The Team

The Roll Data and Client Engagement team are responsible for ensuring high quality data extraction, reporting and analysis, along with specific electoral roll data products and services, are provided to AEC’s broad group of internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner. The team also operates a public facing helpdesk to manage elector enquiries, feedback and complaints, and assists AEC staff in their engagement with members of the public.

The Roll Data and Reporting section provide regular enrolment reporting for AEC internal use and state and territory electoral commissions. The team monitors trends in enrolment and conducts analysis to inform and support roll management activities and related agency operations. The team are also responsible for publishing enrolment statistics on the AEC website and responding to ad hoc requests for enrolment statistics.

The Opportunity

The Senior Data Analyst supports the Assistant Director, Roll Data and Client Engagement in the day-to-day management of enrolment data and reporting matters within the Roll Data and Client Engagement Section of the Roll, Service and Foundations Branch, including participating in section planning for short term tasks and contributing to strategic planning for longer term initiatives.

The role is responsible for undertaking work that is moderately complex to complex and/or sensitive in nature, under limited direction, utilising expertise and knowledge across a range of activities relating to the provision of data and analysis, including enrolment statistics and metrics, to internal and external stakeholders. In doing so the role will adhere to the AEC’s data and information governance frameworks, including authorisation and publication guidelines where appropriate.

The role is also expected to assist team members and other AEC staff in developing their understanding of the electoral roll.

To excel you’ll have:

• Knowledge and experience in data and intelligence analysis and the ability to prepare succinct analytical reports.
• Proven analytical abilities with the ability to propose and facilitate change and contribute to business improvement strategies.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft PowerBI, including DAX and M, or the ability to acquire such knowledge quickly.
• Knowledge of, or ability to quickly gain knowledge of electoral roll concepts and processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage staff while developing capabilities, encouraging career development and promoting professionalism.
• Demonstrated personal integrity whilst achieving results within legislative and policy parameters.

Desirable

• Ability to develop programs in SAS.
• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant experience with a strong quantitative component. This might include demography (particularly desirable), mathematics, data analysis, intelligence analysis or similar.
• Knowledge of, or ability to, quickly gain knowledge of Australian electoral law and practice.

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.

Contact Person: Sam Hannan-Morrow, [email protected]

Due Date: Sunday 25 May 2025, 11:59PM AEST