As Campaigns Organiser, you will be communicating with volunteers about upcoming campaign activities, recruiting and triaging new volunteers, designing and arranging distribution for campaign leaflets, coordinating constituency doorknocking efforts, and working together with respective campaign teams to steer our campaigning efforts.

Each of 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.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Lead the volunteer recruitment and capacity building/retainment processes in Melksham and Devizes to ensure we have a motivated and well-trained volunteer network of deliverers, canvassers and clerical helpers.
Contribute to the literature schedule planning and provide key input to copy editing, design, proofing and approval, and print and distribution of regular artworked leaflets.
Plan and coordinate member and volunteer training, volunteer and capacity-building action days and constituency events.
Coordinate and support membership recruitment and engagement strategy.

Person specification

Essential

A willingness to recruit, mobilise and manage volunteers effectively.
Demonstrate a can-do attitude and resilience in pressured/difficult situations.
Ability to work unsupervised and effectively prioritise from a wide variety of tasks.
Ability to meet deadlines.
Good written and oral communication skills.
Sympathetic to Liberal Democrat aims and values.

Desirable

Knowledge of the local area, its politics and local communities.
Ability to produce effective political literature.
Good digital skills and willingness to learn new software/apps and media: social media, ability to update web sites, ability to use a variety of specialised software e.g. desktop publishing, video subtitling.
Ability to spot issues with campaigning potential.
Possession of driving licence and access to a vehicle.