Broadcasting Master Control Manager

**Employment Type**:Ongoing

**Classification**: Parliamentary Service Level 6

**Closing Date**: 11:30pm AEST, 8 January 2025

**The Opportunity**:
The Parliamentary Broadcasting Services Section is looking for a suitably skilled person to join our Master Control Room team at the PSL6 level. Parliamentary Broadcasting provides a range of broadcasting services (television, audio and AV) to the Australian Parliament.

The Broadcasting Master Control Room Manager is responsible for overseeing broadcasting technical operations, ensuring that all equipment and systems operate smoothly and efficiently. The role manages a small team of technicians, coordinates maintenance and repairs, and ensures compliance with industry standards and regulations.

**Who we are looking for**:
We are looking for an experienced and competent person with knowledge and proven experience in the technical aspects of live television operations, live audio production and audio-visual services.

You will be managing and leading a small team to maintain signal routing paths, undertake monitoring, routine checks, fault finding and provide first line support and technical training to our operations and production staff.

The successful applicant will also be required to assist in the planning, setting up, operations and control of CCUs for large multi-camera Outside Broadcast (OB) style events of parliamentary productions within and around Parliament House.

Experience in these areas will be a definite advantage. Knowledge and experience with SMPTE2110 broadcasting systems will also be beneficial.

This technical operations role will challenge your ability to coordinate multiple tasks, your attention to detail, and your calm professionalism under pressure.

**Job Specific Requirements**:
The successful applicant will be required to obtain and maintain a Baseline Vetting (Protected/Restricted) security clearance.

**Duty Statement**:
**Classification**:Parliamentary Service Level 6

**Branch**:Digital Recording Services Branch**

**Section**:Parliamentary Broadcasting**

**Immediate supervisor**:Assistant Director, Parliamentary Broadcasting

Under limited/general direction undertake duties in accordance with the agreed standards for the Parliamentary Service Level 6 classification. The duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Provide high level technical support, planning and advice on a range of production issues associated with the broadcasting and support of parliamentary proceedings, while ensuring that adequate specialist staff and systems are available to support parliamentary activities.
- Monitor equipment performance and ensure that it operates according to prescribed technical standards.
- Provide first line support and workarounds for equipment faults as necessary and in a live environment.
- Manage the equipment fault-logging procedure and ensure that follow-up repairs and maintenance are completed by the technical support section in a timely manner.
- Participate in broadcasting asset replacement projects and provide advice consistent with the Parliament’s requirements and broadcasting technologies.
- Contribute to the training and development needs of Parliamentary Broadcasting staff specific to the technical aspects of operational activities.
- Undertake other duties relevant to the role and in support of Parliamentary Broadcasting outcomes.
- 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._

**How to apply**:
Please upload a pitch (750 words maximum) describing how your skills and experience would contribute to the role and work of the department.

Your pitch is an opportunity to tell us why you want to work at DPS, why you are interested in the role and what you can offer in the role. Frame your pitch around the role description and relevant ILS Profile. Make sure to use relevant examples and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to perform the role.

**Our purpose and values**:
We proudly provide innovative, unified, and client-focused services to the Australian Parliament and parliamentarians. We are a values driven department, placing our values at the heart of everything we do; from our service offerings and decision making to our interactions with stakeholders and each other.

Our people are employed in a broad and unique range of professional, customer service and trade-based roles, all joined by a shared purpose: to make an enduring contribution to Australia’s parliamentary democracy. We have an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the community we serve. While we come from all walks of life, we share a commitment to care for and protect our iconic workplace.

Every year, almost one million people visit Australian Parliament House to experience the parliamentary process, the building’s architecture, nationally significant art collections, events, tours, a