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Can a serving civil servant work as a ...

  • 27-05-2016 9:17am
    #1
    workquerycs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    parliamentary assistant? Does anyone know? Or would you have to quit first?


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  • #2
    Heart Break Kid
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    workquerycs wrote: »
    parliamentary assistant? Does anyone know? Or would you have to quit first?

    What would be the exclusion? Unless your were relatively high up, i'd doubt there'd be an issue unless your work required a non-compete clause due to access to certain information.

    Parliamentary assistants are hired directly by TDs, ministers etc.
    They tend to recruit members from their individual parties almost like a reward for their service. When Labour got in in 2011, a lot of supporters got jobs through that. I know DIT has a masters programme in political communication where you spend 2-3 days a week working as a parliamentary assistant. Would probably help if you knew a TD well at that too considering the amount of time you would spend with the.

    Something I was always interested in myself, but did't care for the actual political side of it and was more interested in policy design and creation.

    There probably shouldn't be anything stopping you, but you wouldn't be working directly for the state so you would have to give up your old job. Probably not as secure at that too, consider your job is on the line every general election.


  • #3
    workquerycs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭workquerycs


    The exclusion would be presumably that I would have to leave the civil service- i.e I couldn't go on secondment, or take a career break. Someone here mentioned a leave of absence but TBH I can't see that working either, so all in all a risky "career" move if I were to go for it. Not all that interested in politics myself per se, but would have experience in the areas required and would love to work in a more dynamic environment than I am currently.
    Better the divil I know though in this case, perhaps?


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