THE IIEC WE KNOW
Recruitment of Regional Elections Coordinators (RECs), Constituency Electoral Coordinators
The IIEC has recruited 17 RECs. The REC’s from these regions or any other are not related in any way with the Commissioners. All jobs within the Commission were advertised and thereafter short-listing and interviews were done. The recruitment panelists consisted of Commissioners and Senior IIEC staff seconded from the Government. Every process was above board and very competitive. It is within the mandate of the Commission to recruit the secretariat. The Commission was looking for people with at least a first degree and more importantly experience in public management. RECs and CECs play important roles in elections. The CECs, for example, are gazetted as returning officers during elections and as registration officers during voter registration exercises. The RECs manage election operations in their respective regions.
The CEO, DCEO, Directors and Managers had not reported by the time of their recruitment. Senior officers, who were seconded from government, and the RECs co-ordinated the recruitment process while the Commissioners did the actual interviews.
