Organisational Psychologist – Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (PWSS)
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769799
- Agency: Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (PWSS)
- Job Title: Organisational Psychologist
- Position Number: 141167
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Monday 08 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – ACT, Various locations – NSW,
- Salary: $131,199 – $169,260
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible)
About Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (PWSS)
People Branch is responsible for providing a broad range of human resources advice and services
to the clients of the PWSS – Parliamentarians and Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (MoPS
Act) employees. This includes development of policies and advice on human resource matters
during the employment life cycle, and advice and services related to work health and safety, and
wellbeing in the workplace. The Branch is also responsible for the 24-hour independent and
confidential support services provided to Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplace (CPW)
participants.
Duties
- Undertaking organisational culture reviews of CPWs to assess staff wellbeing, team
- dynamics and work health and safety risks, including psychosocial risks
- Providing workplace intervention strategies such as facilitated discussions, coaching and
- support to workplace training activities
- Identifying and managing work health and safety risks, including psychosocial risks
- Co-designing and implementing strategies to strengthen safe and respectful workplaces
- Providing trauma-informed care when supporting employees, people-managers and
- employers through inappropriate behaviour including but not limited to; discrimination,
- bullying, harassment, workplace conflict, assault and sexual assault
- Being available to fulfil the 24/7 service delivery requirements of the Counselling and
- Support function, for a period of 7 days, managed through a roster system and remunerated
- through a restriction allowance and TOIL arrangement
- Providing high level advice on service delivery and operational policy, particularly in relation
- to the experiences and needs of Cultural and Linguistically diverse people and First Nations
- people who work or volunteer in CPWs
- Preparing complex and/or sensitive correspondence, reports, corporate documentation,
- submissions, proposal papers and notes
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to achieve optimal outcomes for clients.
Eligibility / Notes
- This role is being advertised as both ongoing and non-ongoing. The role may be offered as
- either ongoing or non-ongoing subject to business needs and/or candidate preference.
- Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled as a specified term vacancy for
- an initial period of up to 12 months.
- 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.
- Candidates must be independent, impartial, and apolitical, and must be seen as such. A
- private interest disclosure form must be completed prior to an offer being made to disclose
- any material personal interests that may or may appear to influence a candidate’s ability to
- discharge their responsibilities as an APS employee.
- 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. All PWSS staff
- are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo a mandatory National Co-ordinated
- Criminal History Check (NCCHC).
- The Parliamentary Workplace Support Service is committed to building an inclusive and
- culturally diverse workforce. We welcome applications from across our community including,
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with disability, people from
- culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, mature
- aged employees and carers.
How to Apply
Position Contact Jackie Paul, (02) 6277 9812
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.pwss.gov.au/pwss-careers
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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