Some of the duties you'll be responsible for include the following:

• Providing high quality advice and advocacy to constituents in your community
• Building and maintaining strong relationships and networks
• Managing and responding to correspondence and emails
• Liaising with key stakeholders in your electorate

Your friends and whanau describe you as calm, proactive and resilient. It goes without saying you're someone who has a high level of empathy and cultural awareness . You will lend your ear to constituents to make them feel heard and supported. You're a team player who will enjoy collaborating with others and are well known for your thoughtful, patient and considerate nature. Due to this role supporting a Māori electorate MP, knowledge of tikanga and te reo Māori would be an advantage.

As an employee of Parliamentary Service, you will be impartial in your role. Awareness of the political landscape may be beneficial in supporting your MP.

As an organisation, it's extremely important to us that our people feel supported and are given the opportunity to continue to grow and develop their knowledge and their careers. You will receive a Parliamentary Service induction which will set you up to succeed within this environment, as well as ongoing learning and development opportunities.

This is an events-based, fixed-term role linked to the MP, working 20 - 40 hours per week, based from home in either Nelson/Whakatū or Christchurch/Ōtautahi. Some flexibility in hours may be required.