Work closely with the Prime Minister’s staff and Effective teamwork within the other ministerial offices, to ensure that duties Prime Minister’s Office and undertaken by them are integrated into the work of between other Ministerial offices the Prime Minister’s office. and key stakeholders enabling the office to run effectively and Ensure a team approach to all matters both within efficiently. the Prime Minister’s Office and with other ministerial offices. Prompt and productive liaison with the Prime Minister’s Chief of Maintain continuing and effective liaison with the Staff ensuring an appropriately Prime Minister's Chief of Staff to ensure there is a co-ordinated effort across all coordination of effort between all staff that have media/communications staff. responsibility for media/communications. Staff Management Develop and manage media training programmes Media training programmes for Government members. developed and managed effectively. Staff receive high Travel with the Prime Minister as directed. quality media training. Provide professional leadership to Government Effective professional leadership press secretaries in ministerial offices and the allowing for clear and consistent Government Communications Unit to ensure that communications across the messages being conveyed from ministerial ministerial offices. offices are consistent with the agreed communications strategy. Opportunities for development are provided for staff. New staff Work closely with media staff in all offices in appropriately inducted into the relation to their Minister’s portfolios. office environment and promptly Management of the Prime Minister’s media team, able to provide necessary and the co-ordination of ministerial Press support to their Minister. Secretaries and media staff. The Prime Minister’s Senior Build media staff capability by providing Private Secretary accurately development opportunities and sharing knowledge. advised of work-related travel, Ensure that media staff quickly acquire the on-site leave and absence details in a knowledge needed to support the Prime Minister. prompt fashion. Provide guidance and support during times of The Prime Minister’s office significant office change, for example following a managed through periods of general election or Cabinet reshuffle, to ensure the change, ministerial offices are welfare of staff. provided support. Staff welfare is Oversee and monitor the performance of maintained. Government Press Secretaries in ministerial offices. Press Secretary performance assessments are accurate, fair and transparent.
Work closely with the Prime Minister’s staff and other ministerial offices, to ensure that duties undertaken by them are integrated into the work of the Prime Minister’s office. Ensure a team approach to all matters both within the Prime Minister’s Office and with other ministerial offices. Maintain continuing and effective liaison with the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff to ensure there is a coordination of effort between all staff that have responsibility for media/communications. Effective teamwork within the Prime Minister’s Office and between other Ministerial offices and key stakeholders enabling the office to run effectively and efficiently. Prompt and productive liaison with the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff ensuring an appropriately co-ordinated effort across all media/communications staff. Staff Management Develop and manage media training programmes for Government members. Travel with the Prime Minister as directed. Provide professional leadership to Government press secretaries in ministerial offices and the Government Communications Unit to ensure that the messages being conveyed from ministerial offices are consistent with the agreed communications strategy. Work closely with media staff in all offices in relation to their Minister’s portfolios. Management of the Prime Minister’s media team, and the co-ordination of ministerial Press Secretaries and media staff. Build media staff capability by providing development opportunities and sharing knowledge. Ensure that media staff quickly acquire the on-site knowledge needed to support the Prime Minister. Provide guidance and support during times of significant office change, for example following a general election or Cabinet reshuffle, to ensure the welfare of staff. Oversee and monitor the performance of Government Press Secretaries in ministerial offices. Media training programmes developed and managed effectively. Staff receive high quality media training. Effective professional leadership allowing for clear and consistent communications across ministerial offices. Opportunities for development are provided for staff. New staff appropriately inducted into the office environment and promptly able to provide necessary support to their Minister. The Prime Minister’s Senior Private Secretary accurately advised of work-related travel, leave and absence details in a prompt fashion. The Prime Minister’s office managed through periods of change, ministerial offices are provided support. Staff welfare is maintained. Press Secretary performance assessments are accurate, fair and transparent.
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