Parliamentary and Cabinet Liaison Officers

• Business Enabling Services Group / Corporate (BES) Division / Parliamentary, Governance and Strategy (BES/CD) Branch
• APS 5 ($92,127 - $103,372),APS 6 ($101,355 - $123,702) | Ongoing | Full-time
• Canberra, ACT

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ABOUT THE BRANCH & TEAM

The Parliamentary, Governance and Strategy (PGS) Branch provides an integral link to the parliament, our portfolio ministers and departmental executive. The branch delivers advice and support to enable our ministers, the department and portfolio agencies to fulfil their responsibilities, including to the parliament.

The branch also delivers secretariat support to Finance’s governance committees and coordinates implementation of the Enhanced Commonwealth Performance Framework which includes preparation of Finance’s corporate plan and annual report. It supports the advancement of Australia’s international strategic, security and economic interests with counterpart agencies in the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and the PNG Department of Finance and can provide advice and support to areas of the department hosting visiting foreign delegations.

The Parliamentary Liaison and Coordination team is responsible for a range of activities including delivery of the following services:

• Cabinet liaison
• Parliamentary workflow, including management of the department’s PDMS tenant
• Home department support, through the provision services associated with the daily operation of the portfolio’s ministerial offices
• Senate Estimates
• Interacting with parliament

Parliamentary Liaison Officers play a critical role in supporting parliamentary activities for departments and portfolio ministers’ offices. Services include management of ministerial documents, coordination of departmental appearances at senate estimates and committee hearings, provision of home department support for our ministerial offices and management of PDMS.

Cabinet liaison positions play a critical role in supporting the day to day coordination of cabinet related business across the department. You will be responsible for coordinating cabinet submissions, ensuring compliance with whole-of-government requirements, and supporting the Secretary, executive, and ministers in meeting their cabinet obligations.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for high performing, client service focused officers at the APS5 or APS6 level (based on core capabilities of applicants) to provide high-quality parliamentary and coordination support to our ministers’ offices and across the portfolio.

These positions operate in a team environment and will be given appropriate support. Knowledge of parliamentary and cabinet processes is not essential as training will be provided, however, an ability to quickly gain this knowledge is necessary.

This process may establish a merit pool and used to fill similar vacancies.

Parliamentary Liaison Officer.
Key duties include:

• Providing support, advice and assistance to departmental officers and external agencies for routine PDMS-related matters, including workflow and quality assurance
• Assisting with the portfolio’s question time brief process during parliamentary sitting periods
• Assisting the coordination of senate estimates activities including facilitating the preparation of briefings, supporting executive appearing at the hearings and drafting responses to questions on notice
• Other required tasks associated with the responsibilities of the team.

Cabinet Liaison Officer
Key duties include:

• Coordinating the processing and distribution of cabinet and cabinet committee documents within the department and to portfolio agencies.
• Lodging departmental cabinet submissions, memoranda, departmental comments and ensure all are provided in a timely manner and meet cabinet requirements.
• Maintaining effective internal and external working relationships including with departmental line areas, Cabinet Division, and the CLO network.
• Maintaining robust tracking of cabinet documents within the department and manage departmental cabinet documents in a secure and appropriate manner and in accordance with the Cabinet Handbook and departmental and information security protocol.
• Other required tasks associated with the responsibilities of the team.

In recognition of the requirement for regular out of hours and weekend work, this role attracts an additional CLO allowance of $21,573 (annually), outlined in Finance’s Enterprise Agreement 2024-27

DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION

For detailed information about these roles, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.

ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES

• Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
• Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
• We encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with Disability, LGBTQI+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged people.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• For specific questions relating to this job vacancy (including requests for adjustments), please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.
• We can provide adjustments, including alternate formats of the application form, to the recruitment process for candidates including individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process (including alternate formats or have an enquiry about the support provided, please contact the Recruitment team via recruitment@finance.gov.au or call (02) 6215 1717 between 8:30am - 5:00pm AEST Monday to Friday.
• For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email the Recruitment team via recruitment@finance.gov.au or call (02) 6215 1717 between 8:30am - 5:00pm AEST Monday to Friday.

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