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.
Job Summary
The Resilience Team sits within the Cyber Security and Assurance Section and supports the agency's commitment to strengthening the resilience of the AEC’s election management systems and processes.
The team works across the AEC and with external stakeholders to identify vulnerabilities, strengthen preparedness and uplift the AEC’s electoral event resilience posture against cyber breaches, outages to critical systems and infrastructure, natural disasters and other disruptive events.
Duties
This is an exciting opportunity to join the AEC and contribute to work that has a direct impact on Australia's democratic processes.
The Secretariat Officer provides governance, coordination and secretariat support to the Resilience team, contributing to the delivery of its resilience work program.
You will be required to:
- Provide secretariat support for governance forums, workshops, stakeholder meetings, including coordinating agendas, papers, minutes and action items.
- Prepare meeting records, briefing materials, correspondence and reports to support decision-making and governance processes.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to support engagement activities and collaborative working relationships.
- Contribute to the coordination and delivery of initiatives that strengthen the resilience of the AEC's election management systems and processes.
To excel you’ll have:
We are seeking a motivated and capable professional who can demonstrate the skills, knowledge and experience required to perform successfully in this role.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills, including experience preparing meeting records, briefing materials, reports and correspondence.
- Experience providing governance coordination or secretariat support, including the management of meeting documentation, records and action items.
- Sound judgement, attention to detail and the ability to work independently while contributing positively to team outcomes.
- Well-developed organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple tasks, manage competing priorities and deliver quality outcomes within established timeframes.
- The ability to quickly acquire knowledge of Australian electoral practices and security environment.
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.
