The Team

As a team member of the Australian Electoral Commission’s (AEC’s) Indigenous Electoral Participation Program you will have a unique opportunity to work with your peers to direct and lead the work we undertake with our community level partners who help us identify and respond to barriers faced in relation to First Nations electoral participation. Our staff contribute to this in different ways and your knowledge and expertise will ultimately help the AEC make Australian elections more accessible for culturally diverse people.

You will use evidence and best practice to create and maintain key resources, support legislative change, and uphold the AEC’s commitment to continuous improvement. Additionally, you will play an instrumental role in the Branch Leadership Team, ensuring that our work has a strong strategic focus, shaping a proactive and inquisitive culture within the Branch, and championing a commitment to service design and human-centred outcomes.

The Opportunity

This role is designated as an Identified position. Candidates must have an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and proven culturally appropriate engagement and communication skills.

The role is responsible for delivering on business outcomes, including taking the lead on strategic level business planning, designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating robust projects, including procurement with strategic partnerships. You will lead and manage a geographically dispersed team and develop and actively manage internal relationships to provide insight which supports decisions related to election services for Indigenous Australians. You will also represent and explain agency views in various forums which will involve travelling, sometimes to remote localities.

To excel you’ll have:

Mandatory

• An understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• An ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
• An ability to define future direction and make decisions to achieve goals. This includes strategies to monitor and evaluate key program elements and agency policy.
• Ability to progress with activities where some ambiguity exists, proactively collaborating with relevant stakeholders to forge strategic outcomes.
• Proven ability in successfully managing and delivering results within time restraints and with competing priorities.
• Proven ability to communicate with influence, negotiate outcomes and manage complex stakeholder relationships, including across a geographically dispersed network.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage staff when change is a constant, while proactively supporting a positive team culture and developing capabilities, encouraging career development, and embedding professionalism.

Desirable

• You have relevant qualifications in Indigenous studies or community engagement/education.
• You have relevant qualifications in monitoring and evaluation.
• You know about or can quickly learn about legislation and programs and policies.

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.

Due Date: Thursday 31 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST

Contact Person: Kaye Bartlett, [email protected]