Clerk Assistant

Northern Ireland Assembly; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental parliamentary body in Belfast is seeking a Clerk Assistant to provide procedural advice and lead teams in a complex environment. This role includes a competitive salary of £81,349 - £83,765, with a supportive working environment that offers hybrid working options, generous leave, and investment in professional development.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

25 days annual leave, increasing to 30

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Provide clear procedural advice under public scrutiny.
• Lead high-performing teams across parliamentary services.

Responsibilities

• Act with integrity while advising the Speaker and Committee Chairpersons.
• Engage with complex parliamentary environments.

Job description

Overview

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is recruiting for the following permanent position:

Clerk Assistant

Cléireach Cúnta

Salary range: £81,349 - £83,765

This senior leadership role sits at the centre of Assembly business in a complex parliamentary environment. Acting with integrity, you will provide clear, defensible procedural advice—often in real time and under public scrutiny—to the Speaker, Committee Chairpersons and Members, and you will lead high-performing teams across core parliamentary services.

Benefits and working environment

We offer a supportive and rewarding working environment. Many of our roles offer hybrid working and we have a number of family friendly policies.

You will enjoy a range of employee benefits designed to reward your hard work. In addition to your competitive salary, we offer excellent pension provision where you contribute 7.55% of salary and the employer contribution rate is 34.25% of your salary.

We also provide a generous 25 days annual leave entitlement on joining and this increases by one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days. We also offer 12 public and privilege holidays per year.

You will be invested in and have the opportunity to avail of a variety of learning and development activities, starting with our Getting On-Board programme. You will be able to participate in health and wellbeing initiatives including access to support via our Employee Assistance Programme. We also offer free on-site parking.

Application information

For more information and to apply, visit our website.

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Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 13 October 2025

All applications will be considered on merit