Strategic Resilience Assistant

House of Commons

The House of Commons is a unique and exciting place to work right at the heart of the UK's thriving democratic system. 

Behind the scenes, the House of Commons Service is made up of more than 3,000 employees who support and facilitate the smooth day to day running of the House. They provide professional services to Members of Parliament, their staff, and the wider parliamentary community.

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including: 

• 30 days’ annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year). 
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. 
• Access to training and development. 
• Flexible working. 
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan. 

Introduction 

The Office of the Executive, headed by the Clerk and the Director General, exists to support the executive and drive forward strategic initiatives across the organisation.

The Corporate Resilience team helps the organisation mitigate risks and build organisational resilience. We help to ensure that Parliament can continue to sit and be seen to be sitting following a disruption.

The team is bicameral and works closely with stakeholders across both Houses, the Digital Service and Parliamentary Security.

The Role 

This role is based in the Corporate Resilience Team within the Office of the Executive, supporting the wider office in delivering its business plans and objectives. The postholder will assist with secretariat duties for Boards and Groups; provide support to specific projects as they arise; managing engagement activities and other support as required.

The postholder will use their analytical skills to collate, analyse and report on a wide range of management information to create dashboards and reports for staff and groups at all levels of Parliament.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Support the Office of the Executive to develop, maintain and monitor business support functions in line with standards of best practice.
• Collect, monitor and analyse data; producing dashboards and reports as required.
• Provide secretariat support to Boards and Groups as required, including agreeing agendas, circulating papers and taking minutes.
• Support in delivering the team’s communication plan, drafting material and utilising various channels to ensure corporate messaging is cascaded.
• Draft and maintain guidance documents, templates and resources owned by the team(s). 

Skills and Experience 

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• You are comfortable in dealing with numerical information and spreadsheets and keen to enhance and develop these skills.
• You communicate clearly both orally and in writing and can explain complex information to diverse and non-specialist audiences.
• You are able to plan, prioritise and organise your own workload to meet deadlines, while maintaining high quality standards.
• You are able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team, and will uphold our principles of equality, diversity, inclusion and political impartiality at all times.
• Incident Management / Business Continuity Qualification or equivalent or willing to work towards.

Next Steps and Additional Information

• CV & Supporting Statement – If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with a 500 word limit. 

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description. 

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

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