Job Description:
The Parliamentary, Governance and Assurance section plays a pivotal role in ensuring effective service delivery to portfolio ministers and Parliament. It brings together three critical functions that ensure strong governance with integrity and confidence in achieving business objectives.
This team is dedicated to providing high-quality support to internal and external stakeholders. The section's role is crucial in maintaining the integrity of operations across the agency.
The Opportunity
As an Assistant Parliamentary Advisor, you will play a critical part in supporting activities within the Ministerial and Parliamentary Services (MPS) team. You will be responsible for managing the exchange of information between the AEC, its portfolio ministers, and the Parliament.
Key responsibilities include contributing to team business planning, conducting evaluation and risk management analysis, professional development, and supervisory responsibilities of a highly functional and productive team.
Establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders is essential in this role. This includes portfolio ministers' offices and AEC senior leaders. You will provide appropriate support to them utilising your expertise and knowledge, exercising strong judgement and integrity.
Deliverables:
* Conduct relevant briefings to AEC colleagues and leaders.
* Provide necessary support across the agency and internal business areas with the workflow, quality assurance, and authoring of parliamentary products.
* Author ministerial submissions, Question Time briefs, correspondence, and responses to questions on notice.
Requirements:
Key Skills and Qualifications:
* Initiative and foresight to plan and project operational tasks to meet organisational goals.
* Excellent coordination skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities with a high degree of integrity, judgement, and professionalism.
* Experience utilising a document workflow management system or ability to learn such systems and processes.
* Proficiency in research, analysis, writing, and communication skills, including creation of key papers or documents.
* Able to work and lead a small team, working independently to meet key deliverables.
Desirable:
* Knowledge of Australian electoral law and practice.
* Knowledge of parliamentary practice and conventions.
Eligibility:
* Australian citizenship.
* Must not be active in political affairs and intend to publicly carry on this activity.
* Must undergo and maintain character clearance and security clearance required for this role.