Campaign & Volunteer Organiser (Henley & Thame Lib Dems)

Responsible to: Henley & Thame local party

Salary: £25,000-£30,000 per annum pro-rata, depending on experience

Benefit: 8% pension contribution

Hours: Minimum 24 hours per week, including some weekend and evening work

Location: Across the Henley & Thame Constituency, with a desk at the constituency office in Chalgrove.

Closing date: COB 27 November 2025

Purpose of the job

Do you want to make the world around you a better place to live? Do you want to see your values making a real difference in peoples’ lives? Do you want to play a leading role in helping to re-elect a Liberal Democrat MP at the next General Election? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, this role may be the perfect opportunity for you!

Local MP Freddie van Mierlo and the Henley & Thame Liberal Democrats are seeking an enthusiastic, politically astute and self-motivated person who can plan and organise campaign activity, build campaigning capacity and manage a team of volunteers.

As Campaigns Organiser, you will be communicating with volunteers about upcoming campaign activities, phoning to recruit and activate new volunteers, designing and arranging distribution for campaign leaflets, coordinating constituency door-knocking efforts, and working together with respective campaign teams to steer our campaigning efforts.

In this role, you would be working to re-elect Freddie in the constituency at the next General Election (6,000 majority), as well as electing Lib Dems at the relevant unitary council elections in 2027. There is currently a Lib Dem majority on the county and district councils, with active and experienced councillors and volunteers.

These tasks will require strong communication skills, a welcoming attitude, and the

confidence to work with and engage volunteers. The successful candidate will be highly motivated by hitting targets, and proactive in keeping the pace of the campaign, getting stuck in on a range of different tasks and getting things done. You will have access to a large programme of training and resources, as well as coaching and mentoring from an experienced team and peer-to-peer mentoring with campaigns staff. In recent years, at least two previous post-holders went on to secure more senior roles in the party.

We need to continue to build our local organisation at all levels to ensure that we hold the parliamentary seat for many years to come. There is a lot to do, this will be hard work but rewarding and hugely fun: are you up for the challenge?

Job Description:

Primary tasks

• Take overall responsibility for developing and delivering the constituency campaign plan to the agreed budget and objectives.

• To organise volunteers and local party workers to deliver the campaign plan, by:

  ○ Recruiting, training, managing and mobilising members and volunteers

  ○ Leading volunteer teams on campaigning activities (canvassing, poster sites, and delivery)

  ○ Ensuring volunteers add data to the online database (Connect), entering data yourself where any gaps arise.

  ○ Ensuring capacity for all year-round campaigning in all parts of the constituency

• To ensure the delivery of a programme of doorstep and telephone voter contact.
• To oversee and deliver to the production, printing and distribution of literature, according to the local party literature plan (using HQ templates, and regional/HQ printing as required).
• Build a good working relationship with Freddie van Mierlo MP, the local party executive and campaign committee, engaging regularly with local, regional and HQ campaign staff.

Secondary tasks

• To build and develop phone and digital campaigning capacity alongside key volunteers, including taking charge of constituency emails and phone banking.
• To support fundraising, and assisting with fundraising campaigns.
• To undertake such other duties as the line manager may require furthering effective communication, campaigning and organisation in the area.
• Attend relevant conferences, training and other meetings as required.

Overall Aims:

To support the work of the local Liberal Democrats so that:

• The local party’s membership and volunteer base grows and thrives.
• The local party’s capacity to fight elections is increased including planning towards the next elections.
• We can win every feasible seat in the constituency at the next local elections.
• We can hold the Henley & Thame constituency at the next General Election

Person Specification:

The following criteria are essential:

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Ability to communicate effectively with and maintain the confidence of a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively recruit, mobilise and manage volunteers.
• Demonstrate a "can-do" attitude and resilience in pressured/difficult situations.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, with exceptional personal organisation, and the ability to prioritise and multi-task effectively.
• Familiarity with UK politics and sympathetic to Liberal Democrat aims and values.

The following criteria are desirable:

• Knowledge of the local area, its politics and local communities.
• Understanding and experience of election campaigns and management.
• Ability to produce effective political literature.
• Good digital skills and experience of Liberal Democrat software and databases (e.g. Affinity Publisher & Connect) – training will be provided as needed.

Starting date: ASAP

How to apply:

Please read through the job description to learn more about the role before applying and take a few minutes to complete our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Forms (information from which is confidential and not shared with the panel), then proceed with your application. 

Please submit:

• A full CV of no more than two pages, with full employment history, and including a telephone number and email address.
• A covering letter (no more than one A4 page) setting out why you want the job and how your experience and skills are relevant to it.
• Details of two referees, including one from your current or most recent employer (if applicable).

to Pieter-Paul Barker - barker.pieterpaul@gmail.com - with the subject line: ‘Application - Campaign & Volunteer Organiser’. 

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.

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