Steve McCabe MP is seeking a fulltime Constituency Assistant to join his busy constituency office based in Birmingham.

Main responsibilities for the Constituency Assistant include:
• Assist with constituency casework, provide advice and support to constituents and stakeholders.
• Liaise with external agencies to resolve matters on behalf of constituents and others
• Deal with a large amount of correspondence, telephone enquiries and emails and provide timely responses
• Produce press releases on local and national stories and produce content publicising the members parliamentary and constituency work across social media platforms, including producing videos
• Stakeholder engagement
• Arrange meetings, visits and events for the MP
• Assisting the MP at advice surgeries, digital meetings, events and visits
• Undertake research for parliamentary debates and questions, draft parliamentary questions
• Undertake data entry, administration and database management of correspondence
• Please note there will be some weekend and evening work, including attending advice surgeries which are held in the evenings and weekends

Person specification:

Essential
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and social media platforms
• Ability to work proactively, independently and as part of a team
• Attention to detail and ability to prioritise tasks and manage own workload
• Good knowledge of Steve’s work and the constituency
• Awareness of current political issues at local and national level.
• Sympathetic to the aims and values of the Labour Party

Desirable
• Experience of using caseworker.mp, office 365
• Driving licence and use of a car
• Experience in campaigning is desirable

Please note there will be some weekend and evening work