Jess is an associate director at the Institute for Government (IfG). She leads the IfG and Bennett Institute Review of the UK constitution, which aims to assess the current state of the UK constitution and make recommendations for reform. She has worked on Brexit, devolution, government in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland protocol.
Prior to joining the IfG, Jess worked as a researcher in the House of Lords Library, and as a research assistant at the Constitution Unit UCL where she researched referendums.