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The Taxpayers’ Union has a job opening for a “Chief Agitator-in-Residence”
Some of the key responsibilities and competencies are:
- Lead research and analysis on public spending and economic policy
- Produce authoritative reports, briefings, and commentary
- Identify emerging fiscal risks and opportunities for reform
- Operate heavy machinery (certification may be desirable)
- Strong analytical capability, particularly in fiscal or economic matters
- Food manufacturing (ideally, dry goods)
- Basic taxidermy
- Familiarity with laminated documents
- The ability to remain motionless during prolonged applause
- Comfort around industrial-grade shredders
- Jazz singing
- Professional modelling
- Juggling
- Falconry
- Competitive debating (pre-1900 rules)
- Speaking confidently in rooms with no windows
- Latin (threat-level fluency)
I’m tempted to apply!
Note however the following exclusions:
Due to strong internal capacity in those areas, we are not currently considering applications from:
- The Treasury
- Anyone who has used the phrase “human misery” unironically in the last 12 months
- Professional clappers
- Owners of more than three lanyards