Role Overview

DeHavilland’s Political Executives are part of the Content Team, who work together to provide our clients with well-informed, tailored and engaging content about UK and EU politics, as well as driving and maintaining high quality content.

This includes writing - ranging from longer-form policy analysis to debate summaries - video and social media, biographies and snappy video explainers of political process.

Key Accountabilities

• Summarising political events in the UK and EU parliaments
• Producing timely and engaging emails to all clients and responding to their enquiries
• Producing well written summaries of parliamentary business and committee sessions, in line with the house style
• Proof-reading and editing
• Maintaining and improving DeHavilland’s PeoplePoint database of political stakeholders
• Researching and producing analysis of UK and EU politics
• Maintaining data sets and transforming them into content
• Generating fresh content ideas to help improve our service
• Using analytics and client feedback to proactively drive customer engagement with content

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications Required

Essential

• Speed, accuracy, and attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience of writing high quality content for a defined audience
• Excellent time management, multi-tasking, and prioritisation skills task, demonstrated by experience thriving in a fast-paced work environment
• Strong communication skills
• A commitment to teamwork
• Analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative data
• Positive attitude and professional manner
• Familiarity with Microsoft (Word, Excel) and Google Suite products
• A good general knowledge of and interest in UK and / or EU politics
• Qualified to degree level, preferably in a relevant subject (or with work experience which demonstrates equivalent skills and development)

Desirable

• Work experience in a political or policy role
• Experience of using social media in a professional context
• Familiarity with Adobe products (eg. InDesign, Photoshop, Rush)