Deputy Director of Field Campaigns & Elections

About the role

The Deputy Director of Field Campaigns & Elections will play a senior leadership role in delivering the Liberal Democrats' electoral ambitions.

Directly line-managing a number of Field Heads of Campaigns, you will lead a team of Campaigns Managers to develop and deliver winning campaigns in strategically important elections, ensuring our resources, people and campaigning expertise are focused where they can have the greatest impact.

You will also lead a team of Regional Development Officers, supporting the development of party capacity, strengthening local campaigning organisations and growing our local government base across a broad geographical footprint. You will also line-mange our Best Practice function, including MP incumbency protection support.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring exceptional political judgement and the ability to build confidence and strong relationships across the organisation. You will work closely with Parliamentarians, candidates, volunteers, Party Committees, State and Regional teams, funding partners, donors and colleagues across the wider organisation.

Key responsibilities

Strategic leadership and electoral delivery

• Lead, develop and motivate high-performing Field Campaigns and Development teams, creating a culture focused on delivery, collaboration and electoral success.
• Lead the development and delivery of winning campaigns in strategically important elections.
• Develop clear strategic plans for each annual cycle of elections, ensuring people, funding and other resources are prioritised to maximise electoral impact.
• Ensure effective performance management, monitoring and evaluation of campaigning activity, identifying opportunities to improve our approach and increase our chances of success.
• Build campaigning capability and organisational capacity across the Party, prioritising support where it can deliver the greatest electoral benefit.

Candidates and campaigning

• Lead and implement a strategic approach to Parliamentary candidate engagement, development and support.
• Ensure candidates and local parties have access to the advice, expertise and support they need to run effective campaigns.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key candidates, Parliamentarians, local parties and volunteers.
• Ensure learning and best practice from successful campaigns is captured and shared across the organisation.

Organisational leadership and collaboration

• Build strong relationships across the Party to ensure teams work collaboratively towards shared political and electoral objectives.
• Maintain the confidence of key stakeholders, including Parliamentarians, candidates, Party Committees, volunteers, State and Regional funding partners and donors.
• Develop strong links across campaigning, media, fundraising, Parliamentary activity and other areas of the organisation to maximise our collective impact.
• Work effectively with Party Committees and volunteers operating in governance roles, ensuring their confidence and engagement.
• Contribute to the wider strategic leadership of the Campaigns and Elections function and the Party.

Person specification

Essential experience and skills

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

1. Exceptional strategic and political judgement, with the ability to make sound decisions in complex and fast-moving environments.
2. Exceptional leadership and management skills, including the ability to lead, develop and motivate multiple complex teams.
3. Exceptional planning and delivery skills, with the ability to develop and implement campaigns, projects and engagement programmes over the medium and long term.
4. Exceptional ability to bring people together around a common purpose and build effective relationships across a complex organisation.
5. Excellent understanding of political campaigning, including the ability to identify and apply effective campaigning techniques.
6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to adapt your approach to different people, situations and levels of seniority.
7. Excellent judgement, discretion and diplomacy, particularly when working in highly sensitive or politically challenging environments.
8. Good understanding of governance and volunteer-led organisations, including the ability to work effectively with Party Committees and volunteers and maintain their confidence.
9. Good financial and commercial management skills, including experience of managing budgets and contracts.
10. Proven ability to understand, support and motivate volunteers and to work effectively within volunteer-led organisations.
11. Sympathy with the aims and values of the Liberal Democrats.

How to apply

Please read the full job description and person specification carefully before applying and take a few minutes to complete our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.

To apply, please submit:

• A full CV of no more than two pages, including your telephone number and email address.
• A covering letter of no more than one A4 page, setting out why you want the role and how your experience and skills meet the requirements of the position.

Please send your application to recruitment@libdems.org.uk.

Key information

Closing date: Midday Friday 11th September 2026

We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.

Additional information

Please note that we are unable to employ anyone who is not eligible to work in the UK and cannot obtain a work permit on your behalf.

Applicants are encouraged to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.

Please provide details of your current salary and two referees, including one from your current employer. If you would prefer us not to contact your current employer until a later stage of the selection process, please indicate this in your application.

We will not routinely notify applicants who are unsuccessful at the shortlisting stage.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Liberal Democrats are committed to fostering equity, equality, diversity and inclusion across our workforce. We want our employees to thrive in an environment where everyone is welcomed, supported and able to achieve their full potential.

We value and celebrate the diversity of our staff and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and able to be themselves.