- Permanent full-time position
- Play a key role in creating safe, compliant and high-performing workplaces that support our people and the communities we serve.
- Join a collaborative team where your facilities experience, customer focus and problem-solving skills will make an impact every day.
About the Role
As the Facilities Partner, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the NSW Electoral Commission’s workplace facilities and office accommodation, ensuring they are safe, functional and compliant with relevant legislation, policies and standards. Reporting to the Manager Safety and Facilities, this is a hands-on operational role suited to an experienced facilities management professional. Ideally you will have experience working within the public sector, demonstrate excellent communication and customer service skills, and have the ability to effectively manage competing priorities while delivering high-quality outcomes.
The role is Ongoing Full-time position.
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
Key knowledge, experience and essential requirements
As the successful candidate, you will have:
- Proven Facilities Management experience, preferably within a public sector environment
- Working knowledge of NSW building codes and regulations, Australia Standards, OH&S legislation
- Experience in building strong networks with key stakeholder, including with other government agencies and with external service providers.
- High level written and verbal communication and presentation skills, and the ability to relate effectively with individuals and groups at all levels both internal and external to the organisation
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of facilities management policies and procedures as well as practical experience working with office locations in establishing office needs and requirements.
- Demonstrated experience in the supervision of building works, contractor management, and contract preparation/administration.
- Ability to take prompt action to resolve service delivery or facilities-related issues by analysing and implementing effective solutions that drive positive outcomes, improving the quality and efficiency of support for office locations and staff.
- No affiliations with political parties, candidates, elected members, third-party campaigners, donors or registered lobbyists that could undermine the political impartiality of the Electoral Commission or that are otherwise inconsistent with its Political Neutrality Policy.
- Satisfactory criminal record check result.
How to apply
As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to the two targeted questions:
- What hands-on experience do you have managing workplace facilities and office accommodation? Describer how your experience aligns with the key responsibilities of this role. Maximum 400 words.
- Provide an example of a workplace accommodation or facilities initiative you have managed that involved consulting with a range of stakeholders. What approach did you take to engage stakeholder, manager project delivery, and ensure the initiative was completed on time and within budget. Maximum 400 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 5 days a week in at our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office.
Applications Close: 5th August 2026 @ 11.59pm
