Assistant Director, Community Engagement, Nsw

2 weeks ago


Canberra, Australia Australian Electoral Commission Full time

**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 Assistant Director, Community Engagement works in the NSW State Office, as part of the Business Operations team, to support a geographically disperse network across NSW and ACT.

Business Operations is responsible for a number of key tasks critical to the delivery of a federal election. The team works together to achieve high quality outcomes in tight timeframes.

They are a cohesive and high performing team that has a significant focus on effective communication with other business areas across the AEC to achieve key objectives. This includes National Office, other state and territory offices and the divisional network across NSW/ACT.

**The Opportunity**

The Assistant Director Community Engagement manages the planning, review and delivery of engagement programs at NSW State Office including but not limited to those targeting Indigenous, CALD, homeless, prisoners, youth and/or people with disabilities in NSW for the 2023 Referendum.

To excel you’ll have:

- Highly developed ability to lead and manage staff while developing capabilities, encouraging career development, and embedding professionalism.
- Sound knowledge and experience in successfully managing and delivering results within time restraints and with competing priorities.
- Highly developed problem-solving skills, with the ability to maintain a logical and rational approach under pressure and in the face of competing priorities.
- Proven ability to communicate with influence, negotiate outcomes and manage complex stakeholder relationships, including across a geographically dispersed network.
- Proven conceptual and analytical abilities with sound knowledge of change management practices and techniques to enable innovation.
- Demonstrated personal drive and integrity whilst achieving results within legislative and budget parameters.
- Knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting a range of communities with diverse needs such as Indigenous, CALD, homeless, prisoners, youth and/or people with disabilities.

Desirable
- Relevant qualifications or experience working with people from diverse backgrounds or/and community engagement.
- Knowledge of, or ability to, quickly gain knowledge of Australian electoral law, processes and practices and parliamentary systems.
- Demonstrated knowledge of relevant 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.
- Applicants maybe required to undertake psychometric testing as part of this recruitment process.


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