Parliamentary Officer

2 months ago

Canberra, Australia NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Full time

**About the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission**

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (the NDIS Commission) is an independent

agency established on 1 July 2018 to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and

services. The Commission is the dedicated national regulator of NDIS service providers in

Australia and a non-corporate entity under the _Public Governance, Performance and _
- Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act). _

**The NDIS Commission’s core legislative functions**

Uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of, people with
disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the NDIS.

Develop a nationally consistent approach to managing quality and safeguards for
people with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under
the NDIS.

Promote the provision of advice, information, education and training to NDIS
providers and people with disability.

Secure compliance with relevant legislation through effective compliance and
enforcement arrangements.

**Job Reference**

**Number**
085_06/23 **Number of**

**Vacancies**
1

**Position Title** Parliamentary Officer **Division**
N/A

**Classification **APS5 **Branch**
Executive Support and Parliamentary

Services

**Status **Ongoing **Section** Parliamentary Services

**Salary Range **$81,661 - $87,208 **Location **Canberra, ACT

**Contact Person **Stephen Rees **Contact Job Title** Director - Parliamentary Services

**Date Applications**

**Open**
7 JUNE 2023

**Date Applications**

**Close**
21 JUNE 2023 - 11:30PM AEST

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 2

Promote continuous improvement amongst NDIS providers and the delivery of
progressively higher standards of supports and services to people with disability.

Develop and oversee the broad policy design for a nationally consistent framework
relating to the screening of workers involved in the provision of supports and
services to people with disability.

Engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the objects
of the relevant legislation.

Provide NDIS market oversight, including:
i. by monitoring changes in the NDIS market which may indicate emerging risk

ii. by monitoring and mitigating the risks of unplanned service withdrawal.

The NDIS Commission offers interesting and challenging roles. People with a disability are

**Parliamentary Services**

The Parliamentary Services is the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s (NDIS

Commission) central coordination point for ministerial and parliamentary activity.

Parliamentary Services is responsible for the coordination and management of a wide range

of documents and processes related to the Minister for National Disability Insurance

Scheme, the NDIS Commission Executive as well as a number of parliamentary committees,

including the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Parliamentary Services has a diverse range of responsibilities, which includes ministerial

correspondence, ministerial submissions and briefs, and coordination activities such as

Question Time Briefs (QTBs), Senate Estimates and parliamentary committee inquiry

hearings, administering the NDIS Commission’s instance of the Parliamentary Document

Management System (PDMS), and staff engagement and training on ministerial and

parliamentary matters. Parliamentary Services also works closely with the Office of the

Commissoner in coordinating and tracking Commissioner engagement activity for events,

meetings and site visits.

**Key duties**

Assist with the day-to-day processes of ministerial correspondence, ministerial

submissions and briefs and Question Time Briefs, while ensuring items are processed

within the agreed timeframes, are of high quality.

Performing quality assurance on all types of parliamentary documents, including

formatting, spelling, punctuation, grammar and overall presentation, ensuring

documents are meeting the expectation of the Minister and the NDIS Commission

Executive.

Reading/evaluating incoming correspondence received electronically by the

Minister/NDIS Commission, including registering and allocating to divisions with a high

level of accuracy.

Processing cleared letters returned from the Ministers’ offices/NDIS Commission,

ensuring that signed letters are recorded in PDMS and letters are despatched in a

timely manner.

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Assist with managing and allocating work received via the Parliamentary mailbox,

including coordinating input requests and drafting some standard responses.

Support the Senate Estimate and parliamentary committee coordination processes,

including hearing preparations and post-hearing activities (i.e. Questions on Notice);
including briefing executive on key issues and attending hearings. This includes,

preparing hard copy folders for witnesses and other support officers.

Assist with workings of the NDIS Commission’s in

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