This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Communications Officer to join our busy team, supporting Liz Jarvis, the MP for Eastleigh and Chandler's Ford. The role is based in London with the post-holder splitting their time between London and the constituency as required.

Key Strategic Responsibilities

- Produce and deliver a communications strategy
- Support Liz's work with proactive communications, working closely with other team members
- Drafting and updating content for MP's website, newsletter, letters to residents and other communications as required
- Create and schedule social media posts, captions and campaigns
- Capture, edit, and archive photos and videos for digital use
- Attend parliamentary events, drop-ins, and local constituency engagements 
-  Build and maintain relationships with local media and stakeholders, liaise with local and national media, monitor media, and draft press releases as required 
- Support wider communications strategy in collaboration with other team members 
- Research local, regional or national issues to support Member's work and help with speech drafting as required 
- Ensure the tone and content of all digital and print materials aligns with Liz's values and priorities 
- Flexibility to work outside normal hours when required

Essential Criteria

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce engaging content across a range of formats 
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail, able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment 
- Proactive, reliable and able to work independently 
- Confident using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams)
- Comfortable using digital tools (eg Canva, Veed)
- Graphic design, photo editing and video creation skills
- Minimum one year's experience in a Communications role

Desirable

- Experience in Parliament, journalism, local government, NGO or political/advocacy settings
- Sympathetic to the values of the Liberal Democrats
- Driving licence