Venues Officer

• Opportunity to contribute to the successful delivery of major election events in NSW 
• Small collaborative team environment

About the Role

The role coordinates and implements venue operations and processes for State and Local Government Elections and supports the Senior Venues Officer towards the successful conduct of election events. The role is also responsible for supervisory activities that contribute to the development and delivery of all venue related functions and activities, trouble shooting and complex problem solving in the lead up to and during elections.

The role is an Ongoing Full-time position.  

About the NSW Electoral Commission

The New South Wales Electoral Commission delivers trusted and independent systems, processes, oversight and engagement that support democracy in New South Wales. Our vision is to maintain confidence in the integrity of the democratic process and make it easy for people to understand and participate.

Our work includes:

• Running and regulating elections
• Communicating and engaging with current and future voters, key NSW community stakeholders and NSW election participants; and
• Investigating possible offences and enforcing electoral and lobbying laws such as the Electoral Act 2017 and the Electoral Funding Act 2018.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on large scale events and assist your local community  
• Career development opportunities through study and face to face training
• Access to self-paced expert-led training via LinkedIn Learning
• Employee Assistance Program for wellbeing support 
• Staff social events to connect with colleagues  
• Work/Life balance (35 hour working week), flex leave, generous holidays and leave conditions
• Access to Fitness Passport for eligible staff 
• Free annual flu vaccination
• Convenient CBD location, access to public transport

Key knowledge, experience and essential requirements

As the successful candidate, you will have:

• Experience in analysing and applying legislation, policy, guidelines and standard operation procedure documents
• Operational and coordination experience in providing support in a high-volume high-pressure environment across a matrix organisation
• Ability to manage and supervise contingent labour during elections operations at centralised count centres
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills and experience in one or more applications, ie Word Processing, Excel, Microsoft Project, Content Manager (records management) and database applications.
• Intermediate understanding of systems and ICT infrastructure
• Politically neutral with no affiliation to political parties or lobbyists/campaigners.
• Satisfactory criminal record check result.

How to apply

As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to the two targeted questions:

1. Describe a time when you had to manage multiple tasks in a high-pressure environment. How did you prioritise, and what was the result? (maximum 300 words)
2. Provide an example of when you have used customer feedback and service data to redesign and improve a process or policy. How did you go about using these sources to achieve this and what was the outcome? (maximum 300 words)

You should include a covering letter summarising your skills, knowledge and work experience, along with an up-to-date resume which clearly detail your skills and experience as relevant to this role. 

For further information regarding the role please download the Role Description

Applying for a role in the NSW Public Service

For more information on how to apply for a role in the NSW Public Service, please refer here.

The NSW Electoral Commission embraces diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the population of New South Wales. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, mature-age people, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this role. 

If you have any questions about applying or would benefit from an adjustment to the recruitment process to help you perform your best please contact [email protected]. For more information on recruitment adjustments visit I Work for NSW Adjustments for individual needs.

Applications received and completed after closing time will not be considered for selection. 

The selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.

For further information, contact NSW Electoral Commission’s Talent team on [email protected] 

Other Information

Your employment will be subject to National Criminal Records Check to determine your suitability for employment.  

The NSW Electoral Commission is committed to maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. The Commission requires all its employees to refrain from membership of any political party and from engaging in political activity which could be seen as reflecting adversely on the strict political neutrality of the Commission. To maintain political neutrality, applicants for roles with the Commission who are, who have been or who may be perceived to be or have been connected with political activities may also be ineligible for appointment and should disclose such information as part of their application. This does not include voting in a Commonwealth, State or Local Government election, which is compulsory in NSW. The Commission's Political Neutrality Policy may be viewed on its website.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles of the same work classification that may become available for filling over the next 18 months.

This role is based in at our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office with a hybrid work arrangement. You must also be able to attend centralised count centres during election operations.

Applications Close: Tuesday 10th February @ 11.59pm