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Reference: 96200

Date Added: 8 April 2025
Closing Date: 30 April 2025

Job Title: Parliamentary Researcher

Working For: Anneliese Dodds MP (Oxford East)

Location: London

Salary: £27,000-£39,000 dependent on experience

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

Anneliese is looking for a highly motivated Parliamentary Researcher to join her team. The role will focus on supporting Anneliese's work and interests in Parliament, as part of the team supporting her constituents of Oxford East. The role can either be full-time or part-time.

Applicants should have excellent communication skills, be proactive, and have experience of working in a team. Applicants will need to demonstrate experience of either working or volunteering in a political environment; beyond that, Anneliese is interested in applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds.

This role is Westminster based. As indicated above, part-time applications will be considered.

Key responsibilities:
• Horizon scanning to ensure the MP speaks in relevant debates and tables relevant questions
• Drafting Parliamentary Questions and interventions
• Liaising effectively with the constituency team on Anneliese's work to feed into debates and communications
• Preparing briefing notes on various topics
• Managing the parliamentary diary in London
• Undertaking complex policy casework as required, as well as maintaining routine policy and campaign casework where needed
• Triaging the main inbox as necessary

Requirements:
• Excellent political judgement and the ability to think and plan strategically
• A positive attitude, self-motivating, using initiative and creativity in dealing with the variety of tasks and multiple priorities that Westminster presents daily
• Experience performing a wide range of tasks whilst managing a heavy and fast paced workload
• Outstanding written and verbal skills, with keen attention to detail
• Professionalism, diplomacy, and political awareness are essential
• Identification with the aims and objectives of the Labour Party

Upon appointment you will be required to apply for security clearance, undertaken by the Security Vetting and Pass Office. See Members’ Staff Security Clearance page for further info. MPs generally pay staff in accordance with IPSA guidelines.

Closing Date: 30 April 2025

Interview/Start Dates

Interviews will take place on Thursday the 8th of May, to start as soon as possible thereafter. 

Shortlisted candidates will be given a task to complete before interview.

Application Details

Please enclose a CV, and an accompanying letter of no longer than one page of A4 showing how you meet the job requirements above, to anneliese.dodds.mp@parliament.uk 

Please put in the subject line of your email: Parliamentary Researcher Application.

Website: http://www.anneliesedodds.org.uk

Additional Notes