Agency Purpose
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is an independent statutory authority established by the Australian Government to maintain an impartial and independent electoral system for eligible voters through active electoral roll management, efficient delivery of polling services, and targeted education and public awareness programs.
The AEC’s values and commitments
The AEC values and commitments are an essential component of our operating environment and frame how AEC staff work. The AEC's focus is on electoral integrity through the values of quality, agility and professionalism.
The Team
The VIC team is responsible for the operational planning and delivery of electoral events and roll management for 38 of the 150 electoral divisions across Australia. Planning and delivery are coordinated from the VIC State Office located in Melbourne and implemented by geographically dispersed divisional offices across VIC.
As part of the VIC Leadership Team the Director roles lead and drive a nationally consistent approach to election delivery using a local lens. The team is collaborative, respectful and inclusive, and works to empower others through building enduring trust and capability.
The Opportunity
The Director roles are responsible for overseeing election readiness functions across Victoria, ensuring a high state of preparedness in alignment with the AEC Election Readiness Framework and the Election Ready Roadmap.
The roles are responsible for undertaking work with a high level of complexity and sensitivity, utilising specialist, professional and technical knowledge and significant judgement to ensure the delivery of effective and efficient electoral events. You will work closely with the Australian Electoral Officer to contribute to both VIC and agency-wide strategic planning and operational initiatives.
We are seeking accomplished executives with strong judgement and integrity, who possess collegiate leadership and collaborative qualities and can work with a diverse range of stakeholders. Ensuring community confidence is upheld in all aspects of the electoral process is critical. An understanding and ability to work in a highly regulated environment and work effectively within legislative and administrative frameworks and strict adherence to compliance and assurance is required.
You will be a dynamic strategist and planner, with experience driving program outcomes in complex and challenging operating environments. A proven track record of successfully shaping the delivery of high reliability programs and projects or events through effective procurement, project and contract management in complex operating environments.
You will possess highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills and be committed to delivering a standard of excellence in service delivery. As a collaborative and values-driven leader, you will demonstrate professionalism, resilience and composure under pressure, and contribute to a positive and high-performing team environment where individuals are supported to achieve their best.
To excel you’ll have:
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage operational or project staff while developing capabilities and growing a positive culture across a dispersed network.
- Demonstrated strong understanding and experience in successfully applying project management methodologies, and the delivery of large-scale events (or equivalent) within a highly operational, legislated and high reliability environment under significant scrutiny.
- Proven ability to communicate with influence, negotiate strategic outcomes, manage strategic stakeholder relationships and build strong peer relationships across a dispersed network.
- Proven strategic, conceptual and analytical abilities, supported by sound knowledge of change management practices and techniques to enable innovation.
- Proven capability to uphold and lead very high standards of impartiality and integrity.
- Extensive experience in leading and delivering successful results within legislative and budget parameters, leveraging exceptional time management and prioritisation skills.
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment with the ability to quickly gain knowledge of Australian electoral law, processes and practices, parliamentary systems and Commonwealth frameworks.
Eligibility
- AEC employees must be Australian citizens.
- Any person who is, and seen to be active in political affairs, and intends to publicly carry on this activity, may compromise the strict neutrality of the AEC and cannot be considered.
- Applicants are required to consent to, undergo, obtain and maintain a character clearance.
- Applicants are required to consent to, undergo, obtain and maintain the security clearance required for this role.
