- Contribute to one of the State’s biggest events
- Further your technical skills within the Public Sector
- Be part of an agile team with flexible working arrangements on offer
About the Role
The Geospatial Analyst supports the GIS activities of the NSW Electoral Commission in line with stakeholder and legislative requirements, to facilitate evidence-based decision making and planning.
We are looking for someone who has a keen interest in all aspects of geospatial data analysis, research and cartography, a good team player who is flexible and has a strong willingness to learn. If this sounds like you, apply now.
The role is an Ongoing Full-time position.
Key knowledge, experience and essential requirements
As the successful candidate, you will have:
- Tertiary or TAFE qualifications in Geographic Information Systems.
- Experience in ArcGIS Pro.
- Experience in spatial data analysis and editing.
- Understanding of spatial coordinate systems and map projections.
- Familiarity with spatial data formats (ESRI geodatabases, Mapinfo TAB, SHP, spatially enabled databases, KML, etc.).
- Cartography skills.
- Willingness to work across and collaborate with other teams and processes.
- Experience or willingness to learn the Python scripting language for GIS work, aiming at taking over maintenance of current Python tools and building new ones.
- Politically neutral with no affiliation to political parties or lobbyists/campaigners.
- Satisfactory Criminal Record check result.
Highly recommended skills
- Experience working for NSW Electoral Commission or Federal, State/Territory Electoral Commissions in a similar role.
- Familiarity with or willingness to learn data analysis using SQL with relational databases.
- Experience from work or study in data conversion.
How to apply
As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to the two targeted questions:
- Tell us about a GIS task you have performed from either work or study. (maximum 300 words)
- Tell us about a situation where you were asked to carry out a task requiring skills you are unfamiliar with. How did you manage the acquisition of the new skill while adhering to delivery timelines? (maximum 300 words).
You should include a covering letter summarising your skills, knowledge and work experience, along with an up-to-date resume which clearly detail your skills and experience as relevant to this role.
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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: Monday 6th July 2026 @ 11:59pm
