JOB SUMMARY

The Senedd Business Directorate is responsible for supporting Senedd business in plenary and committees. It comprises a number of Services, including those providing clerking support.

Clerking support is arranged into three services:

• The Chamber and Committee Service (including the Chamber Secretariat and Table Office), and
• The Policy and Legislation Committee Service,
• Strategic Transformation Service

If successful you may be offered a position in one of these three services and there is an expectation that over time staff will rotate across positions within the services according to business needs. Roles may includes working with committees, support for Plenary and support for the Independent Remuneration Board.
As a Second Clerk you will work at the heart of Senedd business, to deliver outstanding parliamentary support by leading and taking overall responsibility for complex pieces of scrutiny work as well as procedural and other projects.
You will work within a team led by a Clerk, who provides strategic oversight and procedural expertise and you will be assisted by other support staff, and will have line management responsibilities.
You will work closely with colleagues in Legal Services, Communications, Translation and Reporting Services and the Research Service. The posts require the capacity to work as a member of a team, the ability to produce information which is clear and accurate and to offer sound, unbiased advice both in writing and orally. The post holder will need to demonstrate sound judgement, and win the trust and confidence of Committee Chairs Senedd Members and senior staff, and to manage relationships with all those involved in the work of Committees, both internal and external to Senedd Cymru. Clerks must, at all times, be politically impartial.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key tasks will include (but dependent on role):

• Support the Clerk to ensure the efficient and effective operation of Senedd business, including, planning, organising and facilitating activities in order to assist the delivery of parliamentary business of the highest standard.
• Provide accurate, impartial, appropriate and timely procedural and handling advice on the content and conduct of business as required, to Members and their staff, and other Senedd staff.
• Lead individual inquiries, drafting clear, accurate and often politically sensitive reports and papers to tight deadlines.
• Support the scrutiny of primary legislation (from pre-introduction, through the amending stages, to after Royal Assent) and, where necessary subordinate legislation.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues from different service areas across the Senedd to provide tailored and integrated support to Members
• Drive up quality and innovation in the team’s output, leading by example in your own work and promoting a culture of excellence within the team.
• Share responsibility for – and contribute to – the leadership and development of the Policy and Legislation Committee Service/Committee and Chamber Service/Strategic Transformation Service.
• Develop links with external stakeholders, academics, colleagues in other legislature and others connected with the work of your committee.
• Line management responsibilities within the team.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Key tasks will include (but dependent on role):

• Support the Clerk to ensure the efficient and effective operation of Senedd business, including, planning, organising and facilitating activities in order to assist the delivery of parliamentary business of the highest standard.
• Provide accurate, impartial, appropriate and timely procedural and handling advice on the content and conduct of business as required, to Members and their staff, and other Senedd staff.
• Lead individual inquiries, drafting clear, accurate and often politically sensitive reports and papers to tight deadlines.
• Support the scrutiny of primary legislation (from pre-introduction, through the amending stages, to after Royal Assent) and, where necessary subordinate legislation.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues from different service areas across the Senedd to provide tailored and integrated support to Members
• Drive up quality and innovation in the team’s output, leading by example in your own work and promoting a culture of excellence within the team.
• Share responsibility for – and contribute to – the leadership and development of the Policy and Legislation Committee Service/Committee and Chamber Service/Strategic Transformation Service.
• Develop links with external stakeholders, academics, colleagues in other legislature and others connected with the work of your committee.
• Line management responsibilities within the team