Do you want to join Daisy Cooper MP’s team, working with her to retain control of St Albans after her significantly increased majority in the 2024 General Election? If so, this role may be for you!

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• To assist the Campaigns Team in St Albans with strategic planning and campaign organisation
• To organise volunteers and local party workers to deliver the campaign plan, by:
• Recruiting, training, managing and mobilising volunteers
• Leading volunteer teams on campaigning activities (doorstep, online, telephone and delivery)
• To ensure the delivery of a programme of doorstep and telephone voter contact
• To oversee and contribute to the production of literature according to the local party literature plan
• To build and develop digital campaigning capacity alongside key volunteers
• To organise volunteers to enter data in the online database, taking into consideration confidentiality and data retention rules. The organiser may also be required to enter data in the absence of such volunteers
• To assist the fundraising team to a limited extent, as allowed by other duties
• To undertake such training as is recommended to develop and update required skills

Person specification:

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively with and maintain the confidence of a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Strong drive to recruit, mobilise and manage volunteers.
• Demonstrate a "can-do" attitude and resilience in pressured/difficult situations.
• Understanding and experience of election campaigns and management.
• Ability to motivate and manage a team of people and work effectively as a team member.
• Ability to work unsupervised and effectively prioritise from a wide variety of tasks.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to delegate effectively.
• Sympathetic to Liberal Democrat aims and/or 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.