Assistant Directors, NSW State Office and Operations

About this role

You will join a high-performing, collaborative team of Assistant Directors that lead, enable and motivate staff to administer, prepare for and deliver electoral events. The New South Wales / Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT) State and divisional offices take a professional and dynamic approach to achieve high-quality, internationally recognised standards for electoral event delivery. Our geographically dispersed network works collaboratively to support one another and achieve large-scale outcomes within a complex operating environment. Reporting to the State Directors, you will be an active participant in the broader NSW/ACT leadership team, modelling exceptional behaviours and contributing to our culture, business planning and deliverables. The team is collaborative, respectful and inclusive, and works to empower others through building enduring trust and capability. We are looking for strong leaders who are agile, self-motivated, and results-driven to manage electoral event planning, delivery, and evaluation in NSW/ACT. There are ongoing and non-ongoing fulltime opportunities, the non-ongoing opportunities are for a minimum of 6 months. There are vacancies in our Operations team leading a portfolio of divisional officers and in State office leading a team to deliver statewide projects. There are multiple opportunities based in Haymarket. Out-posting may be considered to various regional locations across the state where the AEC has a divisional office. You will contribute to the development of team objectives for short term tasks and strategic planning for longer-term initiatives, including setting priorities for the work area, maintaining team cohesion, and ensuring quality of outputs for the work area. We’re looking for talented people who are excellent communicators, can manage multiple stakeholder relationships effectively, and deliver quality results within tight deadlines. Initiative, strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and the ability to contribute to business improvement strategies will be essential. During an election, you will also need to be responsive and show professional resilience and personal drive to deal with the high demand and volume of work generated at election time. To excel you’ll have: • Leadership and people management experience with the ability to empower and motivate employees by providing clear direction, delegation and supporting staff with development opportunities and coaching to build a high performing team. • Experience applying critical analysis and evidence-based decision-making, using data and information to identify risks, dependencies and emerging issues, and implementing practical solutions to achieve organisational outcomes. • Demonstrated ability to maintain a positive attitude in a dynamic and challenging environment, adapt and respond to rapid change and lead your teams to achieve results in this context, while supporting the health and wellbeing of staff. • Demonstrated ability to communicate with influence, negotiate strategic outcomes and facilitate cooperation and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, including from a geographically dispersed network. • Ability to examine your own performance and regularly seek feedback from others for personal and professional development, with demonstrated ability to work autonomously. • A strong commitment to collaboration as a tool to facilitate and drive work to achieve a nationally led, consistent approach to delivery.