Research Officer and Legislative Research Officer

3 days ago

Canberra, Australia Department of the Senate Full time

APS 4
- $79,916 to $85,839
- Committee Office and Procedure Office

**Research Officer, Committee Office (PN 704)**

The occupant of this position is required to provide administrative, organisational and research support, including some report drafting, for committee inquiries. A significant responsibility of this position is the organisation, coordination and documentation of the committee’s estimates process and the monitoring and distribution of questions on notice.

The occupant of this position must be client-focused, able to work to consistently high standards and occasionally for long hours. Accurate and professional writing skills are also key requirements of this position.

**Legislative Research Officer, Legislative Scrutiny Unit within the Procedure Office (PN 31)**

The Legislative Research Officer provides high level administrative and coordination support for the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills or the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation. A significant responsibility of this position is the organisation, coordination and documentation of the committee’s scrutiny work. Duties include proofing and editing a variety of documents, coordinating a high volume of correspondence to and from the committee, managing the committee's databases, contributing to the preparation, printing and tabling of reports and other committee publications and preparing other correspondence and documents relevant to the committee’s business.

The Legislative Research Officer also uses relevant software and web publishing packages to prepare and publish materials for the committee’s webpages, coordinates arrangements for committee meetings and hearings, and maintains registers, manuals and databases relevant to the Legislative Scrutiny Unit. The Legislative Research Officer is required to liaise directly with parliamentarians and their staff, ministerial offices, and officials in executive departments and agencies in the performance of these duties.

This recruitment process may be used to fill similar future vacancies in the department.

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