M mtou - About us The Labour Leader's Office (LLO) supports the Labour Party Leader and Labour Party members of Parliament in their parliamentary duties by providing a range of professional, timely, accurate, and high-quality political services, advice, and support. This includes; communications services (written, printed and digital), research anything else in here. We are a dedicated, progressive and committed team who ensure the Labour Party Leader and Caucus are well supported.

M te tnga - About the role This is an exciting position for those who pride themselves on providing high quality and timely information, advice and practical support to the Labour Party Leader and members of the Labour Party Caucus in relation to the media T kete - What you will bring to the role You will deliver advice, provide leadership in media and strive to ensure the Labour Party Leader and the Labour Caucus are well prepared for media interviews by providing press releases, media messages, columns, social media and speeches. Identifying media opportunities and risks are key skills you will bring to the role. Your ability to build and maintain professional relationships, both internally and externally will be highly valued.

As a senior press secretary, you will relish coaching and supporting Leader's Office and member Support staff involved in the above work, to build capability and drive a cohesive team across the Parliamentary Labour Party Team. There are several different backgrounds that will add to your success in this position. You will have core technical skills which include a deep practical understanding and appreciation of the importance media plays in making informed decisions, ability to analyse and collate complex data sets and form these into easy-to-understand sound bites and be a world class problem solver.

You'll need to bring the ability to prioitise workloads and deliver on (sometimes) conflicting deadlines. Above all else, your strong interpersonal skills will shine through in any setting. Ng haepapa - Responsibilities: Advice to the Leader and MPs on developing and maintaining relationships with the media Play a key part in keeping the Government to account Have existing and build and maintain new relationships with the media and stakeholders Consult and brief the Leader and MPs on their related portfolios Work closely with the chief press secretary and press secretaries to ensure consistency of messaging, advice and support He aha te pai o te mahi ki Te Ratonga Whare Premata? - Why work for Parliamentary Service? We actively represent our values of Accountability, Manaakitanga, Whanaungatanga, Integrity and Empowerment We offer a thorough induction, on-going development and excellent working conditions We are proud of our He Ao Takitaki and Diversity and Inclusion strategies; we offer karakia, waiata, reo Mori opportunities and staff networks We offer a range of benefits including five weeks annual leave, Eye and Hearing subsidies a.