadline is January 3, 2025 at 4:00pm.
Only those applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted.
STATEMENT ON EMPLOYMENT EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
The Students’ Union is committed to ensuring that members of equity-deserving groups, from a broad range of communities, feel empowered to apply for positions within the organization. We strongly encourage qualified candidates from Black, Indigenous, and/or other racialized communities to apply. Qualified candidates who identify as 2Spirit and/or LGBTQIA+ or are otherwise marginalized on the grounds of gender expression, gender identity, and/or sexual orientation are also strongly encouraged to apply.
The Students’ Union welcomes applications from people with disabilities and believes strongly in accessibility in the work we do. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process – please advise us at any point and we will work with you to meet your needs while respecting your privacy as much as possible.
The Students’ Union is grateful to work on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikuni, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. The University of Calgary is situated on land adjacent to where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, and the traditional Blackfoot name of this place is Moh’kins’tsis, which we now call the City of Calgary. The Students’ Union also recognizes that land acknowledgments are not enough. We need to pursue truth, reconciliation, decolonization, and allyship in an ongoing effort to make right with all our relations.