Do you have political or local government experience? Are you confident dealing with the press and providing political advice to senior local politicians? Are you a member of the Conservative party or do you share the party’s beliefs and values?

You will provide a high quality political research and intelligence service to the Conservative Group Leader and the Administration of 29 Conservative councillors at Basingstoke and Deane, as well as support for the development of policy initiatives. You will also plan agendas, attend and minute meetings and liaise with outside bodies and press on behalf of the Conservative group. You will build relationships with the press and proactively ensure that the Group’s messages are developed and communicated widely. At the same time, you will ensure that key decisions from Group meetings are swiftly implemented and proactively identify issues of political interest, whilst drafting speeches for local councillors to deliver at high profile forums.

You will have a detailed understanding of and commitment to Conservative group values, policies, structures and operation at both national and local level and be familiar with the role of a modern councillor and their support needs. You will bring considerable initiative to the role and display a very organised and self-motivated approach, backed by a high level of IT literacy. You must have experience of undertaking research to support political agendas, experience of preparing speeches for major events and well developed communication skills across a range of media including the ability to prepare and present reports on complex issues and to a range of audiences. This post is politically restricted.