Westminster Forum Projects
Editorial Research Assistant - National Forums - helping produce conferences in Ireland and the UK devolved administrations
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Salary: Competitive
Location: Hybrid, mainly remote with occasional face-to-face meetings
The Role:
We're seeking an accomplished and diligent Conference Research Assistant to join our Editorial team. This multifaceted role entails helping produce conferences on some of the most important policy issues for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland. These conferences aim to help move forward thinking for legislators, government, regulators, and stakeholders affected by the important matters being discussed.
You'll work closely with different areas of our business, demonstrating diplomacy, sensitivity, and a commitment to delivering quality results in a timely manner.
Recent and upcoming conferences focus on: regulation of AI, the children’s care system, research and innovations, heat networks, housing, mental health services, and climate adaptation policy.
Check out the programme of conferences on our website here
Key Responsibilities:
- Researching issues, emerging trends, possible speakers, and contacts across the policy landscape to a brief
- Helping make sure conferences are as up-to-date, relevant, and inclusive as possible, with no interested parties left out of discussing important developments
- Drafting agendas, invitations to delegates and speakers, and text for our website
- Liaising with speakers and Parliamentary chairs
- Attending and contributing to the smooth operation of our seminars and receptions - online, in Westminster, and elsewhere in the UK
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About You:
We're looking for an individual who embodies our company values, including a sense of service, strict impartiality, high ethical standards, and a business-like, fair, diplomatic, and commercially focused outlook.
You will need to be a self-starter with a focus on moving the organisation of your conferences forward.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Solid experience in policy, conference production, journalism, public affairs, or similar fields
- Exceptional written communication skills
- Quick learning abilities to absorb our funding model and business practices
- Strong diplomacy and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- A can-do attitude, strong sense of responsibility, and natural willingness to help colleagues
Bright graduates - with exceptional aptitude and a professional outlook - will also be considered
Company Overview:
Westminster Forum Projects is a market leader in organising impartial, senior-level seminars on public policy. The company has its origins in the Westminster Parliament and offers conferences on issues in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and England. With sustained success over more than 20 years, our work enjoys considerable support from legislators, government, professional bodies, industry, the third sector, and interest groups. We thrive on a commercially-focused environment while upholding strong ethical standards, always aiming to enhance public policy and provide a balanced forum for discussion.
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The Benefits:
- A competitive starting salary range, subject to experience and educational record
- Regular pay reviews as part of personal development meetings
- Plenty of opportunities for career progression
- A fast-paced, multi-tasking working environment with ample support from senior staff and peers
Note: We're committed to supporting our employees and developing a conducive work environment. Our ethos is to foster employee growth while ensuring we deliver outstanding service to our colleagues, and to the policymakers, stakeholders, and others who rely on our work. Join us for a satisfying, motivational journey that values your time and potential.
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