Director, Event Workforce

Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra; Sur place; AUD 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Australian Electoral Commission is seeking a Director, Event Workforce to lead national workforce programs, policies and services supporting federal elections and referendums. Based in Canberra, you will coordinate recruitment, training, and remuneration frameworks for a large temporary workforce.

You will work with senior executives and operational leaders to ensure compliant, efficient workforce delivery across a geographically dispersed network, driving continuous improvement and robust

Qualifications

• Proven strategic leadership in complex operational environments.
• Experience leading large-scale workforce mobilisation and recruitment programs.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience managing budgets, contracts, procurement and service providers.

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic leadership and operational management of the workforce function.
• Oversee development of policies, procedures, systems, contracts and operational frameworks.
• Ensure nationally consistent workforce management across a dispersed network.
• Collaborate with senior executives, state managers and external providers to deliver workforce outcomes.

Connaissances

Strategic leadership

Workforce mobilisation

Recruitment

Budgeting & contracts

Stakeholder engagement

Description du poste

The Event Workforce Section sits within the Event Enabling Branch and is responsible for the strategic planning, recruitment, establishment, support, training coordination, and remuneration systems that enable the AEC's event workforce. The section provides national leadership for the attraction, recruitment, and management of the AEC's permanent election surge workforce and Temporary Election Workforce (TEW), supporting the delivery of federal elections, referendums, and by-elections across Australia. The section is responsible for overseeing workforce planning, labour hire arrangements, TEW systems, operational recruitment delivery, employment frameworks, training support arrangements, and workforce reporting. During a federal election, these arrangements support the engagement, training, and payment of approximately 100,000 temporary election workers nationwide. This is an exciting opportunity to join the AEC and contribute to work that has a direct impact on Australia's democratic processes. As Director, Event Workforce, you will provide strategic leadership and operational management of the AEC’s workforce function, ensuring the agency can recruit, establish and support a suitably skilled temporary workforce to deliver electoral events. The role leads nationally significant workforce programs and services, overseeing the development of policies, procedures, systems, contracts and operational frameworks that support election readiness and successful event delivery. The Director is responsible for ensuring nationally consistent workforce management practices and service delivery across a geographically dispersed network. The Director works collaboratively with senior executives, State Managers, operational leaders, People Branch and external providers to deliver workforce outcomes that are scalable, compliant, efficient and capable of supporting the AEC's evolving operational requirements.

To excel you’ll have:

We are seeking a motivated and capable professional who can demonstrate the skills, knowledge and experience required to perform successfully in this role.

• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic leadership in complex operational environments, including setting direction, leading teams, building organisational capability, fostering a positive workplace culture and delivering outcomes through others.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale workforce mobilisation, recruitment, service delivery or operational programs, including establishing frameworks, systems and processes to support consistent national delivery.
• Highly developed communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience building productive relationships, negotiating outcomes and working collaboratively across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, contracts, procurement activities and service provider relationships, together with the ability to evaluate risks, drive continuous improvement and deliver compliant, efficient business outcomes.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Commonwealth employment frameworks and workforce legislation.