Library Chief of Staff

**Employment Type**:Ongoing

**Classification**: Parliamentary Executive Level 2

**Closing Date**: 11:30pm AEDT, 8 October 2025

**The Opportunity**:
The Parliamentary Library, Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) is recruiting for a Chief of Staff, within the Office of the Parliamentary Librarian.

The Chief of Staff reports directly to the Parliamentary Librarian and is responsible for providing high quality, stakeholder focused, responsive, integrated, and accountable services to the Library and the Parliament. They will be required to provide high quality strategic and technical advice to the Parliamentary Librarian, members of Library’s SES team and other internal and external stakeholders.

The Parliamentary Librarian is required by the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 to, among other things:

- ‘provide high quality information, analysis and advice to Senators and Members of the House of Representatives in support of their parliamentary and representational roles.’_

The Act requires the Parliamentary Librarian to perform this function:

- In a timely, impartial and confidential manner; and
- Maintaining the highest standards of scholarship and integrity; and
- On the basis of equality of access for all Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, parliamentary committees and staff acting on behalf of Senators, Members or parliamentary committees; and
- Having regard to the independence of Parliament from the Executive Government of the Commonwealth.

**Who we are looking for**:
**Job Specific Requirements**:

- The successful applicant will be required to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting 1 (Confidential/Highly Protected/Secret) security clearance.

**Duty Statement**:
**Classification**:Parliamentary Executive Level 2

**Branch**:Parliamentary Library

**Section**:Office of the Parliamentary Librarian

**Immediate supervisor**:Parliamentary Librarian

Under limited/general direction undertake duties in accordance with the agreed standards for the Parliamentary Executive Level 2 classification. The duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Effective management of the Office of the Parliamentary Librarian including the areas of service delivery, stakeholder engagement, human resources, and financial management.
- Providing high quality analysis and advice to clients and internal stakeholders in relation to the work of the Parliamentary Library.
- Research and prepare strategic advice and communications to the Parliamentary Librarian, Senior Executive and Senior Managers Forum on diverse, complex, and sensitive matters to facilitate informed decision making.
- Lead the work program of external facing teams in the Library including client relations, central enquiries, publications, external engagement and communications and supervise, mentor and/or coach staff.
- Provide issues management and support, responding to emerging issues to ensure effective resolution with mínimal risk to the Library and the parliament.
- Oversee the Office of the Parliamentary Librarian’s relationships with key stakeholders, including acting as the point of contact for the Presiding Officers’ advisers and offices.
- Contributing to the management of the Parliamentary Library and Office of the Parliamentary Librarian through participation in relevant management groups and undertaking project work and policy development.

Actively develop effective, collaborative, and strategic working relationships across the organisation, with Parliamentary Departments, and with clients and other organisations and stakeholders.
- Employees of DPS are required to be able, and to be seen to be able, to provide professional advice and services to all Senators and Members without favour or prejudice._

**Selection Criteria**:
**Achieve results**:

- Builds capability and responsiveness
- Marshals expertise internally and externally
- Steers and implements change and deals with uncertainty
- Ensures closure and delivers on intended results

**Cultivates productive working relationships**:

- Develops internal and external relationships to support work objectives, including effective team building and management
- Facilitates cooperation and works collaboratively
- Values individual differences and diversity
- Works constructively to resolve conflict

**Personal and professional qualities**:

- Manages a complex team including the efficient allocation of tasks, balancing competing priorities and ensuring that client services are delivered on time and to a high-quality, guides and develops staff in client relations, stakeholder management and external engagement
- Possesses strong client service ethic
- Demonstrates probity and accountability, initiative, resilience, and good judgement

**Communicates with influence**:

- Communicates clearly and appropriately with clients, stakeholders, team members and peers
Listens, understands, and adapts to audience
- Negotiates persuasively
- Tailors responses according to