Head of Candidates Office

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead the Candidates Team and provide strategic support to Joint Candidates Sub-Committee, English Candidates Committee, Scottish Campaigns & Candidates Committee and Welsh Candidates & Campaigns Committee.
2. Create a timetable for candidate selections in conjunction with State and Regional stakeholders, put a plan in place for its delivery and monitor progress robustly, ensuring adequate reporting at staff and governance level.
3. Lead our Candidates’ Strategy, including ensuring adequate plans are in place for recruitment (including due diligence), development, mentoring and pastoral care for candidates.
4. Continually improve our Candidates’ functions, leading personally on policy and process development, and improving the data, tech and systems needed to administer all candidates’ functions with minimal operational friction.
5. Design, in liaison with stakeholders, and ensure the delivery of a suitable internal communications plan for candidate functions across the party.

https://www.libdems.org.uk/work-for-us/federal-vacancy/head-of-candidates-office

Approvals and Selections Manager

1. Ensure candidate approvals and selections run smoothly and effectively according to the agreed timetable.
2. Create and deliver a plan to recruit, train, develop and deploy volunteer Returning Officers, Electronic Ballot Administrators and Candidate Assessors.
3. Deliver a plan to improve data, databases, tech and systems needed to run selections with minimal operational friction.
4. Ensure training at Local Party level (eg. selection committees) is delivered smoothly and effectively.
5. Deliver an effective internal comms plan is liaison with other LDHQ teams.
6. Line management of Candidates’ Office Administrators.

https://www.libdems.org.uk/work-for-us/federal-vacancy/approvals-selections-manager