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Constituency Caseworker for Katherine Fletcher MP (South Ribble)
Katherine Fletcher MP is looking to recruit a caseworker to be part of her constituency team. Caseworkers are an important role in an MP’s office, supporting the MP to ensure that constituents concerns are heard and actioned. This is a unique opportunity to be part of...
Constituency Caseworker for Theo Clarke MP (Stafford)
Theo Clarke MP is looking to recruit a caseworker to be part of her constituency team. Caseworkers are an important role in an MP’s office, supporting the MP to ensure that constituents concerns are heard and actioned. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team...
Constituency Caseworker (Shaun Bailey MP – West Bromwich West) (CLOSED)
Shaun Bailey, MP for West Bromwich West, is looking to hire a full-time caseworker for his busy constituency office. Caseworkers play an important role in an MP’s office, supporting the MP to ensure that issues constituents face are heard and actioned. The job is...
Supporting Parliamentary Staff – Caring for Dependants/Home-Schooling
As the Government announce that employers can use the furlough scheme for employees who have caring responsibilities (including those unable to work, or working reduced hours, due to home-schooling or childcare facilites being closed), support is also available to MPs...
Remote Staff Induction
It can be difficult knowing how to best induct new staff remotely. Read our guide with lots of tips; drawing on from years of experience working as a remote Parliamentary team. Remote Staff Induction Guide If you haven't yet hired the new staff you need, do get in...
Caseworker welfare – how the role has changed
As someone who has been around for a while (coming up to 14 years) I have seen first-hand just how much the roles of Parliamentary staff have changed in recent years. Not just in the way the work arrives (the inevitable shift towards digital rather than traditional...
What staff do you need – and what to do if you’ve got it wrong.
It’s very easy, as a new MP, to recruit in a rush. There is an urgent need to ‘hit the ground running’ and the inbox fills up pretty fast. With such a small team, most MPs usually try to recruit someone they have known previously...
Team – How Does it Work for You?
There are infinite blogs and ‘how to’ columns out there on teams and how they work. Many are angled almost entirely at a corporate level; teams who are raising a company’s income, beating a monthly financial high, and all that. But what’s it like in Parliament? The...
Modernising Employment Practice in Parliamentary Offices
I consider myself very lucky to have spent my time in Parliament working in an office that not only abides by modern employment practices but is led by a boss who cares deeply about the happiness and well-being of his staff. By someone who values and understands the...
Appraisal and supervision – the importance of both and knowing the difference
The majority of MP's offices are very busy, often to the point of overwhelm. Deadlines are a constant and they get routinely moved up and down the list depending on things happening nationally and in the House. Bottom of the list for an MP are often staff supervision...
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