Join us in safeguarding democracy in NSW!
- Ongoing full-time opportunity
- Are you a dynamic lawyer looking for challenging, high-profile work in a supportive and collegiate environment?
- Sydney CBD office location with hybrid working arrangements
About the Role
As a Legal Officer, you will be providing, and assisting in the provision of, legal and policy advice to the NSW Electoral Commission, the NSW Electoral Commissioner and internal stakeholders on matters related to elections and electoral law. You will have the opportunity to develop your administrative law and statutory interpretation skills whilst working on high-profile and diverse matters. You will be supporting the Commission in relation to the 2027 State General Election and beyond.
The role is an ongoing full-time position.
Key knowledge, experience and essential requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualifications.
- Admission as a lawyer and hold, or be eligible to hold, a Law Society of NSW Practising Certificate
- Demonstrated ability to conduct thorough legal research and analysis to support the advice and services provided by the Legal team.
- Be able to provide legal and policy support to more senior legal officers in their areas of practice, which include regulatory prosecutions; statutory interpretation and instrument drafting; and preparation of instructions to the Crown Solicitor’s Office.
- Experience in preparing correspondence, research reports, submissions, briefing notes and other documents as required.
- Relevant knowledge and skills to be able to contribute to the development of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legislation governing the functions of the Commission
- You must be politically neutral with no affiliation to political parties or lobbyists/third party campaigners (see other information section at the bottom of this page).
- A satisfactory criminal record check result.
About the NSW Electoral Commission
The New South Wales Electoral Commission delivers trusted and independent systems, processes, oversight and engagement that support democracy in New South Wales. Our vision is to maintain confidence in the integrity of the democratic process and make it easy for people to understand and participate.
Our work includes:
- Running and regulating elections
- Communicating and engaging with current and future voters, key NSW community stakeholders and NSW election participants; and
- Investigating possible offences and enforcing electoral and lobbying laws such as the Electoral Act 2017 and the Electoral Funding Act 2018.
What we offer
- Opportunity to work on large scale events and assist your local community
- Career development opportunities through study and face to face training
- Access to self-paced expert-led training via LinkedIn Learning
- Employee Assistance Program for wellbeing support
- Staff social events to connect with colleagues
- Work/Life balance (35 hour working week), flex leave, generous holidays and leave conditions
- Access to Fitness Passport for eligible staff
- Free annual flu vaccination
- Convenient CBD location, access to public transport
How to apply
As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to the two targeted questions:
- Describe a time when you had to manage competing deadlines. How did you manage your workload effectively to meet these deadlines? (maximum 300 words)
- Provide an example of a legal question you had to research, analyse and submit written advice to your manager. How did you approach this task and what did you learn from your manager’s feedback? (maximum 300 words)
You should include a covering letter summarising how your skills, knowledge and work experience meet the requirements of the role, along with an up-to-date resume which clearly detail your skills and experience as relevant to this role.
For further information regarding the role please
Applying for a role in the NSW Public Service
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The NSW Electoral Commission embraces diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the population of New South Wales. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, mature-age people, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this role.
If you have any questions about applying or would benefit from an adjustment to the recruitment process to help you perform your best please contact
[email protected]. For more information on recruitment adjustments visit I Work for NSW Adjustments for individual needs.
Applications received and completed after closing time will not be considered for selection.
The selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.
For further information, contact NSW Electoral Commission’s Talent team on
[email protected]
Other Information
Your employment will be subject to National Criminal Records Check to determine your suitability for employment.
The NSW Electoral Commission is committed to maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. The Commission requires all its employees to refrain from membership of any political party and from engaging in political activity which could be seen as reflecting adversely on the strict political neutrality of the Commission. To maintain political neutrality, applicants for roles with the Commission who are, who have been or who may be perceived to be or have been connected with political activities may also be ineligible for appointment and should disclose such information as part of their application. This does not include voting in a Commonwealth, State or Local Government election, which is compulsory in NSW. The Commission’s Political Neutrality Policy may be viewed on its website.
A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles of the same work classification that may become available for filling over the next 18 months.
This role is based in at our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office with a hybrid work arrangement.
Applications Close: Thursday, 23rd July 2026 @ 11.59pm
