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Director, Election Event Planning, Delivery & Operations
Election Event Management; Brisbane
As a member of the Election Event Management (EEM) senior leadership team, you will contribute to the overall success and operational performance of ECQ as a trusted statutory authority, responsible for the impartial, safe and effective conduct of Queensland elections.
The purpose of this role is to lead the end-to-end planning, delivery and operational execution of ECQ's election events, integrating program management, logistics and service delivery functions to achieve readiness and performance outcomes across all election event types. The role translates election event strategy into operational reality, drives delivery performance during live election periods, and is responsible for building ECQ's capacity to run elections efficiently, consistently and at scale.
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | Project Management |
| Classification | SO |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City |
| Job ad reference | QLD/704379/26 |
| Closing date | 03-Nov-2026 |
| Job duration | to 30/01/2029, with possible extension |
| Contact person | Julie Cavanagh |
| Contact details | Phone: 07 3035 8026 Access the National Relay Service |
As the Director, Election Event Planning, Delivery & Operations you will be responsible for the following:
- Contribute as a senior leader within the EEM executive team, supporting the Executive Director in driving operational strategy and performance across the function, modelling effective integration across planning, delivery and logistics portfolios, and contributing to ECQ's broader organisational leadership and culture.
- Provide advice to the Executive Director, Electoral Commissioner and senior executives on election delivery strategy, operational preparedness, resource requirements and emerging risks.
- Provide strategic oversight of election event risks, governance and assurance activities, ensuring emerging issues are identified, mitigated and escalated appropriately and that election delivery is supported by robust controls and decision-making frameworks.
- Lead end-to-end election event program management, owning the forward planning approach for all election event types and ensuring that events are scoped, sequenced, resourced and tracked for readiness from initiation through to close-out.
- Accountable for the operational delivery of election events across all service channels, including industrial, by-election, local government and state government elections, owning delivery performance and ensuring services are executed to standard during live election periods.
- Lead event resourcing, mobilisation and readiness activities, coordinating preparedness across teams, managing dependencies and milestones, and overseeing rehearsal and readiness assurance to ensure ECQ is operationally ready for each election event, including as a Program Manager directly responsible for leading project leads through complex operational project planning and successful delivery.
- Ensure effective operational coordination between EEM and ECQ business units during election event delivery, managing escalations, resolving delivery issues and ensuring business unit services are integrated into live event operations.
- Lead supply chain and logistics management for election events, ensuring procurement, inventory, facilities and logistical arrangements are aligned to event requirements and that the operational supply chain reliably supports election execution at scale.
- Build strategic relationships with delivery partners, contracted suppliers and internal ECQ stakeholders, overseeing supplier performance and contract delivery to ensure the operational supply chain reliably meets event requirements.
- Lead and develop a high-performing operations and delivery team across planning, delivery, logistics and supply portfolios, role-modelling ECQ values, fostering a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement, and supporting team development and performance to meet the demands of complex, time-sensitive election delivery.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/704379/26
Closing Date: Tuesday, 3 November 2026
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