Housing Researcher

HOUSE OF COMMONS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK governmental institution seeks a Housing Researcher to provide high-quality, evidence-based analysis for MPs, focusing on key housing issues. You will turn complex information into clear briefings and collaborate with colleagues to maintain expertise in areas like tenancy rights and housing standards. This position offers a hybrid working model, generous annual leave, and enrollment in a civil service pension scheme with significant employer contributions.

Benefits

Generous annual leave starting at 30 days

Enrolment in civil service pension scheme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Ability to absorb information and evaluate sources rapidly.
• Expertise in housing issues, particularly tenancy rights or social housing.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide impartial research and analysis to support MPs.
• Produce authoritative Library briefings for publication.
• Maintain knowledge of current housing issues.

Skills

Research and analysis

Communication

Judgment and evaluation

Collaboration

Job description

What you'll be doing

Are you passionate about providing high-quality research that informs national debate and supports democratic decision-making? As a Housing Researcher in the House of Commons Library, you'll use your specialist knowledge to provide impartial, evidence-based analysis that helps MPs understand key housing issues and support their constituents. Working at the heart of UK Parliament, you will turn complex information into clear briefings, shaping parliamentary scrutiny and debate while contributing to the wider work of the Research and Information team. This is a rare opportunity to combine your expertise in housing with meaningful impact on policy and public life.

You will join the Social Policy Section, a busy and collaborative team covering social security, education, social services, health, and housing. In this role, you will work alongside senior researchers to respond to requests from MPs and their staff, support constituency casework, and produce authoritative Library briefings and analysis for publication online and in print. You will also maintain an up-to-date knowledge of housing issues, building external contacts and networks, and developing expertise in at least one area such as tenancy rights, leasehold law, social housing regulation, local authority duties, or housing standards.

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.

Why Join us?

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.

What we're looking for.

• You have the ability to quickly absorb relevant information, evaluate the reliability of sources, and use sound judgement to draw accurate, evidence-based conclusions.
• You’ll have a broad awareness of housing issues and expertise in at least one of the following specialist areas: tenancy rights, leasehold law, social housing regulation, local authority duties, or housing standards.
• You can explain complex information clearly in both written and verbal forms, communicating with authority and strict political impartiality while adapting your message to different audiences.
• You can prioritise and manage your workload effectively, meeting deadlines and maintaining high quality even when under pressure.
• You work collaboratively with others and build strong relationships with a diverse range of people, consistently upholding equality, diversity and inclusion principles.

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 in the job description.

This will be a two-stage application process: We will ask you to complete a single criterion first. This will be Criteria 1 'Research and analysis'. Candidates who are shortlisted based on this criterion will then be invited to complete the other criteria. We will assess your application form and, if you are successful, we will invite you to complete a written test and attend an interview.

More information on the application process can be found here: Application process - UK Parliament and in the application support pack attached. If you are invited to interview, you will be provided the interview questions in advance.

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Information Sessions

• Thursday 11 December 2025 at 10:00 - 11:00
• Tuesday 16 December 2025 at 13:00 - 14:00

To register to attend, please book your slot via Eventbrite here. If you are an internal staff member, please email Georgia Pearse (Recruitment Advisor) to receive the Teams invite.

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