Electorate Officer

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $83,469 - $95,432

**Grade**:Grade in advertisement

**Occupation**:Communications, marketing and media

**Location**:Melbourne - Eastern suburbs

**Reference**:VG/08082025

The Department of Parliamentary Services provides support to all Members of Parliament for the recruitment and selection of their staff. On behalf of Nick McGowan, Member for North-Eastern Metropolitan we are now recruiting for an Ongoing, full-time Electorate Officer (Grade 2).
**Electorate Officer -**Electorate Officer - Digital and Communications Officer (Grade 2)**

**Nick McGowan, Member for North-Eastern Metropolitan**

**About the Role**
Electorate Officers play an important role in providing services to the Victorian community. Reporting to Nick McGowan, Member for North-Eastern Metropolitan, 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 Nick McGowan's electorate office, you will interact daily with constituents, community organisations and other stakeholders. Key responsibilities include:

- Develop and manage social media and website strategy
- Deliver quality content to support local campaigning opportunities
- Constituent services
- Stakeholder engagement
- Electorate communications support

**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:

- Excellent computer skills with experience in MS suite of software and online editing tools, including Adobe Suite (Photoshop and Premiere Pro) and Canva.
- Creating content including graphics, photos and videos for the Member's website and social media platforms.
- Manage e-newsletter and physical community newsletters.
- Organising and developing local campaign opportunities.
- Sound written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to undertake research and prepare written materials including reports, submissions, and correspondence.
- 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.
- 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 and Job Type**
- Electorate Officer salaries are set out in the Electorate Officers (Victoria) Single Enterprise Agreement 2021.
- Grade 2: $83,469 per annum plus 12% employer superannuation
- This is an ongoing, full-time position. A six-month probationary period will apply.

**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**

**Please note, this job ad is due to close on Sunday, 17 August 2025 at 11:59PM AEST.**

**Accessibility**
- While Members of Parliament are prohibited from determining that an Electorate Officer can or must perform work that is party specific, Members typically nominate Electorate Officer whose political beliefs are closely aligned with their own. Section 27 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 states that an employer may discriminate on the basis of political belief or activity in the offering of employment to an Electorate Officer.

**The Department of Parliamentary Services supports all Members of Parliament in the recruitment and selection process of Electorate Officers. You will receive communications throughout the process from the Department.**

- Applications close Sunday 17 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 8 August 2025