Sarah Atherton, Member of Parliament for Wrexham is looking to recruit full-time member of staff to join her team.

The ideal candidate will be bright, highly organised, enthusiastic and empathetic. The candidate should also have excellent communication skills and a keen interest in politics.

Key responsibilities:

• Respond to enquiries by telephone, e mail and social media, passing on queries to other team members/MP as appropriate
• Undertake and deal with casework - including logging, drafting responses and upholding data protection and confidentiality
• Monitor & update all social media platforms, including website, monitor media coverage and prepare written communications
• Photocopying, filing, record-keeping and typing correspondence
• Database management using office software (e.g. Microsoft Office) to handle administrative cases
• Diary Management
• Efficient data and file management to ensure the office complies with the data protection legislation
• Engage professionally, confidentially and with care and integrity with members of the public, through a variety of methods, which may require public facing duties
• Exposure to complex cases
• Assist with compilation of briefing packs
• Handling administrative arrangements for meetings with members of the public/MP surgeries
• Photocopying, filing, record-keeping and typing correspondence

Essential requirements for the successful candidate:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to show empathy and patience
• Experience of working with members of the public
• An ability to take the initiative and work proactively
• To manage competing deadlines, to prioritise tasks and to work independently
• Excellent attention to detail, especially in written communications
• The ability to work in a sensitive and confidential manner at all times
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office packages
• Sympathetic to the aims of the Conservative Party

Desired skils:

• Welsh speaking
• Local knowledge of Wrexham and North Wales
• Understanding of Caseworker.mp system
• Understanding of devolved and reserved powers

The travel to, and within, the constituency will be required, as well as occasional weekend or out of hours work.