Census Worker Recruitment Events Coming To Chestnut Hill, Mt Airy

CHESTNUT HILL-MT. AIRY, PHILADELPHIA — Census workers in Philadelphia have recently gotten a pay raise, and anyone interested in becoming a census worker can stop by recruitment events in Chestnut hill and Mt. Airy next month.

The pay rate for census workers in Philadelphia County has recently been raised, in some cases up to $28 per hour.

Colleen Brazil, a census Recruiting Assistant, will be at area libraries to answer questions or assist interested parties in filling out their applications.

Brazil will be at the Lovett Library in Mt. Airy on Jan. 6, Jan. 13, and Jan. 27 — all Mondays — from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

She will also be at the Chestnut Hill Library from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 23.

Lovett Library is located at 6945 Germantown Ave., and the Chestnut Hill Library is located at 8711 Germantown Ave.

Available positions are:

• Recruiting Assistant — Assists in recruiting and testing job applicants.
• Census Field Supervisor - Appoints, trains, and supervises Enumerators that are engaged in data collection.
• Office Operations Supervisor — Coordinates, supervises, and oversees the work of office clerks in specific functional areas.
• Enumerator — Locally hired workers who perform field enumeration activities in and around their respective neighborhoods.
• Clerk — Office clerks perform a wide variety of clerical functions in support of field data collection, recruiting, payroll/personnel, automation technology, and quality assurance operations.

Pay for these positions range from $17 to $28 per hour.

You can apply for census positions online here.