Join my team as a Caseworker!

Date Added: 16 January 2025

Closing Date: 25 January 2025

Job Title: Caseworker

Working For: Barry Gardiner MP (Brent West)

Location: London

Salary: In line with IPSA payscales

Length of Contract: 12 month fixed term

Job Details

Barry Gardiner MP is seeking a compassionate dedicated and experienced Caseworker to join his office to support the constituents of Brent West. This is an ideal opportunity for an individual with previous casework experience providing advice on tax, benefits and other issues affecting local residents. He is seeking an individual with strong verbal and written communications, attention to detail and organisational skills, alongside a passion to make difference. Further information can be found below and on Barry’s website.

The role is 32 hours per week over five days and will provide flexibility where possible and may suit someone wishing to return to work after a career break.

Job Specification

· Dealing with correspondence, telephone enquiries and emails and providing timely responses

· Organising and attending surgeries, other relevant meetings, and taking notes

· Gathering information relevant to assist with resolving cases

· Exposure to complex cases

· Liaising with government, local government and various and other organisations

· Draft and issue responses to constituents

· Logging all cases, monitoring progress and reviewing

· Ensure that each case is dealt with promptly, sensitively, confidentially and accurately

· Retaining records and information confidentially and in line with the Data Protection Act

· Engage professionally, confidentially and with care and integrity with members of the public

· Various other tasks depending upon demands within the office

· Experience in a customer or constituent facing role

· Commitment to tackling inequality and representing disadvantaged and vulnerable constituents

· Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

· Good IT skills

· Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage challenging workload

· Ability to deal with constituents and community groups in a London Constituency in a helpful and sympathetic manner

· Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team

Upon appointment you will be required to apply for security clearance, undertaken by the Security Vetting and Pass Office. See Members’ Staff Security Clearance page for further info. MPs generally pay staff in accordance with IPSA guidelines.

Closing Date: 25 January 2025

Interview/Start Dates

Interviews will commence week beginning 3rd February and the start date is as soon as possible.

Application Details Please email jackie.george@parliament.uk and include within the subject title CASEWORKER APPLICATION

Please provide a cover letter together with your CV and details of any previous experience.

Interviews will be held in Westminster and further details will be provided if shortlisted

Due to the large number of applications expected it will only be possible to respond to those invited to interview. Website: http://www.barrygardiner.com

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Climate Change, Nature, Energy and Environmental Policy Assistant to Barry Gardiner MP

 

Enquiring Mind?       Fascinated by the Natural World?     Keen to make a difference?

 

You could be the very person Mr Gardiner is looking for if you have excellent research skills and would like to help with his parliamentary work.

Duties

·         Undertake research on relevant subjects as directed. 

·         Develop and maintain current knowledge database on all environmental issues.

·         Identify and flag relevant areas of parliamentary business including select committee inquiries, forthcoming legislation and motions for debate.

·         Draft parliamentary questions and notes for speeches.

·         Analyse, evaluate, and interpret data to ensure the MP is accurately informed on key issues.

·         Manage the MP’s select committee and other diary commitments.

·         Monitor local, regional, and national media coverage and brief the MP on relevant issues.

·         Prepare and present briefing notes for committees, press releases, parliamentary questions etc.

·         Monitor social media activity and report on any relevant trends and update the website.

·         Respond to routine correspondence and enquiries from constituents, the media, lobbyists, and pressure groups on environmental issues.

·         There may be a requirement for the role holder occasionally to work outside of normal working hours and travel for work.

 

Skill Set

Would suit someone with proven research ability in the fields of sustainability, environmental management, climate change, natural history and biodiversity.

Must be an enthusiastic lover of Nature with a campaigning mind set and an ability to apply critical insights to environmental policy.

 

Terms and Conditions

40 hours per week

Based in Westminster Parliamentary Office

Salary:  Commensurate with experience in accordance with IPSA pay scale.

 

Applications

Should be submitted by email before January 25th 2025 with a Curriculum Vitae and a covering letter to Mr Gardiner’s Office manager: Jackie.george@parliament.uk    Please mark within the Subject Heading:  ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY APPLICATION

Interviews will commence week beginning 3rd February 2025

Please provide 2 references, which will not be contacted unless and until any offer of employment has been made.