General Election Delivery Taskforce - Roles and responsibilities
Taskforce Stand-Ups August 2023
Role
Role Description
• Direct, monitor and provide advice across the daily
updates, SITREP and incident report.
• Approve the response action plan and ensure it can be
executed within timeframes and resource availability.
Chairperson
• Liaise with the Executive Leadership Team, Board and
Anusha Guler, DCE
Incident Management team to provide regular updates.
Operations
• Escalation of issues to CE, ELT and/or Board.
• Ensure Taskforce structure reflects scale and priorities.
• Provide support and check-in on staff wellbeing, pastoral
care
• Provide insight to the Chair on any reputational risks,
Deputy Chairperson
operational issues, and/or opportunities for the
Martin Rodgers Director
response from Voting Services
Voting Services
• Escalation of issues to Taskforce from Voting Services
• Acting Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson
• Assist the Chair with the management of tasks and the
operation of Taskforce.
• Ensure each function understands their role and the
Taskforce Support
actions required.
Crispian
Principal
• Ensure information flows are effective between
Advisor Operations
functions.
• Ensure functions are appropriately resourced and
resolve any internal conflicts.
Executive Assistant
Paula-Ann, Executive Assistant
• managing the administrative arrangements for the Taskforce
Operations
• Support of operational aspects of the delivery of General
Operations
Election through enrolment and engagement teams (to be
Strategic Engagement and
incorporated into voting services team during the election
Partnerships Director
period)
• Provide insight and data on processing of enrolment forms
Enrolment Director
• Collect information on Customer enquiries to inform the Intel
Customer Services
and enquiry function.
Grace
Business
• Update on Day-to-day response activities
Enablement Manager
• Provide trends to affected functions (including locations) via
Customer Enquiries platform to Taskforce
• Manage internal and external messages
Communications
• Determine key messages in association with the Taskforce
Suzanne Knight-Tinirau,
• ensuring these are accessible, updated, and consistent.
Manager Communications and
• Prepare media releases and briefings if required
Education
• Monitor media views/comments to identify any risks.
• Production and dissemination of the Dashboard
Intelligence
• Collect information to provide situational awareness to the
Beth
Principal Advisor
response and inform the Action Plan.
Data and Insights
• Ensure accuracy and usability of response information.
Business Unit Representatives
• Field staff delivering the General Election
Overseas Voting Services
• Provide insight into the overseas operational delivery of the
Manager
General Election
John
Mgr Overseas VS
• Coordination day-to-day operations activities
• Field staff delivering the General Election
Regional Manager Voting
• Provide insight into the operational delivery of the General
Services
Election across the country
RMs VS
• Coordination day-to-day operations activities
Principal Advisor Voting
Services
• Subject matter expert on processes and manuals for Voting
Adele
Principal Advisor
Services
VS
• Provide legal and policy advice, guidance and updates on
Legal and Policy
legal matters.
Legal Team
• Investigate and respond to complaints about possible
breaches of electoral rules
Senior Advisor Security
• Provision of security support and advice to the Chairperson
Sarah
Senior
and other functions
Advisor, Ops, Security and
• Provide information from intra-agency
Resilience
Finance
• Provision of finance support to the Chairperson and other
Emma Gillard, Mgr Finance and
functions
Admin
• Provision of IT and systems support to the Chairperson and
Information Technology
other functions
James
CIO
• Analyse, prioritise and understand issues of internal systems
• Provision of HR, ER, and recruitment advice to the Controller
and other functions.
People and Culture
• Analyse, prioritise, and understand the needs of affected
Izak
P&C Mgr
staff.
• Liaise with unions/associations