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Reference: 99130

Date Added: 1 May 2026
Closing Date: 29 May 2026

Job Title: Executive Assistant

Working For: Tom Hayes MP (Bournemouth East)

Location: Bournemouth East

Salary: £27,500

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

About the Role

Tom Hayes MP is seeking a highly organised, proactive, and reliable Executive Assistant to provide administrative and executive support within his busy Bournemouth East constituency office.

The successful candidate will take a lead role in managing the MP’s parliamentary diary & constituency diary commitments, ensuring smooth coordination across meetings, visits, and community activities. You will act as the key administrative support for the office - producing minutes, managing correspondence, assisting with casework triage, and supporting wider projects and communications.

This is a rewarding, fast-paced role, requiring excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and sound judgement.

Key responsibilities Provide executive support to the MP

· Manage Members' diary commitments with overall control of constituency & parliamentary commitments
· Compilation of briefing packs
· Database management and using office software (e.g. Microsoft Office) to handle administrative cases
· Deal with queries and complaints on the MPs' behalf, including drafting replies.
· Responding to social media and email enquiries, as well as managing face-to-face queries and complaints
· 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
· Ensure enquiries are dealt with sensitively and confidentially
· Maintain positive ongoing relationships with members of the public, organisations in Westminster and constituents
· Manage and monitor incoming calls, face-to-face enquiries, emails and social media enquiries, dealing with cases that do not need to be transferred to a caseworker
· Ensure all enquiries are dealt with in a timely manner
· Minute taking
· Provide administrative management in relation to MP’s expenses scheme via IPSA Online
· Provide executive support to the MP and interest groups as required
· Resource and project management responsibilities
· Supervise volunteers as required
· There may be a requirement for the role holder to work outside of the normal working hours and travel

Upon appointment you will be required to comply with the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, undertaken by the Members’ Staff Verification Office (MSVO). See Members’ Staff Verification Office (MSVO) page for further info. MPs generally pay staff in accordance with IPSA guidelines.

Closing Date: 29 May 2026

Interview/Start Dates

Interviews will take place on the 4th of June. Applicants will be contacted on Monday, the 1st of June.

Start dates - flexible in line with notice periods.

Application Details

Applicants should submit a cover letter with their application. The cover letter should highlight how their skills and experience match the job description.  Please submit applications to david.hearth@parliament.uk 

Website: https://tomhayes.org.uk

Additional Notes