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.

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)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• 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

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.
• Respond to public enquiries by phone and email.
• Prepare news stories for the website and the weekly newsletters.
• Prepare the media summary.
• Place media notices onto the website.