Person specification

Essential experience and skills
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

1. Exceptional strategic and political judgement, with the ability to make sound decisions in complex and fast-moving environments.
2. Exceptional leadership and management skills, including the ability to lead, develop and motivate multiple complex teams.
3. Exceptional planning and delivery skills, with the ability to develop and implement campaigns, projects and engagement programmes over the medium and long term.
4. Exceptional ability to bring people together around a common purpose and build effective relationships across a complex organisation.
5. Excellent understanding of political campaigning, including the ability to identify and apply effective campaigning techniques.
6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to adapt your approach to different people, situations and levels of seniority.
7. Excellent judgement, discretion and diplomacy, particularly when working in highly sensitive or politically challenging environments.
8. Good understanding of governance and volunteer-led organisations, including the ability to work effectively with Party Committees and volunteers and maintain their confidence.
9. Good financial and commercial management skills, including experience in managing budgets and contracts.
10. Proven ability to understand, support and motivate volunteers and to work effectively within volunteer-led organisations.
11. Sympathy with the aims and values of the Liberal Democrats.
    
    https://www.libdems.org.uk/work-for-us/federal-vacancy/deputy-director-of-field-campaigns-elections