Assistant Directors, Community Engagement

The Team

You will join the Community Engagement team. A team of enthusiastic and passionate people who are committed to ensuring all eligible Australians can actively participate in our democracy. 

The Opportunities

The Assistant Director, Community Engagement manages specialist projects within the Community Engagement section of the Communication, Education and Engagement Branch. Responsibilities include participating in section planning, the design and implementation of Community Engagement strategies, and aligning longer term plans with agency goals and objectives.

The role is responsible for undertaking complex and sensitive work, under broad direction. You will apply your expertise to the provision of Community Engagement and public awareness programs for diverse communities that experience barriers to electoral participation.

You will lead and manage a team to ensure high quality outputs, including building team capability to maintain a high level of expertise and encouraging career development. As an Assistant Director you will develop and actively manage key internal and external relationships, including collaborating with stakeholders to identify opportunities, achieve outcomes and facilitate cooperation. You will provide high quality and timely advice internally and externally, including guidance and reporting to Branch leadership and the Senior Executive cohort including, Executive Leadership Team in relation to section/Branch functional responsibilities.

This role requires you to contribute to doctrine, election preparation and delivery activities in accordance with the election readiness framework, according to individual accountabilities and responsibilities. 

To excel you’ll have: 

• Qualifications, experience and/or in-depth knowledge of working with diverse communities or delivering public awareness/ engagement programs.
• Sound knowledge and experience in successfully managing and delivering results within time restraints and with competing priorities. This includes the ability to project manage multiple Community Engagement projects simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and meet performance measures.
• Proven ability to communicate with influence and build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This includes community members and leaders, government agencies, local councils, community and peak organisations, and other relevant stakeholders that may also be geographically disbursed.
• Proven conceptual and analytical abilities to identify community needs and priorities with sound knowledge of change management practices and techniques to enable innovation.  
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage staff while developing capabilities, encouraging career development and embedding professionalism.  
• Demonstrated personal drive and integrity whilst achieving results within legislative and budget parameters.

Desirable

• Experience working with diverse audiences such as multicultural communities, people with disability, people experiencing homelessness, youth, and other audiences who may need additional support to ensure voter equity.
• Knowledge of, or ability to, quickly gain knowledge of Australian electoral law and practice. 

Outposted may be considered

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.

Contact: Miranda Hall, 0448 440 ***

Due Date: Monday 12 February 2024, 11:59pm AEDT