Azooa is seeking a Advantages Management and Risk Specialist to support the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).

THE OPPORTUNITY

- EL1 equivalent contract opportunity.
- Canberra preferred; other AEC office locations across Australia will be considered.
- Hybrid arrangements will be considered, combining attendance at an AEC office with remote working.
- Estimated start: 1 December 2026, with the business area seeking commencement as soon as possible.
- Initial engagement to 30 June 2027.
- Up to two extension options, described as not exceeding 12 months; details require confirmation.
- Maximum 40 hours per week.
- Australian citizenship and an active AGSVA Baseline security clearance are required.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Funding and Disclosure (FAD) Reform Program supports the AEC to implement and administer legislative amendments to the Commonwealth Funding and Disclosure Scheme under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. The reforms aim to increase transparency and accountability in Australia's electoral system.

The program comprises the Program Management Office, Regulatory Enablement and Technology Delivery branches, uplifting regulatory capability through new processes, tools, systems and technology.

A key technology outcome is an enterprise Identity and Access Management System, providing authentication and authorisation capability to securely administer the Scheme and support broader AEC digital services.

YOUR ROLE

You will support the effective management of benefits, risks, issues and dependencies across the FAD Reform Program. Working with program leadership, delivery branches,



governance forums and key stakeholders, you will provide strategic advice, practical support and assurance over the information used to guide delivery.

The program already has benefits, risk, issue and dependency frameworks. This is a new, vacant role focused on maintaining and uplifting those arrangements to meet AEC and relevant whole-of-Government guidance.

You will facilitate workshops and reviews, follow up actions and treatments, identify emerging concerns and interdependencies, and support timely escalation and resolution. You will also help align benefits management with program objectives, delivery priorities and scaled agile ways of working.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

- Develop, review and maintain the program's benefits, risk, issues and dependencies frameworks, management plans, registers, profiles and supporting artefacts.
- Lead program-level benefits management, including identifying benefits, preparing profiles, clarifying ownership, establishing measurement, reporting progress and tracking realisation.
- Review program risks and support their identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring and escalation in line with established governance requirements.




- Establish and maintain effective processes for identifying, recording, managing, escalating and closing program issues.
- Monitor, analyse and report on risks, issues and dependencies that may affect delivery or benefits realisation. Escalate emerging concerns and support practical mitigation and management strategies.
- Identify and monitor internal and external dependencies across branches, delivery activities, policy, regulation, technology and organisational change.
- Facilitate benefits, risk, issues and dependencies workshops with accountable owners, delivery teams and key stakeholders, supporting clear responsibilities and agreed actions.
- Uplift benefits reporting to meet internal and external requirements, including reporting on realisation and the risks, issues and dependencies affecting program outcomes.
- Integrate benefits, risks, issues and dependencies into program planning, business cases, delivery roadmaps, assurance activities and change control processes.
- Support an approach to benefits management that aligns with scaled agile methodologies and identifies factors that may affect benefits realisation.
- Provide assurance over the quality, completeness, consistency and currency of registers, profiles, reports and related governance artefacts.
- Build effective relationships across the program and agency, strengthen commitment to benefits realisation and support the management of interdependencies.
- Coach and mentor PMO staff and delivery teams to improve capability and the consistent application of program management

📌 Benefits Management Specialist (Canberra)
🏢 Azooa
📍 Canberra