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Where a parliamentary assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a parliamentary assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Parliamentary assistants provide support to officials and politicians of regional, national and international parliaments and undertake logistical tasks. They revise official documents and follow procedures set by the respective parliaments. They support on the communication with stakeholders and provide the logistical support required in handling official processes.

Also known as MP's PA, MP's assistant, MSP's parliamentary assistant, MP's parliamentary assistant, constituency assistant, MSP's assistant, AM's parliamentary assistant, MLA's assistant, parliamentary intern, politician's assistant, MEP's assistant, MLA's parliamentary assistant.

Professionals 49 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: tax policy analyst, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tax policy analyst 36% covered economic adviser 32% covered regulatory affairs manager 26% covered secretary 25% covered administrative assistant 25% covered parliamentary assistant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from parliamentary assistant, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a parliamentary assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A parliamentary assistant needs 28 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • attend parliament plenaries communication, collaboration and creativity
  • examine legislative drafts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • draft legislation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • respect publication formats communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supervise advocacy work management skills
  • advise on drafting policies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • review drafts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communicate with stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • draft press releases communication, collaboration and creativity
  • pose questions referring to documents communication, collaboration and creativity
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Parliamentary assistant is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a parliamentary assistant’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.