Campaigns Organiser (Eastbourne)

Key info

Salary: Up to £28,000 plus pension

Hours: Full-time (40 hours per week). Exceptional part-time applications will be considered. Evening and weekend working will be required.

Location: Eastbourne Campaign HQ (100 Seaside Road, BN21 3PF) but remote working is actively supported. Travel across the constituency will be required.

Contract: Permanent

Leave: 25 days holiday (+8 bank holidays)

Josh Babarinde MP and Eastbourne Lib Dems are looking for a Full-Time Constituency Organiser.

You’ll be working with Josh Babarinde, the hugely popular Lib Dem MP for Eastbourne. Josh was elected in July 2024 with over 52% of the vote and after an ambitious and hugely successful campaign.

The Eastbourne Lib Dems have successfully retained control of the local Council for many years, winning the traditionally Conservative Meads ward in 2023 and winning two By-Elections in 2025 against an insurgent Reform. Devolution and Local government reorganisation pose real opportunities for an even stronger Lib Dem voice across Sussex.

Now Josh and the Eastbourne Lib Dems are on the hunt for a show-stopping Constituency Organiser. You’ll be reinvigorating that campaign winning mojo to fight future campaigns in a rapidly changing political landscape. It's an exciting challenge!

You’ll be project managing campaigns, producing hard hitting campaign comms and powering up an army of activists. You’ll know how to get things done and you’ve got the enthusiasm and empathy needed to build winning teams. You’ll be a wordsmith with an eye for design and be able to multitask. You’ll care enough to get stuck in and make things work.

You’re invested in our mission to ensure Lib Dem values and track records continue to win hearts and minds, inspiring Conservative, Labour and Green supporters and offering a genuinely attractive political home for anyone who wants an alternative to Reform.

Project manage the campaign

You’ll make sure Josh and the Eastbourne Lib Dems Campaign Plan to win seats across Eastbourne is delivered on-time and in-budget, working closely with our team of seasoned campaigners. You’ll run a tight ship.

Produce hard-hitting campaign comms

You’ll craft powerful leaflets, letters, emails and press releases to inspire voters, donors and supporters with Lib Dem campaign messages. You don’t need to be a graphic design pro, don’t worry - you’ll work from templates and we can train you up to design leaflets from scratch too. You’ll also co-ordinate the printing of campaign leaflets at our print hub and externally.

Push the Lib Dem message to the public

You’ll plan and manage a rigorous schedule of campaign activity to get the Eastbourne Lib Dem message out to voters across every corner of Eastbourne. This’ll involve organising doorstep canvassing sessions, leaflet delivery sessions, mass telephoning to voters and more - all powered by our volunteer activists.

Power-up our army of activists

You’ll run training to arm our activists with the skills, tips and tricks they need to make an impact when meeting voters on the doorsteps. You’ll work to recruit talented and committed new activists into the Lib Dem campaign.

Provide data-driven campaign advice

Drawing on insights from local surveys, opinion polling and your sharp political antennae, you’ll inject your advice into the campaign to help make the decisions we need to win.

Key things we’re after from you

You know how to get things done. 

You’re hot on deadlines, making sure team members know what tasks they need to do, and at keeping track of a budget. You’ve got experience managing a project with lots of strands. You might even be a fan of project management tools like Monday.com.

You can fire up passionate activists

You’ve got the enthusiasm and empathy to motivate our team of activists to campaign on the doorsteps. You will work closely with our ward teams and leads, building capacity and relationships with key stakeholders. You might have experience of recruiting, motivating, organising and training volunteer activists.

You’re a wordsmith with an eye for design

You’ve got experience writing material that wins hearts and minds. With sharp attention to detail, you know what makes an engaging and informative leaflet. A bonus would be experience of using desktop publishing tools.

You can multitask with ease

You’re organised enough to manage lots of simultaneous demands from activists, ward teams and Josh without losing your cool, losing sight of your goals, nor losing your magic touch. Any event-organising experience you have would be great evidence of this.

You care enough to get stuck right in.

You’re invested in our mission to ensure Lib Dem values and track records continue to win hearts and minds, inspiring Conservative, Labour and Green supporters and offering a genuinely attractive political home for anyone who wants an alternative to Reform. You’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get the job done

Applications for this post will close at 12 midday on Wednesday 24 September 2025.

Interviews are scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday 9 October.

To apply for this post please email your CV and a covering letter describing the experience you have that will enable you to meet the demands of this job description. Email applications to the Elections Officer Kara Bishop at libdemkara@gmail.com. For any questions or an informal discussion please email Kara or phone her on 07595 207387.

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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