Diary Manager to Jo Swinson MP (East Dunbartonshire) and Leader of the Liberal Democrats
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Job Title: Diary Manager to Jo Swinson MP (East Dunbartonshire) and Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Salary: Competitive and base on experience
Tenure: 1st November to 5th January 2020
Hours: Full time 40 hours per week
Closing Date: Friday, 25th of November
Purpose of the job
The Leader of the Liberal Democrats is looking for an efficient, highly motivated and resilient individual to fill the role of Diary Manager. The role is temporary covering a leave of absence until 5th January 2020, offering opportunity to work at an executive level.
The position is based within a lively and dynamic team, across Jo’s parliamentary and leader’s offices, and working closely with the Leader. The role will be in central London.
Events Co-ordinator
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Job Title: Events Co-ordinator
Responsible to: Head of Conferences & Events
Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 per annum
Pension: 8% employer’s pension contribution
Tenure: Maternity cover: 6 January 2020 – 26 March 2021
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Location: Lib Dems HQ, Westminster, London SW1P
Closing Date: Friday, 29th of November
Purpose of the job
Working closely with venues, suppliers and clients to ensure the successful delivery of the conference exhibition and fringe programme as well as sponsored and other ad-hoc activities at conference.
Policy Adviser to the Leader of the Liberal Democrats
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Job Title: Policy Adviser to the Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Responsible to: Leader’s Head of Office
Salary: £35-45,000 per annum
Benefit: 8% Employer’s Pension Contribution
Tenure: Permanent, with standard six month probation period
Hours: Full time 40 hours per week
Location: Westminster, London
Closing Date: Friday, 25th of October, Midday
Purpose of the job
To be the leader’s key policy adviser, drawing on the resources both within and outside the party to ensure that when it comes to policy the leader is informed, innovative and engaged. This is a party leader who is committed to the party being the best it can be in policy development to meet the significant challenges in the world today. You will be excited by the prospect of providing detail, debate, creativity and challenging thinking to a dynamic ambitious party leader.
Artwork Support Officer (3 Month contract)
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Job Title: Artwork Support Officer (3 Month contract)
Responsible to: Head of Special Projects
Salary: £21,000-27,000 per annum
Tenure: Temporary - 3 months
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Location: Lib Dems HQ, Westminster, London SW1P
Closing Date: No fixed closing date – interviews will take place on an ongoing basis
Purpose of the job
The Liberal Democrats are looking for an outstanding Artwork Support Officer to join the team at LDHQ. Working closely with campaigners in strategic held and target constituencies, regionally-based Campaigns Officers and LDHQ staff, the successful applicant will support the artworking and development of key items of campaigns and literature against an agreed national plan for a range of constituencies.
Pastoral Care Officer
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Job Title: Pastoral Care Officer
Responsible to: Head of HR & Standards
(but with direct access to the President)
Salary: £26,000 – £35,000 (+ 8% employer pension)
Tenure: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 h week
Location: Lib Dems HQ, Westminster, London SW1P
Closing Date: Friday 25 October 2019, Midday
Purpose of the job
The Liberal Democrats have for the past six years employed a Pastoral Care Officer, responsible for supporting party members and staff who encounter difficulties in connection with their membership of, or employment by, the party. The post-holder intervenes as necessary and provides or signposts support as appropriate.
The successful applicant works in particular to ensure that any concerns relating to personal conduct within the Party are managed appropriately, and that any issues which cannot be resolved locally are referred to the Standards Officer for consideration within the Party’s disciplinary process, or to the Head of HR if it is a staff disciplinary matter.
The post-holder is responsible for monitoring complaints of this sort, ensuring they are fully recorded, arranging appropriate Pastoral Care Services if required, and acting as Safeguarding Officer in the Party for young people and vulnerable adults.
The Pastoral Care Officer plays a role in promoting positive behavioural practices throughout the Party.
Developing the role further for the future, within the HR team the post-holder will act as ‘wellbeing officer’ providing a practical first port of call for staff with worries about occupational health, domestic, financial, emotional, safety, security or harassment issues. They will help find and signpost appropriate professional support (but are not expected to provide specialist care and should not attempt to do so).
Focusing on the mental and physical health, the post-holder will design and implement policies and practices to improve overall occupational health and wellbeing of Party and Parliamentary staff, gathering data as relevant and working with the Party’s occupational health providers.
It will therefore be important to keep up to speed with the latest thinking on this topic and try different techniques and technologies to influence workplace wellbeing and improve productivity and performance.
Digital Support Officer (3 Month contract)
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Job Title: Digital Support Officer (3 Month contract)
Responsible to: Digital Campaigns Manager
Salary: £21,000-27,000 per annum
Tenure: Temporary - 3 months
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Location: Lib Dems HQ, Westminster, London SW1P (Remote working considered)
Closing date: No fixed closing date – interviews will take place on an ongoing basis
Purpose of the job
To support the use of NationBuilder in local and regional parties in support of the Liberal Democrats’ campaign goals.
Campaigns Manager (England & Wales)
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Job Title: Campaigns Manager (England & Wales) (Temp)
Responsible to: Head of Campaigns & Elections (England & Wales)
Salary: £26,000 to £32,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Tenure: Temporary - 3 months
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Location: Home based, with travel
Number of jobs available: Five
Closing Date: No fixed closing date - interviews will take place on an ongoing basis
Purpose of job
To deliver election success in priority areas across England & Wales, with a clear objective of putting “more gold on the map” – be it Lib Dem MPs, AMs in Wales, Lib Dem-led Councils, Lib Dem Mayors and PCCs.
Volunteer Opportunities at Lib Dem HQ
Volunteer Phone Bank Manager
We are in need of volunteers who are comfortable leading phone banks on weekday evenings to support our campaign activities.
You should be a confident Connect user, a practised phone canvasser and ideally, have experience in leading phone banks in the past, during
local, European or General Elections.
This is a chance to be a dynamic force in our campaigning activity and help with leading the teams that have helped us win big in recent elections.
If you are interested, please drop an email to volunteer@libdems.org.uk briefly outlining any relevant experience.
Volunteer Regional Connect Managers
Duration: Short Term, Long Term, Ongoing
Based: Remotely, All Regions
Description: We are looking for people who are experienced in using our canvassing program, Connect, to help provide support to users in different regions. This would involve liaising with local parties, troubleshooting and answering questions from Connect users.
This is a very exciting time to volunteer for the party, and we are willing to work flexibly around your schedule as you help us at this crucial time in politics.
If you are interested, please email volunteer@libdems.org.uk, outlining any relevant experience.
Volunteer Campaigns Administrator
Location: LDHQ, Westminster, London, SW1P 3AE
Duration: 1 month or 1 week shifts
Start date: Rolling, commencing Thursday 19th September
This role involves important data entry and administration relating to the party's ongoing campaigning activities.
Reasonable familiarity with computers and basic Microsoft programs would be helpful. A familiarity with using Connect for data entry is desirable but not essential.
If you're interested, please email volunteer@libdems.org.uk with "Campaigns Administrator" in the title.
Volunteer Compliance Administrator
Duration: Short Term, Long Term, Ongoing
Location: LDHQ
Description: This is a crucial role for a volunteer, based in the Compliance team. The role involves processing redactions, filtering through subject access requests and assisting in the administration of data protection.
This role would suit anyone with legal experience or administration in a legal setting, and is an exciting chance to help the party at a crucial time in British politics.
If you're interested, please email volunteer@libdems.org.uk with a CV and two references, ideally one of which should be from within the party.
Volunteer Inbox Administrator
Duration: Short Term, Long Term, Ongoing
Start Date: ASAP
Location: LDHQ, Westminster, London.
Description: This role involves monitoring the help@ inbox, updating the system database and responding to queries from Liberal Democrat members.
This would suit anyone with administrative and/or customer service experience with a reasonable familiarity with computers. Role specific training will be provided.
If you're interested, please email volunteer@libdems.org.uk with "Volunteer Inbox Administrator" in the subject line and a brief outline of your interests.
Volunteer Receptionist/Front of House
Location: LDHQ, Westminster, London.
Start date: ASAP
Duration: Long Term, Ongoing, full time, part time or in shifts
This role involves:
- meet & greet of visitors
- looking after incoming and outgoing post
- looking after the meeting rooms
- ad hoc office operational tasks and projects
If you're interested, please email volunteer@libdems.org.uk with "Volunteer Receptionist/Front of House" in the subject line with a brief outline of your interest in volunteering.
Volunteer Copywriters
Duration: Short Term, Long Term, Flexible
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote or in LDHQ, London.
Description: This role involves copywriting and proof reading various forms of copy, including website, email and print.
This would suit anyone with a copywriting and creative background and ideally some digital skills.
The role is highly flexible and can be done at home with just a few hours per week.
If you're interested, please email volunteer@libdems.org.uk with "Volunteer Copywriter” in the subject line and a brief outline of your experience or CV.
Tech Volunteers
Duration: Short Term, Long Term, Flexible
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote or in LDHQ, London.
Description: We are looking for volunteers with experience working in tech to help on a variety of projects. We are looking for people with experience in product management, analytics, UX/UI, design and development. Experience with the party’s website platform (Nationbuilder) is a bonus.
The roles are highly flexible and can be done at home with just a few hours per week.
If you're interested, please email volunteer@libdems.org.uk with “Tech Volunteer” in the subject line and a brief outline of your experience or CV.
Volunteer Event Coordinator
Duration: Short Term, Long Term, Flexible
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote.
Description: This role involves working with a team of volunteers and staff to set up and run a series of member-focused events around the country. Event management experience is not necessary - you just need to be highly organised, a team player and able to learn quickly. If you have experience with the party’s data systems (Connect) or websites (Nationbuilder) that would be a bonus.
The role is highly flexible and can be done at home with just a few hours per week.
If you're interested, please email volunteer@libdems.org.uk with "Volunteer Event Coordinator” in the subject line and a brief outline of your experience.
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