Join a professional team whose role is to enable everyone across the Commission to produce great communications that help people participate effectively in electoral and democratic processes across NSW.

1. Support delivering democracy for NSW
2. Coordinate the development of community education resources and translated materials to ensure everyone can participate

Purpose of the Role

The Campaigns Coordinator supports the creation of content and contributes to media, social and advertising campaigns to build understanding of and engagement with all parts of the electoral and democratic process among external audiences including voters, parties, candidates, lobbyists and donors.  

The role is temporary until September 2024 with possible extension.

The NSW Electoral Commission is committed to maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. The NSW Electoral Commission expects that employees 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 NSW Electoral Commission. Applicants who are seen to be or are active in political activities should disclose such information as part of their application.

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 elections;
• Communicating and engaging with the public and our stakeholders; and
• Investigating possible offences and enforcing electoral 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
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/Life balance
• Access to Fitness Passport for eligible staff

Essential Requirements

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully creating audience focused content suitable for diverse channels including traditional and social media.
• Demonstrated understanding of, and experience in, developing and implementing social media plans.
• Track record of delivering communications that demonstrate quality and excellence.
• Politically neutral with no affiliation to political parties or lobbyists/third party campaigners.
• Satisfactory criminal check result.
• Experience in coordinating the development of content and resources, and/or translated material, will be highly regarded.

How to apply

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

1. Describe a situation in which you’ve had to manage multiple competing deadlines across multiple channels. How did you work to resolve the situation effectively? (Max 300 words)
2. Describe your process, using examples, for developing a campaign working with multiple stakeholders. What was your role and how did you achieve the goals of the campaign? (Max 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 or contact the hiring manager Liz Smith, Manager, Corporate Communications on 02 9293 1366.

Applying for a role in the NSW Public Service

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. Please let us know if we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to assist you, please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Campaigns Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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.  

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 at our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office with a hybrid work arrangement.