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Time: 2 - 3 hours per week
The Diversity Officer needs to be someone in the local party that has a passion for people and is supposed to bring in diversity to the party with the aim of making the local party more relatable to the community.
This is a very fun role as you get to learn about your local community and the many different groups that give it its diversity. You will be educated about these groups, but also prepared to learn about their concerns, so that you can help the exec group take them into consideration when discussing and deciding the local manifesto or different policies.
This role can also be a great help to your local party’s fundraising and campaigning activities, as well as your Membership Officer when it comes to organising events. Be open and diverse in your thoughts, and never make an assumption about any of the groups in your community.
The Diversity Officer needs someone who can reach out to different groups within the community, and who is happy to go to many events to meet new and different people.
This is an optional role within local parties.
If you'd like to become the Diversity 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 Diversity 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.
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