{"id":3010,"date":"2021-06-24T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.direct\/join-us\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T11:10:19","slug":"join-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/news.direct\/why-we-are-different\/join-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05db8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c05db8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/political%20monitoring%20traineeship%20%28scotland%29\/\">Political Monitoring Traineeship (Scotland)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fabc04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fabc04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full time contract, 37.5 hours per week, Mon \u2013 Fri: 08:00 \u201316:30<\/li>\n<li>Starting salary is \u00a319,305 per annum \/ \u00a31,608.75 per month (pre-tax) + overtime + pension contribution<\/li>\n<li>Annual leave is 29 days (including bank hols) + festive shut down + August half-day Fridays<\/li>\n<li>Permanent position with a 6-month probationary period.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NDjob1221\">Full job details<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earn while you learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re offering a full-time salaried traineeship that will equip you for a role in our team, either as a parliamentary reporter or as an account manager.\u00a0 Over a six-month probationary period you\u2019ll be trained up on our monitoring system, checking sources, drafting content, writing news, compiling business listings and learning about the political process in a very hands-on and practical way. If you hit your training milestones during that time, you\u2019ll be guaranteed one of those positions within six months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To apply,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NDjob1221\">download our job pack<\/a>\u00a0and send us:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Your CV (2 pages max)<\/li>\n<li>A cover note\/letter (1 page max) that introduces you as a potential colleague. Please include your notice period or availability to start.<\/li>\n<li>A 400-word blog on a current Scottish Parliament committee inquiry or proposed Member\u2019s Bill. This should be written in a style suitable for publishing on our website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equality, Diversity &amp; Inclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newsdirect strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can all be ourselves.<\/li>\n<li>As part of our commitment to being a Disability Confident employer, we commit to encouraging applications by offering an interview to selected applicants with a declared disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job.<\/li>\n<li>We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented on our team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact for more information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about the vacancy or if you need the job information provided in an alternative format, please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kirsty@newsdirect-uk.com\">kirsty@newsdirect-uk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Monitoring Traineeship (Scotland) Details Full time contract, 37.5 hours per week, Mon \u2013 Fri: 08:00 \u201316:30 Starting salary is \u00a319,305 per annum \/ \u00a31,608.75 per month (pre-tax) + overtime + pension contribution Annual leave is 29 days (including bank hols) + festive shut down + August half-day Fridays Permanent position with a 6-month probationary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8015,"parent":2996,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.5 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Join us - Newsdirect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;re hiring. \u00a320.5k + benefits + lovely colleagues. 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