Assistant Director Talent, Indigo Program Management Office

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

You will join a team of a highly motivated and collaborative professionals that work in the Enterprise Transformation Group (ETG). The ETG is made up of two Divisions, the Chief Information Officer Division (CIOD) and the Enterprise Strategy and Transformation Division (ESTD), that have been established to drive the AEC’s transformation agenda, and to deliver the Election Systems Modernisation Program (Indigo Program) on behalf of the agency.

The Program Support Section sits within ESTD and is responsible for critical enabling functions for the Indigo Program and the broader ETG, including:

Talent management – recruitment, labour hire procurement, onboarding, contract management and offboarding of ETG and Indigo Program resources.

Financial management – end of month accounting, financial analysis and reporting, budget development and management, contract cost evaluation and negotiations, and cost modelling.

Program support – information architecture development and maintenance, labour hire invoice processing and reporting, property planning and management, Indigo vendor onboarding and offboarding, and travel booking.

The Section is committed to establishing and maintaining a high performing and positive workplace culture. You will operate in a fast paced, dynamic environment, working closely with Directors, Assistant Commissioners, First Assistant Commissioners and all areas across the ETG. 

The Opportunity

The Program Support Section is looking to fill the following critical vacancy by engaging a capable, committed and experienced professional seeking rewarding growth and leadership opportunities: 

The Assistant Director, Talent works alongside the Strategic Talent Advisor and the Program Support Director to lead and manage the Talent Team and provide exceptional talent management services for the Indigo Program and the broader ETG. 

In this role you will oversee and manage the operational functions of the team and contributing to the development of strategies to attract, develop and retain appropriately skilled and experienced resources to support the successful delivery of the ETG’s strategic objectives. This is a great opportunity to contribute to the AEC’s modernisation agenda and help shape the future workforce of ETG. 

To excel you’ll have:

• Demonstrated experience in effectively managing high volumes of work and competing priorities, with the ability to manage an operational team as well as manage upwards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively synthesise information and communicate to people from different backgrounds and levels of seniority.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing complex and/or sensitive correspondence, briefings, papers, report and other written artefacts, with strong attention to detail. 
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build strategic relationships and communicate decisions using professional judgement. 
• High degree of initiative, integrity and discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive matters. 
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and a strong commitment to working harmoniously within a team to achieve positive results and support the AEC’s strategic direction.

Highly desirable:

• Demonstrated experience in APS and labour hire recruitment and procurement in the Federal Government context. 

 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 may be required to undertake psychometric testing as part of this recruitment process.