Employment Type: Ongoing
Classification: Parliamentary Service Level 6
Closing Date: 11:30pm AEDT, 29 August 2025
Contact: Michele Brennan, 02 6277 2764, michele.brennan@aph.gov.au

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Law and Bills Digest Section is looking for a legal researcher with sound judgement who can work across a range of areas of law and legal issues relevant to Parliament. You will need to be able to succinctly and accurately summarise and explain complex legal issues and legislation in a clear, non-technical manner.
This role requires an ability to write clearly and succinctly, and to quickly find and provide accurate, relevant information and advice to parliamentary clients.
This is an ongoing position. Any merit pool created from this recruitment process may be used to fill ongoing or non-ongoing positions that may arise over the next 18 months.

Job Specific Requirements:

• Researchers in the Law & Bills Digest Section are required to have a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) qualification (as a minimum).
• Skills in writing for non-technical audiences is highly desirable. Also important is the ability and willingness to develop knowledge in new areas.
• 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 6 classification. The duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Providing high quality research, analysis and advice on complex issues (including the identification, retrieval, analysis and synthesis of information from diverse sources) to clients and internal stakeholders on legal matters.
• Write or contribute to Bills Digests as allocated and in accordance with requirements, including adherence to timeframes.
• Contribute to research papers and information resources on a range of matters to inform parliamentary clients and other stakeholders, and that maintain the Library’s high standards of scholarship and integrity.
• Providing high quality service delivery or corporate support functions, including managing client expectations.
• Continue to develop professional networks, competence and expertise, especially in new areas. Actively developing effective, collaborative and strategic working relationships across the organisation, with other organisations, and with clients and other stakeholders, and if necessary supervising, mentoring, and/or coaching other staff