Tracy Gilbert MP is recruiting for a Communications Officer to support her work as the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith.

The ideal candidate will lead on drafting and developing content, bringing a creative flair to maximise impact and reach. There are three strands of work pertinent to this role:

Digital and Social Media Presence – the successful candidate will be responsible for developing and managing Tracy’s website and social media content.

Constituency Communications and Campaigns – the successful candidate will help play a role in communicating directly with constituents on Tracy’s work in Parliament and across the constituency through letters and leaflets and be responsible for drafting and sending out Tracy’s regular e-newsletter. The successful candidate will also attend some meetings with stakeholders and coordinate follow up actions.

Press – the successful candidate will lead on Tracy’s engagement with journalists by responding to press enquiries and identifying opportunities to promote Tracy’s work through press releases, opinion pieces and articles.

What would success look like in the first year?

• Growing Tracy’s social media outreach by developing a strategy to increase her reach on Facebook and Instagram.
• Bringing a creative flair and being a natural innovator to come up with ideas to make exciting and dynamic social media content.
• Devising and running a successful advertising campaign to double the number of subscribers to Tracy’s E-newsletter.
• Securing press coverage in Scottish, UK and relevant industry publications to further Tracy’s campaigns on tackling violence against women and girls, sex trafficking and international surrogacy.
• Work with Tracy’s Caseworker team to integrate her digital communications and casework output.

More information on the vacancy can be found here - https://tracygilbert.co.uk/communications-officer-or-senior-communications-officer/