Written Exercise (Please complete in area provided on Part B (1.) of the Application Form) Background The Parliament’s Public Engagement Strategy sets out our public engagement priorities for this session. Committees play a central part in this, particularly in relation to engagement aimed at getting public input on specific issues. The Commission on Parliamentary Reform also made a number of recommendations aimed at improving public engagement which the Committee Engagement Unit will be taking the lead on. This exercise asks for your ideas about potential new ways of securing public engagement. We appreciate that candidates will not know all the engagement activities a Committee might undertake at the moment nor do we expect you to be an expert on the particular topic of the exercise. Our goal is to understand how you think creatively about stakeholder engagement. Scenario The Scottish Economy Committee is undertaking an inquiry on Parliament’s the impact of automation on the future of work. Given the cutting edge nature of the topic, the Committee has expressed a willingness to try new ways of engaging, with a view to reaching beyond those who are already about this topic. In no more than 750 words, outline the audiences you believe the Committee could aim to reach and what creative or innovative methods you would suggest to help achieve this. Your proposals would sit alongside the approaches being used already by other Scottish Parliament staff, including community outreach, web and social media and media teams as well as clerks and researchers. Those colleagues are looking to you for ideas that might meet the for Committee’s appetite trialling new ways of working. You should explain what activities you are proposing and also highlight any challenges you foresee in putting your proposals into practice.
Written Exercise (Please complete in area provided on Part B (1.) of the Application Form) Background The Parliament’s Public Engagement Strategy sets out our public engagement priorities for this session. Committees play a central part in this, particularly in relation to engagement aimed at getting public input on specific issues. The Commission on Parliamentary Reform also made a number of recommendations aimed at improving public engagement which the Committee Engagement Unit will be taking the lead on. This exercise asks for your ideas about potential new ways of securing public engagement. We appreciate that candidates will not know all the engagement activities a Committee might undertake at the moment nor do we expect you to be an expert on the particular topic of the exercise. Our goal is to understand how you think creatively about stakeholder engagement. Scenario The Scottish Parliament’s Economy Committee is undertaking an inquiry on the impact of automation on the future of work. Given the cutting edge nature of the topic, the Committee has expressed a willingness to try new ways of engaging, with a view to reaching beyond those who are already about this topic. In no more than 750 words, outline the audiences you believe the Committee could aim to reach and what creative or innovative methods you would suggest to help achieve this. Your proposals would sit alongside the approaches being used already by other Scottish Parliament staff, including community outreach, web and social media and media teams as well as clerks and researchers. Those colleagues are looking to you for ideas that might meet the Committee’s appetite for trialling new ways of working. You should explain what activities you are proposing and also highlight any challenges you foresee in putting your proposals into practice.
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