Electorate Officer

JOE MCCRACKENMEMBER FOR WESTERN VIC REGION
About the Role Electorate Officers play an important role in providing services to the Victorian community. Reporting to Joe McCracken, your work will require a high degree of trust and integrity. Confidentiality is also a key requirement when interacting with constituents and visitors to the office or in the community.
Based in the Member of Parliament's electorate office, you will interact daily with constituents, community organisations and other stakeholders.

**Key responsibilities may include**:

- General administration and office management
- Graphic design and social media
- Constituent services
- Media and stakeholder engagement
- Parliamentary Duties

About you
Key attributes of responsiveness, effectiveness and accountability are precisely the values and behaviours the successful applicant will need to succeed.

**The role of an Electorate Officer requires you to demonstrate**:

- Initiative and organisational ability, particularly working autonomously to determine priorities and perform a broad range of office support duties, often to tight and demanding deadlines.
- Strong knowledge of traditional and social media landscape with ability to maintain and update communication via all relevant channels.
- Maintain relationships with journalists and media outlets; and provide advice in a rapidly changing external policy and political environment. 
- Excellent computer skills with experience in MS suite of software, Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat).
- Sound experience producing accessible graphic design content for internal and external audiences across a range of media.
- Commitment and ability to provide the highest level of client service in a challenging environment, providing sound advice and maintaining the strictest confidence on all issues.
- Sound written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to undertake research and prepare written materials including reports, submissions, and correspondence.
- Strong knowledge of, and ability to provide advice and guidance on, government and parliamentary processes.
- Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders from government and peak organisations to local community organisations and constituents.
- Ability to evaluate work procedures, practices, and systems and to implement change.
- Sound coaching and mentoring skills with ability to support other staff in a team environment, provide direction where required and respect the needs of others.
- Behaviours consistent with Electorate Officer values and Code of Conduct, including the ability to display high levels of responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, and respect in relationships with others and decision making.

Salary
Electorate Officer salaries are set out in the Electorate Officers (Victoria) Single Enterprise Agreement 2021.
Full-time $80,227 per annum plus 10.5% employer superannuation
Job TypeThis is a full-time ongoing opportunity.
Pre-Employment Screening requirements
As part of the selection process, you may be asked to complete an online competency or skills assessment.
How to apply

**Applications close**: Thursday 13 July 2023