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Business Support Administrator

Job details
Posting date: 06 January 2025
Salary: £33,200 to £34,238 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 January 2025
Location: Westminster
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 381416/1

Summary

The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) is part of the Government in Parliament Group, which also includes the offices of the Leader of the House of Commons and House of Lords, as well as the Whips offices in both Houses. The principal aim for the group is to successfully deliver the government’s legislative programme, as set out in the King’s Speech, and other Parliamentary business.

OPC is responsible for drafting all government bills and amendments, providing advice on legislative matters and Parliamentary procedure (both in relation to individual Bills and on the programme as a whole), and also to advise on constitutional matters (particularly in connection with Machinery of Government changes and Ministerial appointments).

The OPC is divided into teams of lawyers of varying SCS grades with a Director General leading each team and reporting to First Parliamentary Counsel.

The Support Office works by offering general assistance to the entire office but also providing dedicated support to their Director General and taking on work from the various SCS grades from within the team.

The successful candidate will provide dedicated support to a DG as well as wider office support. They will report back to the Assistant Private Secretary. The role is pivotal to the OPC meeting the government's legislative agenda, by maintaining a high level of organisation and assistance as well as carrying out various tasks to support the drafting of legislation.

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Dedicated team support: The core responsibilities of the business support administrator includes; acting as dedicated team support and supporting the DG with diary management and wider team with any ADHOC tasks dependent upon parliamentary business.The post holder is required to complete organisational tasks including but not limited to; recording accurate time spent on projects, filling in annual leave charts, booking meeting rooms, booking official travel, and archiving.
  • Wider Office Support: in the wider office the post holder is required to participate in a daily rota of everyday tasks which includes; sending counsel updates from the House, sending out Order Papers and Hansards office wide, sending individualised emails to bill teams with updated bills and amendments and sending out Business statements.
  • Research and Bill work: the post holder will be required to carry out research tasks for draft bills as well as proofreading on a regular basis. They will need to have a good understanding of the passage of legislation through both Houses while monitoring the passage of their teams bills. The post holder will be trained on bespoke legal software and will also be required to help Counsel archive correspondence relating to all parliamentary bills.
  • Finances and Booking: the post holder will be responsible for making purchases for their team and the office at large including; stationary, publications, software contracts, travel and courses. They will also need to be able to accurately document all purchasing and work closely with the Finance Lead.
  • They will also provide IT Support.

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