Communications Assistant

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 413835

**Salary**:

- £28,000

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Other
- HL4

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing

**Working pattern**:

- Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Westminster

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
We are looking for a Communications Assistant to join our Communications Office at House of Lords. This is a position where you will work alongside experienced members of staff, developing through formal training, coaching and hands-on experience the broad range of skills needed to operate as a professional communicator. Previous holders of this role have gone on to secure more senior positions within our comms team.

The Communications Assistant will work with, and learn from, members of the Enquiry Service Team, Press Office, Marketing & Digital Comms, Internal Comms and the Events and Office Manager. They will gain a thorough understanding of the department’s work, teams’ particular skills and responsibilities, and how they contribute towards achieving the Lords’ strategic communication goals.

This is an opportunity to work on a hybrid basis depending on business need at Parliament This is an exciting opportunity to embark on a career in communications in a busy but supportive comms office at the heart of the UK's political and constitutional system.

**Job description**:
**You’ll be accountable to**:

- Provide support for records, budget and other office management tasks as required.
- Provide support for events organisation.
- Manage office stationery supplies and ordering.
- Update legislation and other business information online.
- Use content management systems to update the Parliament website.
- Prepare news stories for the website and the weekly newsletters.
- Prepare the media summary.
- Place media notices onto the website.

**Person specification**:
**What we’re looking for**:

- Teamworking - ability to work well within a team and support other team members.
- Independent - ability to work independently.
- Flexibility - flexible, adaptable and able to deal with change.
- Interpersonal skills - good interpersonal and communications skills, both orally and in writing.
- Attention to detail - excellent attention to detail.
- Organisation skills - excellent time management, organisational skills and the ability to manage own schedule.

**It would be even better if you had or if you’re willing to learn**
- An understanding of the House of Lords and UK Parliament and political environment in which they operate.

**Benefits**:
**What you’ll get in return**:

- 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years’ service).
- Generous pension scheme.
- Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme.
- The opportunity to witness history in the making

**Things you need to know**:
**Selection process details**:
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Security**:
See our vetting charter.
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

**Working for the Civil Service**:

- Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
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**Contact point for applicants**:
**Job contact**:

- Name : Recruitment Team

**Recruitment team**: