Initial contractduration - until 30th June 2027
Extension term 12 months
Experience level Lead - EL1 equivalent
Location of work ACT
Workingarrangements type:Hybrid
Workingarrangements
Flexible working arrangements (i.e. a combination of onsite
attendance at an AEC office and remote working) will beconsidered
Maximum hours 40 hours per week
Security clearance Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1
Job details
As the UX designer, you will engage with both business and technical areas to design intuitive user interfaces and bring them to life. You are solution focused and will support an Agile team in solving complex user and business problems.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Leading user experience design activities in a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team in prediscovery, discovery and design and delivery.
- Facilitating co-design workshops and interviews with system owners, business area, and endusers
- Creating user interface designs and interactive prototypes
- Developing wireframes and functional specifications
- Documenting user research findings and contribute to presenting concepts to business areas
- Promoting a user centric point of view and demonstrating creativity in interaction design
- Develop user personas. Create wireframes and prototypes.
- Building on the existing AEC Design System
- Collaborating with the Enabling team, including Agile Coaches and Service Designers, to continuously improve how the team delivers value to the busines
- Being proactive in identifying areas of process/technology improvement/innovation
- Managing and developing a productive working environment with the business and other stakeholders
- Perform additional duties or assume responsibility of functions as directed from time to time
- Contributing to the continuous improvement of testing by monitoring and keeping abreast of new testing technologies and systems, and providing recommendations for development,
process and systems enhancements
About the team
The Funding and Disclosure Reform Program was established to enable the AEC to implement and administer legislative amendments to the Commonwealth Funding and Disclosure Scheme (the Scheme) as set out in Part XX of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Electoral Act) to increase transparency and accountability in Australia’s electoral system.
The Program is made up of three branches – the Program Management Office Branch, the Regulatory Enablement Branch, and the Technology Delivery Branch – that will work together to uplift the AEC’s regulatory capability by designing, building and implementing current processes, resourcing, tools, systems and technology to successfully administer the Scheme.
Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.
Essential criteria
1. You will have at least 5 years of UX/UI practice in a similar role
2. Strong communication skills - should be able to communicate ideas effectively, both verbally and through presentations.
3. Proven ability to work autonomously to deliver in a project and program environment while also being able to work cohesively in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver shared goals
4. Proven experience with running user testing/usability testing and an understanding of the digital landscape, technologies, trends and key tools
5. Strong conceptual and information design skills as well as strong experience with Figma, Miro and Adobe CC
6. Experience in key areas of UX Design and its methodologies
Additional requirements
1. Your submission must include 1 PDF attachment containing all requested information below. (Only 1 PDF should be uploaded per submission. Select Yes/No below to indicate if information has been added Receive back: Attachment)
2. Candidate availability to commence (e.g. 2 weeks' notice) Receive back: Yes/No response
3. Confirmation that Australian Citizenship is held - proof may be requested Receive back: Yes/No response
4. Current Securit