Reference: 98661
Date Added: 24 February 2026
Closing Date: 5 March 2026
Job Title: Campaign Manager
Working For: Somerset Conservatives
Location: Wells, Somerset
Salary: £26500
Length of Contract: Permanent
Job Details
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and ambitious individual who thrives on a wide-range of competing challenges.
Political and campaigning priorities can change quickly, so unsociable hours will be a requirement of this role during busy times, such as in the build up to an election day.
This is a “roll-up-the-sleeves”, do whatever needs to be done, frontline campaigning position.
As a Constituency Campaign Manager, your main responsibilities will be to support the Somerset Group to:
- Develop an on-going programme of incumbency activities
- Recruit volunteers and build campaign teams
- Drive an on-going voter contact programme, including phoning and door-to-door canvassing
- Work with the local Party to organise high-profile political meetings and events
- Co-ordinate a comprehensive fundraising programme
- Produce local Party literature and building a delivery network
- Maintain and expand a presence on multiple social media platforms
- Execute a full ‘get out the vote’ operation on polling day
As a Constituency Campaign Manager your skills will be:
- A self-starter with the ability to take initiative
- Well organised with a professional attitude
- You will need to be reliable, approachable and adaptable
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Able to lead and motivate activists
- Able to work within a team and with a degree of autonomy and take responsibility for fulfilling tasks and meeting deadlines
- Sympathetic to the aims and values of the Conservative Party
- Flexible approach to out of hours working patterns
- Hold a full clean driving license and have access to a vehicle
A full training programme will be provided, together with opportunities to gain nationally recognised qualifications.
Closing Date: 5 March 2026
Interview/Start Dates
Interviews to be held from week commencing Monday 9th March 2026
Start date, unless by negotiation, will be week commencing Monday 16th March 2026.
Application Details
Please apply by email to office@somersetconservatives.com with the following attached:
- A copy of your CV; including complete work history
- A Covering Letter; no more than 2 pages of A4 in length, indicating clearly how your experience and skills meet the criteria stated in the specification.
It is recommended that you read the Job Description before applying for this role.
For questions and further details, and to submit an application, please contact:
office@somersetconservatives.com
Website: http://www.somersetconservatives.org.uk