Staff and Team Development

An independent, experienced view of how your team works, and practical support to help it develop.

A good office depends on a team that knows what is expected of it, works well together and keeps developing. We have run MPs’ offices ourselves, and we bring that experience to every review, appraisal and training session, so the support you get reflects how parliamentary offices really work.

Team Health Check: £800

An independent look at how your team is working, with honest feedback from your staff, an experienced view of your structure and workloads, and a clear plan for improvement.

  • A one-to-one briefing with the MP or Office Manager on goals, concerns and any red flags
  • Confidential meetings with each member of staff on morale, workload and clarity of role
  • A review of the team’s structure
  • A written Team Health Report with practical recommendations

Staff appraisals: £300 per person

An annual appraisal for each member of staff, led by Hive. Staff get a fair, independent conversation about their work and development, and you get a written record for their personnel file.

  • A one-to-one meeting with the MP or Office Manager about each person’s performance, strengths and future role
  • A self-reflection form for each staff member before their appraisal
  • An appraisal meeting covering performance, training and development needs, and their contribution to the team
  • A written report for each person, agreed with them
  • Suggestions for future training and development

Book both together: £800 for the Health Check, plus £250 per person for appraisals. Each member of staff has one conversation with us, and their appraisal takes account of what the Health Check finds about workload and roles.

Casework Review Analysis: £1,200

A review of how casework and campaign emails move through your office, from the moment they arrive to the point they are closed.

  • A review of your systems, processes and existing documentation
  • Individual meetings with each member of the team about how work reaches them and what they do with it
  • An assessment of volumes, complexity, and how cases progress and are resolved
  • Up to four hours of training built on what we find, as group sessions, one-to-ones or a mix
  • Training materials and written follow-up notes for the team to keep

Role mentoring: £510 for six sessions

One-to-one support for parliamentary staff, built around the individual rather than a fixed syllabus.

  • An initial conversation with you about the person, their role and how you want them to develop
  • Six weekly 30-minute sessions over Teams
  • Each session works through whatever is live for them: a problem they are stuck on, a way of working they want to change, or a part of the job nobody has shown them properly
  • A written recap after each session, and an update for you at the end of the block

Away days and training

Facilitated away days give your team space to plan, reset or work through a period of change, and we shape each one with you beforehand.

We also train MPs’ staff in the skills the job needs, from handling constituents on the phone and managing a busy diary to casework, campaigns and running an office well. Most of our training is one to one or in small groups, fitted around your team and the parliamentary calendar.

Tell us what your team needs and we’ll suggest the right approach.

All prices include VAT where applicable. Full terms are available on request.

Want to talk it through?

Tell us what’s happening in your team and we’ll suggest where to start.