Temporary Research Support Officer/PA/Senior Administrator

Reference no:  GLA 0006 CED9 / 1

Pay Rate: £18.58 per hour PAYE

Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 working from home

The purpose of the role is to provide a full range of research, casework, diary, administrative and information support to a dedicated Assembly Member(s).

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide core research advice and support to the Assembly Member(s) across the range of their GLA functions
• Act as the first point of contact for the allocated Assembly Member(s) for all people within and without the organisation, representing the views and interests of the Member(s) in an effective and professional manner, and dealing with a wide range of internal and external people and organisations.
• Manage all correspondence (including electronic) and casework received by the Member(s) concerned as required.
• Work with the Labour Group Communications Team to provide pro-active public affairs support to the Assembly Member(s), including producing constituency issue reports to publication standard.
• Take primary responsibility for the co-ordination of the given Assembly Member(s) work for Assembly meetings (such as the submission of questions for Mayor’s Question Time, and motions), in liaison with the Head of Office and other colleagues.
• Act and manage resources allocated to the job in accordance with the Authority’s policies and Code of Ethics and Standards; to realise the benefits of London’s diversity by promoting and enabling equality of opportunities and promoting the diverse needs and aspirations of London’s communities; to realise the benefits of a flexible approach to work in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job, participating in multi-discipline cross departmental and organisational groups and task teams.

“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:

Skills & Experience:

1. Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
2. Experience in political sector or public sector environment.
3. Experience with high level stakeholders (E.g. worked with someone at high level of scrutiny).
4. Demonstrable research skills, to enable quick and effective grasp of information from a range of sources on a wide range of topics, and proven experience of briefing in a political / public sector organisation.
5. Demonstrable verbal and written communication skills, including experience of writing a range of different styles of document for different audiences, often within very short timescales; experience of producing information specifically for media work and/or briefings for media interviews; the ability to use a range of software and media.
6. Experience of working directly with influential, high profile people in a pressured environment and in dealing with confidential/sensitive issues and documents; the ability to work in a politically complex organisation and apply political awareness.
7. ICT Skills: Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.