• Provide high-quality, impartial research and analysis to MLAs, Assembly Committees, and senior managers, retrieving and synthesising information from diverse sources.
• Write and publish Bill Research Papers and various research outputs, including legislative analysis, financial impact assessments, and data visualisations, ensuring they meet publication standards.
• Present research briefings to Assembly Committees, advise on forward work programmes, and support legislative scrutiny, including identifying key witnesses and facilitating stakeholder events.
• Maintain communication with Committee Clerks, MLAs, and senior managers, prepare joint papers with colleagues in other Parliaments, and develop links with external research bodies.
• Provide training for MLAs and staff, oversee placement students, contribute to peer reviews, and support the development of parliamentary library and research services in other jurisdictions.
• Comply with staff policies, manage information and records, and contribute to the development of RaISe by participating in working groups and identifying service improvements.

• A second-class honours degree (or-equivalent post-graduation qualification), in which EU decision making was a key component of the degree
• Have a working knowledge of EU information sources, including official EU databases.
• Have at least two years’ work experience

• Conducting evidence based/policy orientated research requiring an understanding of EU decision making*; and
• Producing and delivering briefings based on research requiring an understanding of EU decision making

• £50,684 per annum
• Located in Belfast
• Temporary until March 2025
• Full-time hours

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