Yvette Cooper is looking for a Parliamentary Assistant to manage her House of Commons office. Duties include planning and managing a busy diary, organising events, meetings, stakeholder relationships, parliamentary briefings and assisting with constituency responsibilities.

Duties

• Strategic planning and daily management of member’s diary
• Liaise with constituency office staff to ensure strong links between constituency & Westminster
• Liaise with Parliamentary clerks to coordinate Yvette's Home Affairs Select Committee work
• Co-ordinate priorities, run and manage Westminster Office
• Organise meetings and events
• Prepare briefings on wide range of issues, local and national
• Building and maintain stakeholder relationships in line with aims and objectives
• Preparing and editing correspondence, communications, presentations and other documents
• Communicate effectively with both internal and external contacts
• Operation of elements of IPSA budgeting
• Keep track of debates and developments in the House of Commons for Yvette to be involved in
• Attend briefings, policy seminars and events as required

Person specification

• Self-starter with the ability to work unsupervised and to manage and prioritise a challenging workload
• Strong organisational skills
• Awareness and understanding of current political issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong political sensitivity and ability to use initiative when appropriate
• Ability to think analytically
• Good relationship builder who can build and retain relationships with wide range of people
• Excellent administrative skills
• Knowledge and experience of campaigning
• Flexibility
• Understanding of constituency relationship
• Understanding of parliamentary procedure
• Ability to start immediately an advantage