Senior Research Officer – Department of the Senate
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770877
- Agency: Department of the Senate
- Job Title: Senior Research Officer
- Position Number: 181
- Classification: APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Sunday 26 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Barton ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Barton
- Salary: $112,252 – $123,136
- Office Arrangement: On Site (Employees are entitled to request flexible working)
About Department of the Senate
The Department of the Senate provides the secretariat to the Senate – enabling its legislative and accountability activities – and to
dozens of parliamentary committees, whose work encompasses the Senate’s scrutiny functions and its exercise of Parliament’s
broad inquiry powers. In doing so, departmental officers provide the Senate, its committees, the President and other senators
expert, impartial advice about Senate and committee operations. We publish the Senate’s records, and produce an array of
information resources so that people may understand and engage in its work. With our colleagues across the Parliamentary
Service we also provide specialised advice and logistical support to senators so they may undertake their duties.
Duties
- Provide report drafting, legislative scrutiny, analysis and research assistance for the
- Legislative Scrutiny Unit committees, including the preparation of briefs, papers and other
- background material for consideration by the committees.
- Provide administrative assistance for the Legislative Scrutiny Unit committees, particularly in
- the preparation of material for, and organisation of, committee meetings.
- Draft correspondence, including correspondence with departments and ministers regarding
- legislation, and respond to inquiries from the public in relation to committee business.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of Senate procedures and parliamentary law and practice,
- particularly as they relate to the work of committees.
Eligibility / Notes
- Highly desirable:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications (or progress towards relevant tertiary qualifications).
- Familiarity with, and knowledge of, legislation and legislative processes.
- Understanding of administrative law and rule of law principles.
How to Apply
Position Contact [email protected], 02 6277 5924
Agency Recruitment Site https://recruitmentsenate.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.listJobs&jobListid=2
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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