This is your opportunity to work at ECQ and support the commission to deliver across these key functions:

conducting state, local and industrial elections and referendums;
reviewing state and local electoral boundaries; and
regulating and promoting compliance with electoral funding and disclosure requirements.

The ECQ also offers the following employment opportunities and benefits:
Competitive salary and benefits, including generous leave entitlements,
superannuation benefits (12.75 per cent employer contribution) and salary packaging options.

Job details

As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), you will be contributing to something unique within the Queensland government. The ECQ is a modern and professional statutory authority, responsible for the impartial conduct of Queensland elections.

This is not your typical Chief Information Officer/ICT leadership role. This role works in an environment of changing demographics, emerging technologies, community expectations for greater convenience, and business improvement opportunities. In this role you will be a visible leader who works in partnership with your colleagues and be a key contributor to enabling and future-proofing the ECQ's digital technologies and critical election systems.

As a leader with vision, you will create, support, and maintain a strategy-driven service culture that will both give confidence to stakeholders and energise the team. The Queensland Public Service Leadership Competencies for Queensland apply to all positions within the ECQ.

This role has been identified as:
Executive (Leading the function):
Responsible for leading a service delivery, policy, regulatory or strategic advisory function(s) or a geographical area.
Valued for the ability to lead program leaders or other executives and influence within the organisation and with external parties to ensure outcomes.

Your core competencies:
The core competency requirements for this role are:
Stimulates ideas and innovation: Gathers insights and embraces new ideas and innovation to inform future practice.
Leads change in a complex environment: Embraces change and leads with focus and optimism in an environment of complexity and ambiguity.
Makes insightful decisions: Makes considered, ethical and courageous decisions based on insight into the broader context.
Builds enduring relationships: Builds and sustains relationships to enable the collaborative delivery of customer-focused outcomes.
Demonstrates sound governance: Maintains a high standard of practice through a governance and risk management.
Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces: Fosters an inclusive workplace where health, safety and wellbeing are promoted and prioritised.

Other requirements
Citizenship/Visa
To be eligible for this opportunity, you must be an Australian citizen, have permanent residency status or a visa permitting you to work in Australia. If you are not an Australian citizen, you will need to provide evidence of your residency status or visa, with your right to work (including any conditions / restrictions). You are required to notify the department if your right to work in Australia ceases.
Probation
Probationary period of three (3) months must apply to successful applicants who are not permanent employees within the Queensland public sector.
Clearances
Criminal History Checks - Due to the sensitive data, a criminal history check will be undertaken prior to engagement.
Security Checks - Negative vetting clearance may be required

Special requirements
All positions within the ECQ may be expected on occasion to work irregular hours to meet the Commission's commitments, especially during election periods.
It is a requirement of the position, and applicants must be willing to certify, that they have not engaged in any recent political activity and will not engage, during their employment, in any political activity likely to raise a perception of bias. The Electoral Commission of Queensland operates the following political neutrality policy:

So that public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system and electoral outcomes can be maintained, Commission staff must be and must be seen to be politically neutral and are required to:

• • Refrain from membership of any political party
  • Refrain from engaging in political activity which could be seen as reflecting adversely on the staff member's political neutrality
  • Remain politically neutral in all aspects of work and in dealing with all clients.

Applications will remain current for a period of 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/643604/25

Closing Date: Tuesday, 1st July 2025

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

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• 643604 25 - Role Description (Word, 87KB)