Eligibility

Employment with the department is subject to conditions prescribed in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 and subordinate determinations and directions.

Applicants should have Australian citizenship. If an applicant is not an Australian citizen, he/she must be willing to apply for and obtain citizenship within six months. As permanent resident status is a prerequisite for citizenship, applicants must be permanent residents. For information about Australian citizenship, contact the Department of Immigration and Citizenship at:

http://www.citizenship.gov.au/

The department will not ordinarily engage applicants who have received a redundancy benefit from a Commonwealth employer within the last 12 months.

Engagement may also be subject to probation, security and character clearance and health clearance.

Reviewable Decisions (Promotion)

Certain promotion decisions which resulted in promotion of an employee to the classifications of Australian Parliamentary Service Level 1/2 (Upper Band) to Australian Parliamentary Service Level 6 (inclusive) may be subject to review.

To be eligible to seek a review of a promotion decision, you must be an ongoing Parliamentary Service or Australian Public Service employee who was an applicant for promotion to the relevant employment opportunity.

A promotion decision can only be reviewed on the grounds of merit.

Applications for review of a promotion decision must be lodged with the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC), and must be received by the Commissioner by 5pm on the 14 th day after notification of the promotion in the Commonwealth Gazette. Details regarding procedures are available from:

Australian Public Service Commission
Core 1
Edmund Barton Building
Kings Avenue
Barton ACT 2600
Tel. (02) 6272 3254, fax (02) 6272 3026

or by accessing the APSC web site at the following address:

http://www.apsc.gov.au/merit/fairdecisions.htm

Further Information

Contact Recruitment, Department of the Senate, Tel. (02) 6277 3156. Additional information about the department, including our Employee Collective Agreement (containing rates of pay and conditions of service), is available on our web site:

http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/dept/index.htm

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