Infrastructure & Volunteer Organiser (Waverley Lib Dems)

Job Title: Infrastructure and Volunteer Organiser 

Responsible to: Campaigns Manager (South East) 

Salary:  £28 000-£35 000

Hours:  37.5 hours a week.  A significant amount of evening and weekend work will be required

Tenure:               Permanent

Location:            Godalming

Closing date:     12 noon 19 December 2025

Job details

Waverley Liberal Democrats are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated person who can build our volunteer capacity and spearhead our voter contact activities.

Waverley is home to two of the party’s most winnable parliamentary seats in the country, with a clear ambition to win both the Parliamentary Constituencies of Godalming and Ash and Farnham and Bordon at the next General Election and also take control of the new West Surrey council.

You will be a natural people-person and motivator of volunteers. Reporting to the Regional Campaigns Manager, the role is based in Waverley.

You will play a key role in delivering the constituency campaign plan, as agreed between the South East Campaigns Manager and Waverley Liberal Democrats.

The successful applicant will be a self-starter, have lots of enthusiasm, good interpersonal and organisational skills, and a willingness to develop. Working closely with volunteers, councillors and candidates, key to the role is the ability to build relationships, along with training and motivating volunteers.

Job Description:

• Building campaigning and organisational capacity – including recruiting members, donors, deliverers and poster sites. 
• Building and managing a team of constituency volunteers who oversee all aspects of capacity building and campaigning.
• Designing and delivering an ongoing programme of doorstep communication with voters.
• Assisting with the design, production, print, and coordination of delivery of campaign literature.
• Maintaining relevant databases e.g. deliverers, donors, poster sites etc. 
• Organising events e.g. action days, social events, etc.
• Maintaining and updating social media, website and other digital infrastructure.
• Supporting fundraising and assisting with fundraising campaigns and events as required.
• Attending relevant conferences, training and other meetings as required.
• Reporting to Waverley executive on progress with set strategies and plans, progress with growing the membership and volunteers.

Person Specification:

The following criteria are considered essential:

• Exceptional personal organisation.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead, mobilise and manage volunteers.
• Excellent written communication skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision, self-motivating and able manage own workload.
• Familiarity with current issues within UK politics and sympathy with the values and principles of the Liberal Democrats.

The following criteria are considered highly desirable:

• Experience of delivering effective Liberal Democrat campaigns.
• Experience of Liberal Democrat software and databases (e.g. Affinity Publisher, NationBuilder & Connect)
• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle.

Starting date: ASAP.

Application Details:

To apply for the role please send a CV and covering letter describing your suitability to Michael Wilson at michael.wilson1@libdems.org.uk

For further information about the role or the constituency please contact michael.wilson1@libdems.org.uk

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 current salary and 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.

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.

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