Politician's assistant : Employers and vacancy sources

Employers of politicians’ assistants are, by definition, politicians and political parties.

The politicians may be members of the:

• United Kingdom Parliament   
• Scottish Parliament   
• Welsh Government   
• Northern Ireland Assembly  
• European Parliament (UK Office)   

All the parties represented within these parliaments and assemblies employ politicians' assistants. Even the parties that do not enjoy parliamentary representation may employ paid assistants if they have sufficient funds, but salaries and working conditions are likely to be much poorer than in the larger parties.

Sources of vacancies

• The Daily Telegraph Jobs   
• Electus  
• EuroBrussels  
• Guardian Jobs  
• The House Magazine  
• New Statesman   
• Times Online   
• Working for an MP (W4MP)  
• Political parties websites: The Labour Party , The Conservative Party , The Liberal Democrats , Plaid Cymru , the Scottish National Party (SNP) , the Green Party , etc.
• Individual politicians' websites.
• Local press.

Contact party headquarters and regional party headquarters to enquire about opportunities. Send speculative applications to individual members, as vacancies are often not externally advertised. Ensure speculative applications are tailored to the interests of the particular member by using Dods People .

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