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Reference: 95348

Date Added: 6 January 2025
Closing Date: 24 January 2025

Job Title: Communications Officer (part-time)

Working For: Al Carns MP (Birmingham Selly Oak)

Location: London

Salary: In line with IPSA pay scales

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

Al is looking for a part-time Communications Officer with relevant experiance to join his Parliamentay Team. 

Key responsibilities:

• Establish, monitor and update a social media and online presence in the constituency.
• Produce online graphics and video content, as well as publicising surgeries and news alerts etc.
• Grow social media presence across all relevant platforms
• Follow up on social media queries and comments.
• Manage and monitor social media enquiries, dealing with cases that do not need to be transferred to a higher level. Ensure all enquiries are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Monitor media coverage, liaise with media, prepare press releases as required (on constituency, non-party-political matters)
• Plan and maintain a media grid alongside colleagues to produce updates on all social media platforms.
• Produce press releases, liaise with the media, meeting deadlines as appropriate.
• Analyse patterns of enquiries and produce reports.
• Assist surgeries and other meetings and follow up as appropriate.
• Attend constituency meetings as appropriate.
• Critically analyse patterns of enquiries and articulate the findings in reports and communication with the MP and other staff members.
• Deal with large numbers of standard queries, as well as assisting on more complex cases from members of the public by phone, email, social media or face to face. Ongoing communication may be required.
• Draft responses to constituents.
• Ensure records are kept and information managed confidentially in line with the data protection legislation.
• Retain records and information confidentially and in line with the Data Protection Act.
• There may be a requirement for the role holder to work outside of the normal working hours and travel for work occasionally

Upon appointment you will be required to apply for security clearance, undertaken by the Security Vetting and Pass Office. See Members’ Staff Security Clearance page for further info. MPs generally pay staff in accordance with IPSA guidelines.

Closing Date: 24 January 2025

Interview/Start Dates

Interviews: 31st January 2025

Start Date: ASAP

Application Details

Application by CV and covering letter to al.carns.mp@parliament.uk

Please note that this is a part time role, up to 28 hours per week (negotiable, but please specify in the covering letter)

Website: http://alcarns.co.uk

Additional Notes