Key responsibilities:

• Support Catherine in her role as Shadow Schools Minister.
• Undertake research on relevant subjects as directed.
• Assist in writing external communications including speeches.
• Compilation of briefing packs, take notes of meetings and draft appropriate submissions and ensure Catherine is fully briefed on potential questions and motions to be put to the House.
• Analyse, evaluate, and interpret data to ensure Catherine is accurately informed on key issues.
• Prepare and present results for the purposes of briefing notes for committees, parliamentary questions, articles and press releases.
• Research and monitor local, regional, and national media coverage online and through social media and brief on relevant issues.
• Respond to correspondence and enquiries from constituents, and external organisations.
• Provide high quality, efficient and effective support.

Key Skills
• Excellent research skills (required)
• Previous Parliamentary experience and knowledge of Parliamentary procedure (desirable)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (required)
• Attention to detail (required)
• The ability to work often under pressure and to tight deadlines (required)
• Excellent time-management and teamworking skills (required)
• Interest in and knowledge of the education and schools’ sector (desirable)
• Sympathetic to the values of the Labour Party (desirable)