Team Leader – Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770717
- Agency: Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority
- Job Title: Team Leader
- Position Number: 69708 and 9010071
- Classification: APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – ACT, Various locations – NSW,
- Salary: $99,734 – $121,277
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements will be considered in)
About Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority
The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority’s (IPEA) roles and functions reflect those prescribed in the Independent
Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017 and include: • providing advice to parliamentarians and their staff on travel expenses,
allowances, and related expenses • administering travel expenses, allowances, and related expenses, including processing these
claims • reporting on work expense claims • auditing work expense claims
Duties
- Respond to queries and requests for advice on travel and office expenses from
- parliamentarians and their staff, and former parliamentarians in accordance with the
- legislative framework.
- Manage and supervise a small team that delivering client-facing services for federal
- parliamentarians and their staff. This may include processing travel-related claims,
- coordinating and delivering IPEA’s role in administering international travel, drafting and
- responding to requests for travel or office advice and delivering on team service level
- standards.
- Build and maintain working relationships within IPEA and with stakeholders and use your
- networks and expertise to problem solve incidents and deliver quality services.
- Interpret complex legislation and parliamentary frameworks and apply to federal
- parliamentarians and their staff and provide advice or guidance on these frameworks as
- required.
- Respond to queries and requests for advice both verbally and in writing, from
- parliamentarians and their staff, and former parliamentarians in accordance with the
- legislative framework.
- Assist to deliver IPEA education to a high standard, in both face-to-face and virtual settings
- and analysing client feedback to continuously improve services and product as required.
- Draft email correspondence, briefings, advice, internal procedure documents and other
- written material as required.
- Ensure the legislative requirements and service level standards are met.
- Support the Director and Assistant Director on delivering objectives, and in meeting ad hoc
- demands and other functions within IPEA as needed.
- The APS Work Level Standards provide five key characteristics about the broad job requirements
- and operating context for each classification level. IPEA are seeking candidates who possess the
- following job specific skills:
- Leadership and accountability
- Management diversity and span
- Stakeholder management
- Job context and environment
- Independence and decision-making
- For further information regarding these key characteristics review the candidate information pack
- on the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . website
Eligibility / Notes
- This is a designated security assessed position. The successful applicant will be required to have
- or obtain and maintain a security assessment at the Baseline level.
How to Apply
Position Contact Kayla Wood, 02 6215 3561
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.ipea.gov.au/about-ipea/employment
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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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