Campaign Organiser - Wood Green, United Kingdom - Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats

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Wood Green, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

15 Mar 2024
Reporting to: Chair of Haringey Liberal Democrats, working to targets and objectives set, and reviewed regularly, by the local party Campaigns Committee and Local Party Executive Committee
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Salary: £27,000-£30,000 pa (pro-rata for contracted days) depending upon experience; initially £10,800 to £12,000 for a two day week.

Hours:
Part-time, 2 days per week

Working pattern:

Two fixed working days per week (to be agreed), however some flexibility to be afforded as workload demands, including the occasional evening/weekend meeting/training session and you will be expected to work reasonable additional hours in line with the needs of any election campaigns (covered via TOIL).

Location:
Haringey Lib Dem Offices in Wood Green (some remote working possible depending on current work schedule)

Closing date: 5pm, 5 April, 2024

Summary:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated person who can help Haringey Liberal Democrats build a winning local campaign team up to 2026 local elections and increase the number of councillors we have in Haringey, in the role of Local Party Organiser.

This is currently a Part-time post 2 days (15 hours) per week.

Draft and layout effective and powerful campaign literature (in various forms/formats)
Lead the recruitment process of volunteers alongside the Campaigns Chair and Membership Secretary in Haringey to ensure we have a motivated and welltrained volunteer network of deliverers, canvassers and clerical helpers
Plan and coordinate member and volunteer training, action days and constituency events.
Ensure that the party's database of voters and supporters is properly maintained and updated, and used effectively to inform strategy.
Coordinate and support membership recruitment and engagement strategy.
Liaise with Local Party executive officers and ward teams to coordinate campaigns, messaging, events and activities.
Coordinate and support publicity for events and activities
Undertake such other duties as the team may require further effective communication, campaigning and organisation.

Skills:

Essential

Highly organised
Excellent teamwork and people skills
Ability to work independently and prioritise under pressure
Strong leadership and project management skills
Professionalism and discretion.
Ability to lead, mobilise, support and manage volunteers.
Ability to work independently with limited supervision, selfmotivation and able to manage your own workload, (delegating tasks where appropriate)
Ability to write clearly, accurately, concisely taking account of political requirements and within legal requirements.
Familiarity with current issues within UK politics and committed to the aims, values and principles of the Liberal Democrats and Haringey Liberal Democrats.
Ability to work with Liberal Democrat staff from the London Region, English Party, other local parties and HQ.
Ability to be in Haringey and travel around the area either by own or public transport.

Desirable

Prior experience with campaigning or recruiting, managing and motivating volunteers.
Prior experience with desktop publishing tools, notably Affinity Publisher or strong artworking skills.
Prior experience or ability to quickly get up to speed and work with our systems e.g. Connect, Mailchimp, Lighthouse and Fleet and Microsoft Office suite notably Word, and Excel, and also our equipment used for printing and preparing literature for distribution
Prior experience of working in a campaign/elections office or team
Understanding of GDPR, data protection and other laws and regulations relevant to political campaigning.

Interview/Start Dates:

Starting date:
Position Open Immediately

How to Apply:

Please include a cover letter confirming that you are a current member of the Liberal Democrats, and explaining why you wish to be considered for the post and showing how you meet the key points from the person specification and would deliver the key requirements of the role.
Please also enclose a short up to date Curriculum Vitae
One of the documents should include contact details for at least two referees, plus details of your current or most recent employer / line manager.

We may contact your referees before your interview unless you tell us otherwise; your current employer will not be contacted until you confirm that we may.

Please Note:

Applicants are encouraged to inform us if any reasonable adjustments need to be made during any part of the recruitment process.
The office is situated on the first floor of a small office complex, there is a lift and disabled toilet facilities on the ground floor, other meeting places may have different levels of disabled access.