The Parliamentary, Governance and Strategy (PGS) Branch provides an integral link to the parliament, our portfolio ministers and departmental executive. The branch delivers advice and support to enable our ministers, the department and portfolio agencies to fulfil their responsibilities, including to the parliament. The branch also delivers secretariat support to Finance’s governance committees and coordinates implementation of the Enhanced Commonwealth Performance Framework which includes preparation of Finance’s corporate plan and annual report. It supports the advancement of Australia’s international strategic, security and economic interests with counterpart agencies in the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and the PNG Department of Finance and can provide advice and support to areas of the department hosting visiting foreign delegations.

The Parliamentary Liaison and Coordination team is responsible for a range of activities including delivery of the following services:

- Parliamentary workflow, including management of the department’s PDMS tenant
- Home department support, through the provision services associated with the daily operation of the portfolio’s ministerial offices
- Interacting with parliament

Parliamentary Liaison Officers play a critical role in supporting parliamentary activities for departments and portfolio ministers’ offices. Services include management of ministerial documents, coordination of departmental appearances at senate estimates and committee hearings, provision of home department support for our ministerial offices and management of PDMS.

The Parliamentary, Governance and Strategy (PGS) Branch provides an integral link to the parliament, our portfolio ministers and departmental executive. The branch delivers advice and support to enable our ministers, the department and portfolio agencies to fulfil their responsibilities, including to the parliament. The branch also delivers secretariat support to Finance’s governance committees and coordinates implementation of the Enhanced Commonwealth Performance Framework which includes preparation of Finance’s corporate plan and annual report. It supports the advancement of Australia’s international strategic, security and economic interests with counterpart agencies in the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and the PNG Department of Finance and can provide advice and support to areas of the department hosting visiting foreign delegations.

The Parliamentary Liaison and Coordination team is responsible for a range of activities including delivery of the following services:

- Cabinet liaison
- Parliamentary workflow, including management of the department’s PDMS tenant
- Home department support, through the provision services associated with the daily operation of the portfolio’s ministerial offices
- Senate estimates
- Interacting with parliament





Parliamentary Liaison Officers play a critical role in supporting parliamentary activities for departments and portfolio ministers’ offices. Services include management of ministerial documents, coordination of departmental appearances at senate estimates and committee hearings, provision of home department support for our ministerial offices and management of PDMS.

The key duties of the position include:

We are looking for a high performing, client service focused officer at the APS4 level to provide high-quality parliamentary and coordination support to our ministers’ offices and across the portfolio. This position operates in a team environment and will be given appropriate support. Knowledge of parliamentary processes is not essential as training will be provided, however, an ability to quickly gain this knowledge is necessary. This process may establish a merit pool and used to fill similar vacancies.

Key duties include:

- Providing support, advice and assistance to departmental officers and external agencies for routine PDMS-related matters, including workflow and quality assurance
- Assisting with the portfolio’s question time brief process during parliamentary sitting periods
- Assisting the coordination of Senate Estimates activities including facilitating the preparation of briefings, supporting Executive appearing at the hearings and drafting responses to questions on notice
- Other required tasks associated with the responsibilities of the team.

Eligibility

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate is a reliable and customer-focused team member who provides accurate advice and support on routine technical and procedural matters. They work well within established processes, communicate clearly, and contribute positively to team improvements and stakeholder relationships.

- Ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for responding to client enquiries.
- High attention to detail and strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage your work, or seek guidance when required
- Ability to apply the experience of using other ICT systems to PDMS
- Collaborative approach to working with stakeholders and internal teams to achieve quality outcomes and meet deadlines.
- Decision making using sound judgement, expertise and knowledge under limited guidance
- Flexibility to be responsive to demanding workplace objectives, workplace pressures, priorities and requirements

FINANCE PEOPLE CAPABILITY FRAMEWORK AND JOB SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES

In addition to the broader capabilities outlined in the Finance People Capability Framework,



Finance is seeking candidates who possess the following job specific skills and attributes aligned to our core capabilities:

Lead

- Judgment - find and check information. Use sound judgement to identify issues, and elevate these quickly and effectively.

Collaborate

- Consultation – develop relationships. Communicate effectively and reach out to others
- Communication – present with credibility. Clearly explain concepts and arguments in plain English

Achieve

- Service – work to service and performance standards. Effectively resolve moderately complex client issues
- Initiative – show initiative by finding extra ways to contribute and taking personal responsibility for progressing work

Think

- Strategy – understand how your work contributes to team, branch and organisational priorities

Learn

- Resilience – maintain composure and stay engaged and productive under pressure or after a set back
- Mobility – take responsibility for improving your skills. Embrace mobility and cross skilling while sharing your knowledge and experience with others.

Know

- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of parliamentary processes, or the ability to learn.

Notes

- Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
- RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme, you will be invited to participate in further assessment activities for the vacancy if you choose to opt-in to the scheme, declare you have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the vacancy. All requests for reasonable adjustments will be considered and managed in consultation with you. Further information can be found at recruitability.

Getting to know the Department of Finance

As a central agency of the Australian Government, the Department of Finance (Finance) plays an important role in assisting government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met.Finance supports the government's ongoing priorities through the Budget process and fosters leading practice through the public sector resource management, governance and accountability frameworks. Finance plays a leading role in advising the government on many of its strategic priorities. We do this through our skilled and considered approach to providing advice, developing policy, delivering services and engaging with our clients and stakeholders.Finance's key areas of focus are:- Budget- Business Enabling Services- Commercial- Governance and Resource Management

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📌 Parliamentary Liaison Officer (Canberra)
🏢 Department of Finance
📍 Canberra