Work for a Member of the Senedd

Current Vacancies

Work Opportunity: Junior Researcher & Communications Officer for Dr Altaf Hussain MS

Location: Cardiff Bay / Regional Office. Closing date: 17:00 - 01 December 2023 Permanent post.

Work Opportunity: Research and Communication Officer for Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Location: Ty Hywel. Closing date: 17:00, 14 December. Permanent.

Work Opportunity: Parliamentary Officer for Natasha Asghar MS

Location: Ty Hywel, Cardiff and Regional Office in Newport Closing date: 17:00, 08 January 2024 Permanent

Work Opportunity: Admin Assistant and Policy Researcher for Mark Drakeford MS

Location: Cardiff Constituency Office. Closing date: 17:00, 29 December 2023. Permanent.

Work Opportunity: Senior Communications Officer for James Evans MS

Location: Flexible - Cardiff/Constituency/Home-working Closing date: 08 December 2023, 13:00. Fixed Term for 18months.

Work Opportunity: Caseworker/Administrator for Jack Sargeant MS

Location: Alyn and Deeside Closing date: 12:00 (midday), 13 December 2023 Permanent.

Work Opportunity: Junior Group Researcher for Welsh Conservative Group

Location: Ty Hywel, Cardiff Bay. Closing date: 23:00 07 December 2023 Fixed-term 18month post.

Working for a Member

Members of the Senedd are employers in their own right and usually employ people both in their constituency, and in Cardiff Bay.

What sort of roles do Members' recruit for?

Caseworker / Senior Caseworker
Office Manager
Researcher / Senior Researcher
Communications or Media Officer
Senior Advisors
Administrators

“Working for a Member can be very rewarding, as you feel like you can make a real difference in assisting changing policy and dealing with issues of concern to constituents. No two days are the same, our jobs require a diverse range of skills and there opportunities to receive appropriate training. I have thoroughly enjoyed working for a Member and would recommend it to anyone.”

Working for a Member of the Senedd

Holidays

As a permanent and full time member of staff you’ll have 31 days paid holiday a year...

Pension

You will be eligible to join our Member Support Staff pension Scheme...

Learning and Developing

A wide range of learning opportunities are available to support Members and their staff in carrying out their different roles...

Travel

Member Support Staff are eligible for a tax free loan towards the cost of sustainable travel...

Important info

Additional info supporting the application process.

Member Support Staff Recruitment Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice for MSS Recruitment

As a permanent and full time member of staff you’ll have 31 days paid holiday a year and 11 days public and privilege holidays a year (if you don’t work standard hours you will receive a pro-rata entitlement proportionate to your working pattern).

You will be eligible to join our Member Support Staff pension Scheme. The Scheme is run by a company called Aviva.

A wide range of learning opportunities are available to support Members and their staff in carrying out their different roles. The training we provide covers a number of different areas from parliamentary skills, to supporting constituents, to working together effectively as a small constituency office team. All new support staff are offered basic training on Commission services, and can access further training, support and advice from the Commission’s Member Learning Team.

Cycle to work scheme

To help you access the benefits of cycling to work, the Welsh Parliament runs a Cycle to Work scheme for its employees; allowing the purchase of a cycle to take place using salary sacrifices. The scheme takes 18 monthly instalments from an employee’s gross salary- saving them tax and NI contributions on this amount. Savings to you, depending on your tax band, are equivalent to around 35% of the initial price of a bike.

Public Transport Annual ticket

The Senedd have negotiated a reduction in the cost of annual tickets with Transport for Wales and Cardiff Bus.

To find out more, please contact the payroll team upon commencing your new role.

Please note that the content of job advertisements is the responsibility of the recruiting Member of the Senedd.

Applicants should seek authorisation for the reimbursement of interview expenses prior to any costs being incurred. To discuss further, please email the relevant contact within the Job and Person Specification.

On behalf of Senedd Members, as part of any recruitment process, the Welsh Parliament (‘the Senedd’) collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The Senedd is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.