Campaign Mobilisation and Volunteering Officer (Didcot & Wantage)

Job Title: Campaign Mobilisation and Volunteering Officer (Didcot & Wantage)

Salary: From £24,000 (depending on experience)

Days: Full-time. It is expected that you will work to assist evening and weekend campaign activities by agreement, for which time off in lieu will be given.

Tenure: Permanent (3 months probation)

Responsible to: The designated Regional Campaigns Manager

Closing date: Monday 9th June, 4pm

The mission/what you will help make happen:

• Working closely with our Member of Parliament Olly Glover and our council groups, you will play a key role in our mission to hold the constituency and local councils for the Liberal Democrats in forthcoming elections. 
• You will play a vital role in helping us advance our goals locally and nationally, on climate change, Europe and international cooperation, housing, infrastructure and public services, and electoral reform. 
• You will be essential to the success of our efforts to grow our local party team and its operational capabilities so we can keep our area a liberal and inclusive place, and the aggressive and dishonest ideas of both Reform and the Conservatives at bay. 

Who you will work closely with:

• Our Lib Dem Member of Parliament, Olly Glover, and his parliamentary team. 
• The leaders and councillors of our county and district councils. 
• The local party executive and our large network of volunteers. 
• Party officials regionally and nationally.

Key responsibilities/job content:

• People are everything to our success. You will play a key role in recruiting new party members and volunteers; engaging and getting the most out of our existing ones; and building team spirit and camaraderie that will create the productive, fun, and energetic team we need to run great local campaigns and win elections. 
• You will lead and have responsibility for reviewing and improving our processes for campaigns and elections across the seat, taking into account established good practice, including our key messages, printed and online materials, doorstep conversations teams, and fundraising. 

What we’re looking for from you:

1. Warmth and confidence when it comes to working with people, and particularly volunteers. 
2. Ability to lead to create a positive culture of team-working, and work well within teams. 
3. Ability to learn IT systems and packages as needed. 
4. Able to understand campaign processes and logistics, and improve them using a keen eye for detail.
5. Willingness to build relationships locally, regionally, and nationally, including receiving feedback well and learning from good practice elsewhere. 

Starting date: ASAP

How to apply:

Please send a full CV, including contact information, as well as a covering letter, of no more than one page, setting out why you want the job and how your experience and skills are relevant to it, to andy.briggs@libdems.org.uk.

We will be reviewing applications as they come in and reserve the right to appoint prior to the closing date.

Please note: We will not be able to employ you if you are not eligible to work in the UK. We will not be able to obtain a work permit on your behalf.

Applicants are encouraged to inform us if any reasonable adjustments are needed to be made during any part of the recruitment process.

Please let us have details of your two referees including one from your current employer – if you would prefer us not to contact them until a later stage of the selection process, please let us know.

The Party believes it is essential to foster equity, equality, diversion and inclusion within our workforce. We want our employees to thrive in an environment where everyone is welcome and supported to achieve their potential. It is important to celebrate what makes us unique and that you feel valued, appreciated and free to be who you are.