Employment Type: Ongoing
Classification: Parliamentary Service Level 4/5
Closing Date: 11:30pm AEDT,10 March 2025
Contact: Luke Buckmaster, 62778644, luke.buckmaster@aph.gov.au

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a researcher who are well-informed, motivated, adaptable and able to provide excellent client service. The successful applicant will work in a team and be expected to display sound judgement and sensitivity while working in the parliamentary environment. They must be able to maintain strict confidentiality and impartiality in accordance with Library policies.

Our researchers should have:

• good communication, liaison, interpersonal and presentational skills
• excellent attention to detail
• demonstrated research, analytical, and writing abilities
• a strong client focus
• the ability to produce accurate work within agreed deadlines and manage competing priorities
• the ability to work across a range of subject areas, including with legislation
• the ability to work effectively as a member of a small team
• an understanding of the parliamentary environment.

Job Specific Requirements:

• The successful applicant will be required to obtain and maintain a Baseline Vetting (Protected/Restricted) security clearance.

At DPS, we acknowledge the value diversity brings. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that ensures all our people can contribute to our shared purpose. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, mature age people, people from diverse backgrounds and people with disability.

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.