Assistant Parliamentary Clerk
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,446 to £32,891 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 August 2025 |
| Location: | SW1A 2BQ |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 419616/1 |
Summary
MPST sits within the Corporate Strategy Directorate, which provides strategic oversight of the department, including governance, coordinating legislative priorities, and preparing for fiscal events such as the Budget and Spending Reviews.
The Parliamentary Team works closely with ministers and their private offices, special advisers and the wider department to manage the department’s relationship with Parliament.
The Parliamentary Team is a fast-paced and friendly team and offers a unique opportunity to gain insight into all areas of the department’s work and build expertise across a wide range of interesting areas. This includes developing a detailed understanding of how Parliament works and interacts with government – a valuable skill in all civil service roles.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is looking for an Assistant Parliamentary Clerk to join its Parliamentary Team.
The Parliamentary Team manages the department’s parliamentary business including written and oral questions, select committee liaison, statements and commissioning briefing materials for debates and other parliamentary proceedings. It is a high performing team which provides first-class parliamentary support and procedural advice to ministers and the wider department.
This is an important role that involves working closely with ministerial private offices, other government departments, and parliamentary stakeholders. Regular access to the parliamentary estate will be required to deliver papers and documents.
The role requires being able to work under pressure, to a high standard and with excellent attention to detail. You will need to be able to work in a fast-paced environment, be confident communicating with a variety of colleagues and senior stakeholders, and have a proven ability to build relationships.
The team also provides parliamentary advice on legislation, working with the Legislative Strategy Team to help manage the department’s relationship with the Parliamentary Business and Legislation Committee and support the delivery of legislation.
You will play a role in helping ensure the department’s secondary legislation programme is delivered smoothly and other commitments to Parliament such as laying and depositing documents are met. You will also be involved in the answering of Written Parliamentary Questions and provide support on mailbox management, and parliamentary research and administration.
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