Information and Organisation Professional (not covered elsewhere)

Overview

Information and Organisation Professionals (not covered elsewhere) includes jobs like Electoral Officer, Knowledge Manager, Lobbyist, Museum Registrar, and Procurement Specialist.

Day-to-day

• depending on the role: liaises with other staff, government departments and members of the constituency on matters relating to the electorate and any portfolios or committees the member of parliament may be part of and other areas of general concern
• researches and prepares reports, briefing notes, memoranda, correspondence and other routine documents
• designs forms to gather and collect required information
• maintains confidential files and documents
• attends meetings
• lobbies government organisations to facilitate change and gain support for their ideologies
• screens telephone calls and answers inquiries.

Considerations

• stressful.