Information Assistant (Trainee)

BELONG HERE. TOGETHER, WE MAKE PARLIAMENT HAPPEN.

As an Information Assistant (Trainee), you’ll play an important role in supporting the UK’s parliamentary democracy. Your work will help Members carry out their responsibilities effectively — contributing to something bigger than any one role.

You’ll be part of a collaborative community, working alongside colleagues from a wide range of professions. Together, we make Parliament happen.

You’ll be based on the Parliamentary Estate in Westminster — a unique working environment shaped by history and powered by the people who work here today.

In this role, you’ll work closely with a wide range of colleagues across Parliament including archivists, digital archivists, and information managers. This provides a unique opportunity to build valuable relationships, develop expertise across multiple disciplines, and contribute to work of lasting national significance.

Your work will support Parliament in managing information responsibly and effectively, helping to ensure compliance with information legislation while also enabling greater public understanding and engagement with Parliament's work. Through this, you’ll make a meaningful contribution to preserving and improving access to Parliament's documentary heritage.

What you’ll be doing

This is a role for people who are thinking about a career in the knowledge and information field but don’t yet have the training and experience to make it a reality.

You'll have the opportunity to gain experience of all aspects of the work of PKI during your time here: The Information & Records Management Service and Information Strategy & Governance teams work closely with the business to ensure Parliamentary information is well managed. The Collections Development & Access team are responsible for Parliamentary information selected for permanent preservation, both digital and paper-based formats, and for cataloguing and transferring records to The National Archives so they can be consulted by researchers. The Strategic Partnership team manages engagement activities and communications. And the House of Lords Information Compliance team ensure we meet our obligations with regards to legislation such as Freedom of Information and UK GDPR.

You'll be able to undertake your own projects in areas such as archives, information management, and digital preservation, as well as contributing to ongoing tasks such as supervising internal archive users and supporting Freedom of Information requests.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Apply online by 23:59 on Sunday 15 November 2026.

We expect to invite shortlisted candidates to a remote interview on Monday 30 November or Tuesday 1 December 2026

As part of your application, you’ll need to submit:

• An anonymised CV outlining your career history, responsibilities and achievements.
• An application form providing examples against the essential criteria in this job description, showing how your experience matches what we’re looking for.

We’ll assess your application against the criteria, so please include clear, relevant examples.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.