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SalaryAgency 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
Based in our Tasmanian State Office in Hobart, you will join a high-performing team, whose work is integral to the agency’s readiness to deliver federal elections and other electoral events, and the proper conduct of those events in accordance with the AEC’s Electoral Integrity Framework.
The Tasmanian State Office is known as the Project Support Unit and oversees administration of our five federal electoral divisions.
The Project Support Unit is responsible for planning, delivery, and evaluation of a range of projects that support state-wide event delivery, governance, and corporate support functions for the state, including contract and financial management, and providing other critical support to our divisional network, which is the operational arm of the AEC in Tasmania.
The Project Support Unit works closely with our divisional teams located in Hobart, Launceston, and Burnie.
The Opportunity
The Senior Project Officer reports to the Assistant Director and is responsible for the day-to-day management of matters relating to governance, corporate support, and centralised election-readiness functions, Planning and delivering specific election-delivery projects, including managing project timeframes, and resourcing, and ensuring project goals are achieved in accordance with policy and procedure, and managing one or more Project Officers.
At election time, the role may also be required to take on new responsibilities at short notice, as agency priorities necessitate and as directed by management.
As a senior member of staff, the Senior Project Officer is expected to undertake planning for short-term tasks, while also contributing to strategic planning for longer-term initiatives. Engaging positively, regularly and work closely with divisional staff, management, and other key internal and external stakeholders, and model a commitment to ongoing learning and development. Help to build the technical capability of more junior staff, and make an active contribution to the Tasmanian leadership team.
To excel, you’ll have a demonstrated ability to:
- Model principles and values – Uphold key principles and values, set appropriate standards of behaviour, and always demonstrate integrity in your conduct and dealings with others.
- Remain positive in a dynamic and challenging environment – Adapt effectively to rapid change, cope with setbacks, and remain calm and achieve results under pressure.
- Communicate and collaborate – Build and maintain effective working relationships with team members, executives, and key stakeholders to achieve project/program and agency goals.
- Manage people and projects – Articulate objectives, set priorities and lead a team that delivers, or contributes to the delivery of, quality results for medium to large projects or programs.
- Exercise judgement to manage risk – Use sound judgement and analytical skills to make evidence-based decisions, identify and manage risk, and achieve results within legislative, policy, and fiscal parameters.
- 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.
