Parliamentary seat selections and their deadlines
Buckingham: 09/07/04
East Surrey: 09/07/04
Lichfield: 30/07/04
Runnymeade & Weybridge: 22/07/04
South Swindon: 18/07/04
All women shortlist
Swansea East: 20/07/04
All women shortlist
Jobs and Volunteering
***MIDLANDS BY-ELECTIONS***
There are imminent Parliamentary by-elections in Leicester South and Birmingham Hodge Hill. Polling day will be July 15th, ten days away, and we need your help contacting voters on the ground in Birmingham and Leicester.
Campaign coaches are being organised from Westminster to Birmingham and Leicester and we are asking you to join one of these visits. Please contact us to make arrangements.
If you would prefer to visit either of the constituencies independently, and would like contact details, please get in touch.
If you are not able to visit either of the constituencies, you can still help by joining in with phone bank work. Again, it would be helpful if you could let us know if you are able to do this.
If you are able to offer any help, please contact us at
[email protected] or phone Oliver Pauley on 07771 933 312.
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***LABOUR POLITICAL ASSISTANT WORKING FOR SIR ROBIN WALES, LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM – SHORT TERM SECONDMENT***
Salary: Short term secondment preferred – in the region of £23,000pa equivalent
Located in East Ham, London.
Would you like a short term change of scene? Do you want to find out more about life with a directly elected Mayor? Sir Robin Wales needs the support of a political assistant on a temporary basis.
Sam Towler, the current postholder is being temporarily employed elsewhere in the Mayor’s office whilst undergoing treatment. We are looking for something like a six month secondment, but are prepared to discuss appropriate terms with current employers. Those currently working for MPs, for example, might want to consider a secondment covering the summer recess.
As political assistant your job will be to brief the mayor on important aspects of council business, and on the political implications of national and local developments. You will be a key link between the mayor, the large Labour group, and the local party.
You will need skills to enable you to produce written work for a wide range of audiences, including newsletters, reports, speeches and press briefings.
Labour party membership is essential. During your time in this post you will be restricted in external political activity by the 1989 Housing and Local Government Act. This means you would be prohibited from standing for election, being an elected party official or working in any way that includes canvassing/speaking in public/publishing work in a way intended to affect support for a political party.
Please contact me by Friday 9th July with an outline CV and initial expression of interest.
Please send outline CV to: Anne Baldwin, Office manager, The Mayor’s Office, London Borough of Newham, Room 11 – Newham Town Hall, Barking Road, East Ham, London E6 2RP. Tel 0208 430 2108 Fax 0208 430 3491. Email [email protected]
Website: http://www.newham.gov.uk
Closing date: Friday 9th July 2004 for initial expressions of interest.
***POLITICAL ADVISER TO THE LABOUR GROUP, LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS***
Salary: £25,044 plus overtime opportunities
As Political Adviser your work will directly assist the Labour Group to address the challenges they face. You must be committed to the Labour Group’s political aims and have excellent communication skills in dealing with Members and Officers of the Council, the media and the public.
You will be expected to co-ordinate and service meetings and undertake research, working on your own initiative and often under pressure. The Council has operated with a Cabinet style decision making structure since May, 1999 and you will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of, and commitment to, the Government’s modernising agenda.
This post is advertised under the terms and provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act, 1989 relating to the appointment of assistants to political groups.
More details from Joel Brookfield, Political Adviser on 020 7364 4990. Please ring 020 7364 4488 for an application form.
http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Closing date is Friday 9th July, 2004. Interviews will take place in the week commencing 19th July, 2004 and probably in the evening.
***COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICER FOR IAN MCCARTNEY MP/NEIL TURNER MP/ANDY BURNHAM
MP***
Salary: £22,000 – £24,000
Ian McCartney MP/Neil Turner MP/Andy Burnham MP have adjoining constituencies in the Borough of Wigan and are looking for an assistant to take a lead role in local community activities in furtherance of their activities as MPs.
This will necessitate liaison with Councillors, the Local Authority, public agencies, community and business organisations, individual constituents and journalists. The post holder will be expected to co-ordinate with existing staff on issues which arise from case work, to organise events, to produce MPs’ reports with desk top publishing and to provide general support for the MPs in their constituency activities.
A car is essential. Please send CV and up to 1000 words on why you think you are suitable to act as a link between the elected Members of Parliament and their communities.
Write to The Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP, 1st Floor, Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NJ by the 15th July 2004. For further details telephone 01942 824 029.
Closing date: 15 July 2004
***ORGANISER, LUTON LABOUR PARTIES, BASED IN LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE***
Salary: £20,000 per annum.
Short-term contract: August 2004 until 2 months after the next general election.
This short-term contract vacancy has arisen to support the campaigning teams in Luton South and North constituencies. The post holder will work closely with the campaign managers of both constituencies. Candidates will require excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to motivate people at all levels of the party. A background of activity in the Labour party or wider labour movement is an essential requirement.
To apply for this post please send your CV plus a covering letter to Ms G Griffiths, Labour Party Headquarters, 3 Union Street, Luton LU1 3AN, marked “Organiser application”.
The closing date for receipt of CVs for this post is 5.00pm on Friday 16th July 2004.
***TRAINEE ORGANISERS, THE LABOUR PARTY***
£18,738 + Car allowance
Nationwide
Have you got what it takes to become a professional political campaigner? A number of exciting opportunities have arisen for people to join the Labour Party’s highly successful Trainee Organiser Scheme this summer.
During this 10-month training program successful applicants will undergo an intensive combination of on the job and classroom based training. Trainees will be full time employees of the party for the ten months of the scheme and then may have the opportunity to work as full time Labour Party organisers. Trainees will be based in Labour Party offices across the country.
With experience of, or involvement in, campaign organising within the Labour Party or a similar organisation, you will be self motivated, enthusiastic, committed and naturally, have a good knowledge of the party and its policies. We would like to see excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and you will be willing to travel to attend placements and training.
If you think you have what it takes to succeed in this role and would like more information and an application pack, please send your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address to: Human Resources Unit, The Labour Party, Eldon House, Regent Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3PW, or email [email protected]
The trainee organiser assessment centre will take place 29th/30th July.
For further information on this post and others within the Labour Party, please see our website www.labour.org.uk
Closing date: Monday 19th July 2004 at 14.00.
***PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANT TO VERA BAIRD QC, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR REDCAR***
Salary in line with parliamentary pay scales and according to previous relevant
experience
This post is fulltime (36 hours per week – preferably worked Monday to Thursday) and begins on Monday 11th October 2004.
The successful candidate will be the only staff member of our team working at Westminster. She or he will be able to demonstrate sympathy for the Labour movement and good political judgement, have excellent organisational and administrative skills, be self reliant, self motivated and able to work calmly, quickly and accurately under pressure. A high standard of written and oral communication and speed of comprehension will be required at all times. The successful candidate will build a close working relationship with those members
of our team based in the constituency as the two offices work effectively and constructively together on a day to day basis.
Duties will include full responsibility for the MP’s busy parliamentary diary, assisting with research and providing briefing as and when required, drafting press releases, dealing with press enquiries and full responsibility for the effective organisation of the London office correspondence, filing systems and daily office functioning.
Previous experience of similar parliamentary duties would be helpful but is not a requirement to be eligible for interview. A candidate without relevant working experience, if successful in their application, would be required to learn basic parliamentary systems and protocol before beginning the job. A short period of shadowing the present Parliamentary Assistant will also be a requirement for the successful candidate, in order to achieve an effective handover of responsibilities.
This post requires flexibility and the ability to adapt quickly and
appropriately to the duties of the MP who is an active backbencher with a breadth of political interests, All Party Group membership, committee
responsibilities and an association with many NGOs. Key political areas of interest include women, pensions, criminal justice issues and economic regeneration in the North East.
All applications must be in writing and posted to the MP at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. E-mail applications will not be considered. An application should consist of one side of A4 detailing why the candidate feels she/he qualifies for the job description as given above.
All applications must include a CV with present salary details and at least two referees. Every Equal Opportunity criteria will be complied with during the selection process.
Contact Lucie Wibberley, PA Vera Baird QC MP tel. 0207 219 3863 for more details if required. website http://www.labour.org.uk
The closing date for applications is the 22 July 2004 when the House rises for summer recess. Interviews will be held from Tuesday 3rd August 2004 to Thursday 5th August 2004 at Westminster.
***INFORMATION AND POLICY OFFICER TO SARAH BOYACK MSP***
Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, is seeking an Information and Policy Officer to support her in her work as MSP. Key tasks will be researching and drafting speeches, articles and press releases.
Salary is £19,500.
If you are interested in joining her team then send a letter outlining why you would like the job, a CV and the names of 2 referees to Sarah at 15A Stafford Street, Edinburgh EH3 7BU by the 30th July. Interviews will be held in the second week of August. Please print Job Application on the top left hand corner
Phone 0131 476 2539 or email [email protected] for a copy of the Job Description.
Closing date: 30 July 2004
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