Find information on the role and responsibilities of a Local Party Media Officer here.
Time: 3 hours per week
The Media Officer communicates the local party's activities and achievements to the community.
This helps develop the party's reputation, but crucially it tells voters what the local Liberal Democrats team is campaigning for.
This means that when you canvass your voters, they may already have heard of your activities.
Channels for communication are the local party website, the social media channels of the local party and any of its prominent members, such as councillors, and the local and regional press in your area.
The Media Officer is becoming an increasingly important role, as so many voters now choose to consume their information digitally. This role would suit somebody who:
This is an optional role within local parties.
If you'd like to become the media officer for your local party, then speak to your Chair about it.
Your Chair could propose a motion at the next Executive Committee meeting to create the post of media officer, and co-opt you into the role until the next AGM.
Then at your next AGM, it can be opened up to all local party members as an elected position, the same as the other officer roles.