Parliamentary Affairs Analyst in Comms

The Parliamentary Affairs Group (PAG) at the Bank of England is responsible for fostering the relationship between Parliament and the Bank, ensuring accountability and effective scrutiny. The role involves preparing briefing materials for Select Committee appearances, monitoring parliamentary activities, and providing timely political analysis. Candidates must have at least two years’ experience with parliamentary procedures, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, with a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion within the workplace. Applications close on 21st August 2025.

Location: Leeds or London
The role of the Parliamentary Affairs Group (PAG) is:
Parliamentary Affairs is responsible for maintaining and developing the two-way relationship between Parliament and the Bank. The Bank is accountable to Parliament: effective parliamentary scrutiny underlines the Bank’s legitimacy. Equally accurate knowledge and awareness of the political environment aids Bank policy makers to fulfil its remit through a broad range of the Bank’s responsibilities.
The team’s work is divided into three key areas:
• accountability to Parliament, including fulfilling the Bank’s statutory requirements as mandated by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023
• engagement with parliamentarians, their staff and the relevant officials
• authoritative source of expert parliamentary and political knowledge for colleagues
Enhancing the Bank’s public accountability and communications by leading preparations for Parliamentary engagements
The jobholder will lead in preparing comprehensive briefing material for witnesses ahead of Select Committee appearances. Taking the lead includes liaising with attendees (Governors and other Policy Committee members), Bank policy specialists and TSC and other relevant committee staff, as well as agreeing and delivering the Bank’s communication strategy for these hearings. Preparing for these high-profile Parliamentary appearances, which span the full range of the Bank’s work, requires a significant level of matrix working and judgment over how commissioning requests are sent to more senior members of staff. The job holder will be part of the team tasked with ensuring the Bank fulfils its statutory parliamentary accountability responsibilities.
The jobholder will also identify and execute appropriate engagement opportunities for parliamentarians and staff.
Monitoring of relevant parliamentary activity and political developments
The jobholder will provide monitoring and analysis of developments and events in Westminster for senior Bank colleagues, including Treasury Select and other Committee hearings, debates and any other relevant activities.
Providing excellent analysis of the political environment
The jobholder needs to provide colleagues with useful intelligence and timely analysis of political issues of importance to the Bank. This involves delivering clear, digestible, concise and contextualised written briefing that explains the complexities of the politics/background/progress of the relevant situation, in addition to proposing, writing and disseminating more in-depth horizon scanning pieces to explain forthcoming political developments which impact the Bank and its policies.
Role Requirements
Minimum Criteria
A minimum of two years’ demonstrable experience of working with parliamentary procedures in Westminster and the policy-making process in the UK.
Experience of providing high quality written and verbal analysis to senior stakeholders
Essential Criteria
An ability to work at pace, with demonstrable track record of meeting several concurrent deadlines and juggling competing priorities.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written as well as a proven track record of tailoring information to different audiences.
Experience of working both independently and as part of a team and delivering results which have led to measurable outcomes.
An ability to develop a network of working relationships, particularly with those outside your immediate team, across a large organisation.
Our Approach to Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.
At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we’re working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.
We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We’ve also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they’re needed.
For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.
Finally, we’re proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme . If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.
Salary and Benefits Information
We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.
This role offers a salary of:
Leeds from £36,000 – £40,500 per annum.
London from £40,000 – £45,000 per annum.
In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:
Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
Private medical insurance and income protection.
National Security Vetting Process
Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank’s Privacy Notice .
The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.
The Application Process
Important: Please ensure that you complete the ‘work history’ section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It’s therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.
The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages.
This role closes on Thursday 21st August 2025.
Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.