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Team Lead, Corporate Systems

Posted on March 23, 2026

Sydney, Australia
0 - 0 USD (yearly)

Full Time

Team Lead, Corporate Systems job opportunity

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NSW Electoral Commission

Reference number

0000B8NC

Occupation

Systems Administration

Work type

Full-Time

Location

Sydney City

Salary Information

Package includes base salary ($129,464 - $142,665), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.

Closing date

06 April 2026 at 11:59pm

Hybrid work opportunity
Worklife Balance
Work with a ‘can do’ team with excellent training

About the Role

The Team Lead Corporate Systems is responsible for is responsible for leading the ongoing technical roadmap that drives the development and testing of corporate systems to ensure systems are fit for purpose for the organisation’s specialist business functions.

The role is Ongoing Full-time position.

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 and regulating elections
Communicating and engaging with current and future voters, key NSW community stakeholders and NSW election participants; and
Investigating possible offences and enforcing electoral and lobbying 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 through study and face to face training
Access to self-paced expert-led training via LinkedIn Learning
Employee Assistance Program for wellbeing support
Staff social events to connect with colleagues
Work/Life balance (35 hour working week), flex leave, generous holidays and leave conditions
Access to Fitness Passport for eligible staff
Free annual flu vaccination
Convenient CBD location, access to public transport

Key knowledge, experience and essential requirements

As the successful candidate, you will have:

Proven experience in managing the delivery of complex software projects, preferably in both Waterfall and Agile environments, including the demonstrated ability to accurately estimate and scope work to deliver software changes.
Extensive experience in application development with a strong technical background in Microsoft technologies and cloud computing platforms, such as Azure, including relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong track record in engaging at a technical level with teams to maximise individual team member and overall team performance.
Demonstrated experience using a range of software development planning, monitoring reporting and quality assurance tools, such as Jira, Zephr, Confluence, Azure DevOps.
Working knowledge of DevOps and Continuous Delivery.
Politically neutral with no affiliation to political parties or lobbyists/campaigners.
Satisfactory Criminal Record check result.

How to apply

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

Describe a situation where your understanding of both business processes and technology led to a successful systems implementation (max 500 words)
Tell me about a situation where you had to identify the root cause of a system issue. How did you go about troubleshooting, and what steps did you take to resolve the issue? (max 500 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

Applying for a role in the NSW Public Service

For more information on how to apply for a role in the NSW Public Service, please refer here

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.

If you have any questions about applying or would benefit from an adjustment to the recruitment process to help you perform your best please contact talent@elections.nsw.gov.au. For more information on recruitment adjustments visit I Work for NSW Adjustments for individual needs.

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 talent@elections.nsw.gov.au.

Other Information

Your employment will be subject to National Criminal Records Check to determine your suitability for employment.

The NSW Electoral Commission is committed to maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. The Commission requires all its employees to 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 Commission. To maintain political neutrality, applicants for roles with the Commission who are, who have been or who may be perceived to be or have been connected with political activities may also be ineligible for appointment and should disclose such information as part of their application. This does not include voting in a Commonwealth, State or Local Government election, which is compulsory in NSW. The Commission’s Political Neutrality Policy may be viewed on its website.

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 is not a hybrid role and is based at our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office and during election events you will be required to work from other locations.

Applications Close: Monday 6th April 2026 @ 11.59pm

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