Communications and Digital Committee seeks specialist adviser

The successful candidate will provide impartial expert advice to the Committee team and Members on a variety of matters. The specialist adviser will provide advice under the direction of the clerk.

The is an external part-time advisor role, remunerated by a daily fee: advisors are not employees of the House of Lords.

Role of the adviser

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Brief the team and Committee;
• Propose topics for particular examination as part of the Committee’s scrutiny work;
• Identify external stakeholders that may support the Committee’s work;
• If required, attend committee meetings to assist deliberation;
• If required, review draft sections of reports; and
• Undertake other work to assist the Committee.

Skills

The successful candidate will have in-depth knowledge of the UK’s policy and business environment as it relates to scaling up, with a particular focus on matters relating to access to finance. Ideally the candidate would have knowledge of the fields of AI and creative technology, though in-depth expertise of both sectors is not essential.

The candidate will need to be able to provide advice in a clear and concise manner for both a specialist and non-specialist audience. A network of stakeholders in the field would be an advantage.

Time and conditions

The candidate will need to be available to provide part time advice from mid-October to early January. The commitment should not average more than a maximum of one day a week when the House is sitting. The post is renumerated with a daily fee of £300.
Specialist advisers are not employees of the House of Lords. The appointment is decided by the Committee.

Applications

Interested candidates should send a CV and a short note (a few paragraphs, no more than 1 page) setting out their suitability to the Clerk of the Communications & Digital Committee at:
holcommunications@parliament.uk by noon on 27 September 2024.

The adviser would likely begin in mid-October 2024.

The House of Lords welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability. Requests for reasonable adjustments will be considered. Applications are particularly welcome from sections of the community which are currently under-represented among House of Lords specialist advisers, including applicants who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME).

Further information

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