Local Party Membership Officer

Find information on the role and responsibilities of a Local Party Membership Officer here.

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What's the role?

Time: 3 - 4 hours per week

You are the main point of contact for most members, making sure that they are involved with the Lib Dem community where you live.

You will arrange events for them to attend and get them involved with campaigning.

You've also got the important job of keeping your members up to date with their payments, and are the local party lead on recruiting more members.

Key tasks

Managing your local party’s membership is a big task, but is also a highly rewarding one. It suits well organised people with great personal skills.

Help & support

Skills & attributes

Being a great membership secretary means you'll need a few key skills and attributes:

  • A good all-round communicator.
  • Someone with strong attention to detail and good administrative skills.
  • A good event organiser.
  • Someone who is friendly and approachable, with good all-round people skills.

How to apply

The Membership officer is a role on the local party executive.

As a part of the Local Party Executive, the role is elected each year at your local party's AGM.

Any member of the party can stand to be Membership officer.

In England and Wales it is referred to as Membership Development Officer (or 'MDO'), and in Scotland it is referred to as Membership Secretary. 


Further resources

For the Local Party Membership Officer

To access these resources, you will need to be a member of the Campaigns hub, if you aren’t already you can join here.

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A Year in the Life of a Local Party

Find the guide to a year in the life of a local party here

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AGM Guide

Find the Annual General Meetings Guide here

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Boost Guide

Find the Boost Guide for engaging with the public here

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Resources for Membership Officers

Find the document with resources for Membership Officers here

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UK GDPR Online Training

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Email Marketing Best Practice Guide

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Training Videos

Find training videos for the role of Membership Officer here

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  • Owen Temple, Northern Durham

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  • Mike Pringle, South Edinburgh

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