Are you looking for an interesting, diverse, and rewarding opportunity in our Territory’s parliament?

Each year, the Office of the Legislative Assembly offers a placement opportunity to graduates accepted into the ACT Public Service Graduate Program. You’ll have a unique opportunity to join the small team of parliamentary officers that support the work of the Assembly and its committees.

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Step behind the gold columns

The ACT Legislative Assembly is the parliament for the nation's capital. It performs both territory and local level functions and makes decisions that impact the lives of those who live and work in the ACT. The Office of the Legislative Assembly is its non-political support organisation, headed by the Clerk, Tom Duncan.

You might choose to work behind the scenes in the Assembly’s legislative process, immerse yourself in a committee inquiry, bring your editing skills to the Hansard team, or present education programs to an audience. Parliamentary roles can be varied and the skills you’ll learn are complimentary with other ACT public service positions.

The work is interesting, diverse and challenging, and you’ll get an opportunity to support the Assembly and members in their accountability, representation and legislative functions.

There are two ways you can join us:

We are looking for high performing graduates from a range of disciplines who are highly motivated, with sound research and analytical skills, effective communication skills and good interpersonal skills.

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Structure of the Office

The Office is organised into three branches.

The Office of the Clerk

The Office of the Clerk is responsible for governance and procedural matters, inter-parliamentary relations, parliamentary education, and public affairs.

Parliamentary Support

The Parliamentary Support branch advises and supports the Assembly's core parliamentary functions. The teams which make up this branch include:

• Chamber support, which provides administrative and procedural advice and support to the operation of the chamber
• Committee support, which provides administrative and procedural advice and support to the Assembly's committees
• Hansard, which provides transcripts of Assembly and committee proceedings
• The Assembly library, which provides library information and reference services for MLAs and their staff, Office staff, and other ACT public sector employees

Business Support

The Business Support branch services and advises non-executive members, their staff, the Clerk, and Office staff in relation to a range of key functions. This branch includes the following teams:

• Finance, which offers financial and budgetary management services
• Human resources and entitlements, which provides HR, payroll, and entitlements advisory services
• Information and digital services, which oversees ICT, records management, and broadcasting services
• Security and building services, which manages security, facilities, and the Assembly building