** Applications close 11.55pm, Sunday 15 June 2025 **

We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform the contact listed at the end of this vacancy.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements. Talk to us about how this could work for you.

Hours per fortnight

73.50 hours per fortnight - flexible options available.

Duties

• Maintain, configure, deploy, and monitor election systems. This includes custom applications, and the administration and support of associated database infrastructure.
• Provide high level technical advice to ICT management, and technical leadership and support to ICT staff.
• Drive and implement changes to ICT systems to increase efficiency and security, and participate in the planning and implementation of larger programs of work within the TEC ICT team
• Respond to and manage escalated incidents and issues in a timely manner, and assist other TEC ICT staff with general desktop support and training services where required.
• Prepare and maintain accurate documentation and records of the TEC ICT environment, processes and procedures, and contribute to the development of ICT and cyber security policies and procedures.
• Perform capacity planning, infrastructure and performance monitoring, and tuning activities related to physical and virtual operating systems, election applications, databases and networks.

Essential Requirements

To be considered for a position within the Tasmanian Electoral Commission, please review the Political Neutrality Policy and include your Political Neutrality Declaration Form when submitting your application.

• Political Neutrality
  Political Neutrality Policy.pdf
  Political_Neutrality_Declaration_Form.pdf

Pre-employment Checks

The Head of State Service has determined that the person nominated for this vacancy is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, promotion or transfer.

The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Pre-employment (National Police Record) checks for: Arson and fire setting, violent crimes and crimes against the person, sex-related offences, drug and alcohol related offences, crimes involving dishonesty, deception and/or conspiracy, making false declarations, malicious damage and destruction to property, serious traffic offences, crimes against public order or relating to the Administration of Law and Justice, Executive or the Legislative Power.
2. Disciplinary action in previous employment.
3. Identification check.

Desirable Requirements

• Relevant tertiary/professional qualifications and experience.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

Statement of Duties (358086) Senior Systems Administrator.docx

Statement of Duties (358086) Senior Systems Administrator.pdf

Information for applicants (Tasmanian Electoral Commission).docx

Information for applicants (Tasmanian Electoral Commission).pdf

How to apply

To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV. We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.

Please apply online by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

Refer to the 'Information for Applicants (Tasmanian Electoral Commission)' document for further information. Please note, attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact the Department of Justice Recruitment Team on (03) 6165 4912.

For more information

Andrew Kidd
Director Business
[email protected]
Phone: (03) 6208 8700

Reasonable Adjustment Queries

Organisational Development and Design Team
(03) 6165 7603