This is an exciting opportunity to join Olivia Blake’s team as her Constituency Support Manager, supporting her as the MP for Sheffield Hallam. The role is highly varied and includes managing constituency-based project work, relationships with key stakeholders, a portfolio of complex casework, local press, and drafting speech notes and other external communications.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated, reliable, well-organised, and identify with the core values of the Labour Party and wider labour movement. They will have a keen interest in British politics, excellent written communication skills, and experience of working in a political, trade union, or campaigning context.

The role holder may be required to work outside normal working hours and travel for work occasionally.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and progress a portfolio of casework.
• Manage constituency-based projects.
• Monitor local media coverage, liaise with media, prepare press releases as required.
• Provide briefings for the MP.
• Research local, regional, or national issues to support the MP’s work.
• Respond professionally, sensitively, confidentially and with integrity to routine correspondence and enquiries from constituents, the media, lobbyists, and pressure groups.
• Ensure online presence is meeting the demands of the constituents, the locality, and the MP.

Skills and Experience

• An excellent knowledge of the British political system and current affairs, especially insofar as they relate to Sheffield Hallam, including Olivia Blake’s work.
• Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely in an appropriate manner to a range of audiences.
• Experience of working in a political, trade union, or campaigning context.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and communicate with constituents with respect, sensitivity, and discretion.
• Ability to interact professionally with colleagues and constituents and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience of managing external communications in a similar political, trade union, or campaigning context.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage project work while exercising good judgement of the issues that require escalation to a manager.
• Ability to juggle multiple deadlines and manage a complex and varied workload.