Employment Type: Ongoing
Classification: Parliamentary Service Level 4
Closing Date: 11:30pm AEDT, 29 August 2025
Contact: Catherine Gilbert, 0262772695, catherine.gilbert@aph.gov.au

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Applicants should have a strong client focus, attention to detail, excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team. We require flexible, proactive individuals with strong digital literacy skills and a willingness to learn new skills.
Qualifications in library and/or information studies recognised by the Australian Library and Information Association, or equivalent library experience is also desirable.

Job Specific Requirements:

• Operate manual storage units and handle collection material weighing up to 6kg.
• The successful applicant will be required to obtain and maintain a Baseline Vetting (Protected/Restricted) security clearance.

At DPS, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that ensures all our people can contribute to our shared purpose. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people who identify as neurodivergent, and mature aged people.

OUR PURPOSE AND VALUES

We proudly provide innovative, unified, and client-focused services to the Australian Parliament and parliamentarians. We are a values driven department, placing our values at the heart of everything we do; from our service offerings and decision making to our interactions with stakeholders and each other.
Our people are employed in a broad and unique range of professional, customer service and trade-based roles, all joined by a shared purpose: to make an enduring contribution to Australia’s parliamentary democracy. We have an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the community we serve. While we come from all walks of life, we share a commitment to care for and protect our iconic workplace.
Every year, almost one million people visit Australian Parliament House to experience the parliamentary process, the building’s architecture, nationally significant art collections, events, tours, and food and dining experiences – all made possible by our people, who are active participants in an environment where no two days are the same.

Under limited/general direction undertake duties in accordance with the agreed standards for the Parliamentary Service Level 4 classification. The duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Undertake the disposal process for collection items such as monographs and reference serials, including the identification, processing and documentation of collection items marked for disposal.
• Oversee the binding of collection material and organise complex binding tasks such as the binding of parliamentary publications.
• Investigate and capture items suggested for addition to the Library’s electronic repository.
• Contribute to the maintenance of library collection and acquisitions records in the library management system, including data remediation work on collection data.
• Contribute to client service delivery through liaising with clients, internal staff, and external agencies to resolve any issues in library collection management and acquisition of library materials.
• Contribute to improvements to the section’s procedures and guidelines.
• Contribute to other collection management and corporate activities as required