IPSA has an ambitious plan centred around its core role of regulating through service. Our plans focus on making it easier for MPs and their staff to access funding, services and support, and delivering meaningful change efficiently and effectively to ensure value for money for the taxpayer. The MP Staff Working Lives Adviser role focuses on delivering projects which improve MP staff terms and conditions, and working lives, recognising the critical role MP staff play in democracy.

Through a combination of specialist advice, experience and insight and delivery of specific projects, the role works with colleagues across IPSA to deliver meaningful change as outlined in IPSA’s 5 Year Plan. Using their experience of office management and parliament, they provide early assessment of how proposals for change may impact MPs and their offices, ensuring that policy and standards development is grounded in real world implications. The role also plays a key part in shaping and delivering ongoing engagement with MPs and their staff, including representative bodies. In addition, they strengthen organisational awareness by advising IPSA colleagues on the day-to-day realities of running an MP’s office and how IPSA’s policies and operations impact them.

They’ll live IPSA’s values, lead by example and collaborate with, support and challenge others to ensure IPSA is a high performing organisation and MPs and MP staff satisfaction remains high.