Committee Specialist: Health and Social Care Committee

Job summary

As a Committee Specialist: Health and Social Care Committee within the House of Commons, you’ll work at the heart of parliamentary democracy, supporting Members of Parliament to scrutinise government policy and drive meaningful debate on issues that affect millions of people. This is a unique and high-profile role where your work can shape national conversations, from examining NHS performance and social care reform to influencing policy that impacts everyday lives.

Job description

Working within the Select Committee Team, you’ll collaborate closely with MPs from across the political spectrum, providing impartial, evidence-based policy advice and analysis. You’ll play a key role in inquiries, identifying expert witnesses, preparing briefing materials, advising during committee sessions, and drafting impactful reports that can influence government thinking and public understanding.

You’ll also have opportunities to develop your expertise, lead on elements of committee work, organise events and visits, and build relationships with senior stakeholders across the public, private and third sectors.

This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, with an expectation of you spending 40% of your time in the office.

Find out more about working at the House of Commons.

Person specification

We’re looking for someone who is motivated to grow their expertise and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. We’d be keen to hear from you if you can demonstrate the following:

• You’ll have a detailed knowledge and understanding of issues in health and/or social care policy and the roles of the key organisations in the sector, with relevant research, practical or scrutiny experience. It would be particularly beneficial if your knowledge and experience included any of the following:
  • Financial, commissioning and accountability arrangements across any part of the health and social care system; or
  • Digital and information systems used across the health and social care system.
• You can effectively research and analyse information from a range of sources, developing your understanding of new topics and using this to form clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• You build strong, positive relationships with a wide range of people, using effective communication and collaboration to achieve shared outcomes.
• You manage your time and workload effectively, confidently prioritising tasks and adapting to changing demands to meet deadlines.
• You communicate clearly and confidently, producing concise written work and explaining complex information in an accessible and impartial way.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,614, House of Commons contributes £12,634 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.

• Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%

• Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Next Steps and Additional Information

• Application Form - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit an application providing evidence against criteria 1, 2 & 3 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.

Information Session

To help candidates understand the role, we will be hosting a virtual information session to answer your questions.

The session will take place via Microsoft Teams at 13:00 – 14:00 on Friday 22 May.

To receive the MS Teams invite, please register via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/information-session-committee-specialist-h…

If you are an internal staff member, please email Georgia Pearse (Recruitment Advisor) to receive the invite.

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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) (opens in a new window)
• 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

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment Team
• Email : recruitment@parliament.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@parliament.uk