George Freeman MP is looking for a positive, enthusiastic, people person to join his team. Based in his Mid Norfolk constituency office, the role offers the opportunity to be on the frontline of big local and national politics at a historic time in our nation’s history.

Responsibilities will include:

• Being the first port of call for constituents, answering phones and managing MP’s main parliamentary inbox
• Administrative tasks including opening post, updating databases, maintaining filing and systems – and supporting the Office Manager’s work
• Liaising and building rapports with local councillors/figures
• Dealing with enquiries from members of the public and assisting the Senior Caseworker with surgeries, as well as the handling of with some casework and policy enquiries
• Drafting, logging and sending responses to constituents
• Identifying trends within correspondence and react accordingly
• Preparing briefings
• Assisting George and the team’s work on local campaigns
• Assist with social media
• Maintaining confidentiality and working in accordance with data protection laws

Skills required:

• Must be a positive, enthusiastic, people person
• Be highly organised and have a strong attention to detail
• Be adept at handling calls and correspondence from a wide variety of people and organisations.
• Have excellent written communication skills
• Be highly self-motivated and able to prioritise and manage a mix of long and short term, high and low priority tasks and work unsupervised in support of George’s aims.
• A strong team player but also able to work unsupervised
• Keep adequate records in line with agreed office systems
• Be interested in current affairs, public life, politics and the workings of Parliament, and be sympathetic to George’s political mission.