Merit List/Pools and How They Will Be UsedApplicants suitable for the role but not offered the position for the current vacancy may be placed in a merit list or pool. If the applicant agrees, the results may be shared with other Australian Public Service (APS) agencies for filling similar roles. Applicants may be offered a future role without the need to reapply. A merit list or pool may be used for up to 18 months.For more information about Merit Lists or Merit Pools please go to APSC's website - The APS Merit Principle.About the RoleThe Mobile and Remote Services section in the Delivery and Support Branch is responsible for leading the AEC's preparation and delivery of mobile polling and remote voter services for federal elections, by-elections, and referendums. Mobile polling occurs in residential care facilities, homeless shelters, prisons, and remote areas of Australia. Mobile and remote polling services are critical for reaching people who experience the biggest societal or circumstantial challenges to accessing other forms of voting. The team engages proactively with stakeholders from the aged care, mental health and disability sectors, corrective services, Indigenous communities, and partners experienced in delivering services in remote and very remote areas.Key Duties of the PositionAs the Director, Mobile and Remote Services, you will lead and manage a section, building and sustaining a positive culture across the team, branch, and wider AEC, focusing on collaboration, professionalism, and delivery. Your work will include setting the direction and plans for the work area in line with agency requirements and priorities and contributing to agency-wide strategic planning.The role is responsible for undertaking work with a high level of complexity and/or sensitivity, utilizing specialist, professional or technical knowledge and significant judgment to lead the development and delivery of mobile and remote polling. This includes responsibility for developing strategic priorities, contract and budget management, external stakeholder engagement, process and system design and support, project delivery, collaboration across the AEC, and involvement in legislative change and parliamentary requirements.To Excel You'll Have:Demonstrated ability to lead and manage staff while developing capabilities, encouraging career development, and demonstrating and promoting AEC values.Ability to communicate effectively and build relationships, including across a geographically dispersed network, across all levels and with internal and external stakeholders, to achieve outcomes and represent the section and branch.Ability to operate within a dynamic and challenging environment, remain positive and respond to pressure and change in an agile and productive manner.Sound knowledge and experience in successfully managing and delivering results within tight time restraints and with competing priorities.Proven ability to lead the design and delivery of large-scale, user-focused and quality projects or tasks to achieve strategic goals.Ability to provide high-level analysis of issues relating to election delivery and make significant contributions to the management, preparation, and coordination of complex inputs to legislative or policy formulation and/or project management.Technical knowledge and experience in electoral legislation and operational requirements or the ability to quickly acquire it.Desirable:Experience or knowledge in successful delivery of tailored services and products which are focused on particular user groups.Eligibility RequirementsAEC 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.RecruitAbility SchemeRecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme, you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit: APSC RecruitAbility.Getting to Know the Australian Electoral CommissionThe Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is at the heart of Australian democracy. The AEC is responsible for conducting federal elections and referendums, maintaining the Commonwealth electoral roll and making sure the Australian public is informed about all electoral matters. Our goal is to see that all eligible Australians actively participate in our democracy. The AEC values of electoral integrity through quality, agility, and professionalism drive strategic and corporate planning and assist in organizing the agency in a way that will effectively deliver the business into the future. The AEC is an equal opportunity employer which upholds the APS employment principles and actively encourages a diverse and inclusive workplace. The AEC's statutory functions in relation to the conduct of elections and referendums require that the AEC and its employees must be, and must be seen to be, impartial and politically neutral. As a result, the AEC Enterprise Agreement and Political Neutrality Policy state that it is an inherent requirement of AEC employment that employees, and prospective employees, are not publicly active in any political affairs and do not publicly engage in such activities. This includes advocating any issues associated with a referendum. Should a prospective employee fail to meet this inherent requirement, they will be ineligible for employment with the AEC.
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