Who do you think this is an advert for?
February 18th, 2012 at 5:45 pm by David FarrarAn ad at Trade Me for senior and junior communications advisors says the roles are:
To support all aspects of corporate communications through innovative strategies and to facilitate the flow of internal information and communications.
The jobs are in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition.
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February 18th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
This will be for Trevor Mallard’s spokesperson. In other words a mouthguard and personal assistant.
Vote:A nanny
February 18th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
This is clearly an advertisement written for Whaleoil.
Vote:Can someone submit his CV?
February 18th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
Presumably Brian Edwards need not apply?
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
An uncharitable or ill disposed person might infer from this advert that the advertiser has a dysfunctional office and/or communications both internal and external. However, that would be uncharitable and not nice. Does it mean Fran Mold is gone ?
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Definition of ‘corporate’ (investorwords .com)
Pertaining to corporations……corporations are business organisations……
Do Labour really know what they are doing? Answer – no.
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Are they auctioning the position?
Will it go to the highest bidder or is there a “take the job” now price?
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 6:28 pm
It’s for someone to face-off the very worthy Jo De Joux.
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Given Darien Fenton posted some bile on Red Alert yesterday about “uptitling” in job roles to use an important-sounding title to mask a low-grade, low paid role, it is probably for a telephonist.
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Annette King might be vetting the CV’s. She might be keen to get Whale off the dole
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 7:33 pm
They are crying out for help. This is really pathetic, thank our lucky stars they are not running the country.
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
Oh dear, Leader of the Opposition are we sure this is not Winston advertising?
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 8:24 pm
Soundls like a job for Philip Ure MA (Hons)
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
^^ KS, can you imagine the confusion. The Labour MPs would think they’d taken to communicating in Morse code …
eh?
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Keeping Stock.
Vote:“Soundls like a job for Philip Ure MA (Hons)”
He would not go across the road from his dwelling to work. Why bother when us TAXPAYERS provide food and a roof for the bludger?
February 18th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
The most important role in this position is database management. How do I know? It’s mentioned twice.
Vote:February 18th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
I am curious, is the ad done by the Labour or Parliamentary Services?
Vote:Who do you actually get hired by?
February 18th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Well as a now former staffer I’m glad you are having a laugh about all this, but it’s less funny from where i am. As for who it’s for? Well not any of the current group as they’ve all been told they arent wanted. But everything is pointing to jobs for Robertsons boys and everyone else need not apply.
[DPF: The laughter is at the wording of the advertisement, which has obviously not been tailored to the role. On many occassions I have said that my sympathies are with staffers who lose their jobs after an election or change of leader. In fact one of the reasons I left Parliament was I got upset seeing so many of my friends lose their jobs when the leader changed. It isn't a great environment from that perspective]
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 8:29 am
Phil Ure, morse code….why don’t the Greens employ him to transcribe parliament? He’s got the right sort of empathy – a greenie who’s out of touch with reality.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 9:40 am
Paul Holmes
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 10:22 am
It’s in the $50k-$60k salary band, I don’t think that’s enough to get them the calibre of person they’d need to perform all the functions they’ve listed to any great degree of competency.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 11:24 am
RightNow – nonsense, that’s about the salary band everyone should be on, if they’re dedicated to the Labour cause they should fit in nicely. As long as they can ignore the trevoritis around them.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 11:45 am
with enough scalping they can bump up their income to low six figures…
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 11:53 am
Hmm, I’ll have to give them a point for being smart enough not to mention ‘comped tickets’ as part of the deal.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Robertson is boying up his personal team in order to consolidate his own position when he becomes Leader of the Labour Party. Within two years – before the next election.
Vote:Having your own boy’ohs rooting for you helps on the one hand theoretical support for Shearer’s role as current leader but being continually undermined by the so called rainbow movement.
Remember Helen Clark set up her own impregenable internal team under Simpson and Robertson, with similar results.
February 20th, 2012 at 11:59 am
These jobs usually go to TV1 reporters, so no guessing who that might be.
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