Committee Specialist

**Details**:
**Reference number**:
194947

**Salary**:
£37,510

**Grade**:
Other

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**Type of role**:
Policy
Other

**Working pattern**:
Full-time

**Number of posts**:
1

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Location

City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 0AA

About the job

**Summary**:
You will be working in the Select Committee Team (SCT), supporting the work of the House of Common’s Transport Committee. Select Committees are cross-party committees of MPs who examine government policy and spending. You can find out what Select Committees are and what they do on this website.

The Transport Committee is a busy departmental Select Committee that scrutinises the policy and expenditure of the Department for Transport. Since the last election, the Committee has conducted inquiries and published Reports on topics including international travel restrictions, smart motorways, rail electrification, transport infrastructure projects and HS2.

In this role, you will be part of a small team who work collaboratively to support the Committee. Most specialist roles support a specific committee. Some specialists work across a policy-based ‘cluster’ of committees working on similar topics or in the Scrutiny Unit, which supports the work of all committees.

**Job description**:
As a Committee Specialist, you will provide policy advice and analysis for the Transport Committee. You will be asked to develop expertise in the Committee’s area of work. You will advise on, arrange and lead committee inquiries. You will provide written and oral briefing to support committee hearings and produce reports to communicate committee findings. You will also support their media and public engagement work. You will work closely with the MPs who chair and sit on the committee, as well as engaging with high-profile individuals and organisations in the public, private and third sectors within the committee’s areas of interest.

Some of the key responsibilities include:
identifying suitable people to speak to the Committee and preparing briefing material, questions for witnesses and conducting analysis of evidence,

attending, and providing advice during, committee meetings,

producing drafts of committee reports and other outputs, including correspondence and media and social media materials.

Structured training programmes and on-the-job training will be offered to help you develop the knowledge you need to be successful in the role. You will be expected to work collaboratively with colleagues on other committees, the media and outreach teams, the Commons Library, and other parts of the House service, and may have the opportunity to be involved in work on the House’s wider activities.

**Responsibilities**:
Experience of researching unfamiliar topics and rapidly acquiring specialist knowledge using a range of sources, analysing this information and using it to develop evidence-based conclusions or take evidence-based decisions.

Strong written and oral communication skills, able to explain complex information clearly, impartially and succinctly to a non-specialist audience.

Strong interpersonal, teamwork and negotiating skills. Able to build and maintain a broad range of effective working relationships whilst promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

Strong organisational skills. Experience of planning and prioritising your own work or activities in a flexible way to meet strict deadlines and achieve high standards of quality.

A detailed knowledge and understanding of issues within transport policy, with relevant policy, research, practical or scrutiny experience and knowledge of the roles of key individuals and organisations in the field.

**Benefits**:
In addition to your salary and allowances, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:???

30 days’ annual leave?(increasing?to 35?days?after first full leave year).???

Civil Service?Pension scheme.???

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Interest?free season ticket loan and bicycle loan.

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**Selection process details**:
More information on the job can be found on the job description.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

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