SAMANTHA BAINROT
Curtin
Summary
Experienced with facilitating effective communication between various stakeholders. Utilizes conflict resolution skills to maintain smooth operations and foster collaboration. Track record of building and maintaining strong relationships to meet organizational goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Polling Place Liaison Officer
Australian Electoral Commission
Canberra, ACT
05.2025 - 05.2025
- Monitor staff within allocated polling places
- Undertake compliance checks.
- Facilitated communication between stakeholders and electoral officials to enhance information flow.
- Collection of materials.
- Manage and maintain security protocols of election materials.
- Compliance with legislation, AEC policy, procedures and guidelines.
- Provide polling staff with materials as required.
- Oversee the operations of polling places on election day.
- Support staff in the setup of a polling place
- Brief, supervise and review staff performance.
- Manage various stakeholders
- Support of the Officer in Charge in the running of the counting of the ballots.
- provide polling staff with advice.
- complete all checklists and documentation to certify compliance.
Polling Place Manager
NSW Aboriginal Land Council Elections
Goulburn, NSW
01.2024
- Managing the polling place
- Providing voting services to the public
- Overseeing the counting of ballot papers
- Reconciliation of election materials
- Managing relationships with stakeholders
- Management of the election process and decommissioning of a polling place
- Supervising election officials employed on the day and scrutineer activities.
Census Data Entry Officer ASO 1
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Canberra, ACT
01.2021
- Coding of Census data for statistical use
- Working in a team environment
- Ensuring data quality
Casual Election staff
ACT Election
Canberra, A.C.T
01.2020
- Dismantling of the polling place after polling.
- Responsible for helping voters to vote within the parameters of my position.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures
- Securely manage polling materials including ballot papers
Instructor of school-aged cadets
Australian Air Force Cadets
Canberra, ACT
01.2022 - Current
- Instructor of school-aged cadets
- Assistant Unit Safety Advisor
- Directing Staff
- Provide WHS advice to the Commanding Officer
- Point of contact for all WHS matters
- Meeting of Safety Key Performance Indicators
- Supervising of cadets
- Paid Volunteer
Temporary Office Assistant APS 1
Australian Electoral Commission - Federal Elections
Canberra, ACT
01.2012 - 01.2025
- Logistics
- Helping with the delivery of polling place materials
- Receiving polling materials into the Hub
- Sorting and inputting of materials.
- Staffing
- Assessing registration of interest for employment
- Data entering of Timesheets into the timesheet calculator for quality insurance.
- Inputting of training allowances
- Inputting of timesheets in AECPAY
- Creating training courses with AECPAY
- Placing of temporary workforce employees into positions and polling places
- Supervisor of an Election Materials Return Hub
- Working with the Temporary Election Workforce to re-register their expression of interest into the new employment system.
- Enrolment
- Inputting data into the Genesis database
- Ensuring data quality
- Officer in Charge
- Manage the setup, preparation and dismantling of the polling place before and after polling.
- Responsible for all aspects of the conduct of polling in the polling place.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures
- Supervise polling place staff
- Securely manage polling materials including ballot papers
- Dealing with voters and political party workers
Officer in Charge
NSW Electoral Commission
Queanbeyan, NSW
01.2012 - 01.2022
- Manage the polling place's setup, preparation and dismantling before and after.
- Responsible for all aspects of the conduct of polling in the polling place
- Ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures
- Supervise polling place staff
- Securely manage polling place materials including ballot papers
- Dealing with voters and political parties’ workers
- Election Official
- Electoral roll management.
- Issuing, counting, and auditing.
- Management of the flow of people in and out of polling centres.
- Management of ballot boxes.
- Setting up and packing up the polling centre.
- Declaration Officer
- State and Local Area Elections
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Heritage, Museum And Conservation
University of Canberra
Canberra, ACT06-2020
Skills
- Complex problems analysis
- Policies and procedures implementation
- Recordkeeping
- Collaborative relationships
- Goal setting
- Parent liaison
- Activity planning
- Intercultural awareness
Timeline
Polling Place Liaison Officer
Australian Electoral Commission
05.2025 - 05.2025
Polling Place Manager
NSW Aboriginal Land Council Elections
01.2024
Instructor of school-aged cadets
Australian Air Force Cadets
01.2022 - Current
Census Data Entry Officer ASO 1
Australian Bureau of Statistics
01.2021
Casual Election staff
ACT Election
01.2020
Temporary Office Assistant APS 1
Australian Electoral Commission - Federal Elections
01.2012 - 01.2025
Officer in Charge
NSW Electoral Commission
01.2012 - 01.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Heritage, Museum And Conservation
University of Canberra