Reference: 95955
Date Added: 7 March 2025
Closing Date: 23 March 2025
Job Title: Office Manager
Working For: Paul Waugh MP (Rochdale)
Location: Rochdale
Salary: £37,080 (0.8 FTE pro rata)
Length of Contract: Permanent
Job Details
This job is 0.8 Full Time Equivalent (30 hrs per week - flexible working over 5 days)
Salary is pro rata - ie £29,664 total for 0.8 of a full time equivalent job.
Key responsibilities
Deal with security matters, keep abreast of security guidance, maintain the security system, liaise with external bodies as appropriate
Ensure the office is fully equipped
Identify training opportunities and ensure the office team maintain and develop knowledge of relevantlegislation where appropriate
Lead and maintain a highly professional administrative support function for the MP’s office
Liaise with groups/personnel including at Westminster, within the constituency and the general publicon the MP’s behalf as necessary
Manage the office team, ensuring accurate personnel records are kept and notifying IPSA of
contractual changes as necessary
Provide high quality, efficient and effective support to the MP and interest groups as required
Responsibility for managing all aspects of the budget, keeping the MP informed of all relevant financialmatters and liaising with IPSA on office finance
Support and manage the recruitment of staff for the MP’s office
There may be requirement for the role holder to work outside of the normal working hours, includingattending events with the MP as required
Working to the Chief of Staff, acting as a proxy where appropriate
Scheduling and managing surgeries and other constituency events
Lead the monitoring and managing of the MP's email inbox, office telephone and written constituency correspondence
Download the Job Description here: http://paulwaugh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1219/2025/03/OFFICE-MANAGER-Job-Description-FINAL.pdf
Closing Date: 23 March 2025
Interview/Start Dates
Start date: as soon as possible
Interview dates: within two weeks of closing date
Application Details
Please email a CV and covering letter to tom.besford@parliament.uk
Website: https://paulwaugh.co.uk/
Additional Notes
hours amended 29.6hrs to 30hrs