Assistant Director, Travel and Office Advice – Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770713
- Agency: Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority
- Job Title: Assistant Director, Travel and Office Advice
- Position Number: 69706
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- 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: $128,624 – $155,764
- 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
- Leading a team to deliver consistently high-quality outcomes, including working closely with
- colleagues across work areas to achieve results for IPEA’s clients and deliver across the
- Branch’s service level standards.
- Interpret complex legislation and apply the Parliamentary Business Resources framework
- and Staff Travel framework, and guidelines to real-world scenarios.
- Provide and draft travel and office-related advice to parliamentarians and their staff based on
- the relevant legislative framework.
- Represent IPEA in delivering education sessions to parliamentarians and their staff across
- Australia, including interstate travel as required.
- Monitor and evaluate the quality of advice and service provided by the team, implementing
- improvements where necessary.
- Gather insights from client advice, feedback and survey results to inform improvements to
- IPEA communications and services.
- Extract, interpret and analyse data from a range of systems to contribute to agency wide
- reporting and support decision making.
- Undertake other projects in support of CSB functions including reviewing proposed
- legislative changes in consultation with relevant stakeholders, meetings or forums with
- counterparts.
- Ad-hoc presentations to clients, and work to strategically implement additional functions or
- projects relevant to the Branch.
- Please note – this role may require interstate travel.
- 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 Negative Vetting 1 level.
How to Apply
Position Contact Tanyth Lawless, 02 6215 1794
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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