• Drafting responses to a range of policy and individual casework correspondence from constituents.
• Corresponding with constituents by phone, in person and via email.
• Liaising with appropriate Governmental agencies, charities, businesses and other organisations to resolve constituency matters.
• Ensuring records are kept and information is managed confidentially and accurately and in accordance with data protections legislation.
• Assisting the MP with surgeries and other meetings.

• Researching and drafting Private Members Bills and Ten-Minute Rule Bills
• Developing and maintaining good up-to-date knowledge of upcoming Parliamentary business and its potential impact on the Bury South constituency.
• Drafting written questions about topical policy issues.
• Critically analysing patterns of constituency enquiries and articulating the findings in reports and communication with the MP and staff members.
• Using information gathered to make further enquiries (i.e. use of Freedom of Information Requests) with external bodies for the purposes of recommending policy changes to Local or National Government.
• Working on various projects for All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), to include setting up a vision document, assisting the APPG Secretariat’s to arrange meetings, arrange and attend research visits and compile in-depth reports to be presented to APPG members and outside bodies.
• Involvement in constituency campaigns including, writing campaign plans, drafting correspondence to outside bodies such as Local Council, contacting constituents, writing social media content/press releases, regular follow up correspondence to constituents.
• Opportunities to undertake shadowing opportunities with ministers/officials within local or national Government to gain an understanding of commercial considerations around purchasing and procurement, as well as other aspects of policy development and implementation.

Qualifications

• 5 x GCSEs including English Language and Maths (or level 2 equivalent) at grade C and above (or the new grade 4 and above)
• Level 3 qualification(s), including at least one of the below:
o 2 x A-levels at grade D and above; or
o BTEC Extended Diploma at grade PPP and above; or
o Level 3 apprenticeship; or
o Equivalent level 3 qualifications of at least 48 UCAS points.