Campaign Manager - Devon

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and ambitious individual who thrives on a wide-range of competing challenges. This is a new role and the successful applicant will develop the new Devon grouping.

The Devon group are open to applicants who seek both full and part-time positions, and who may have a particular interest in specific elements of election campaigning. These could include:

-              Social media & Digital

-              Fundraising

-              Membership recruitment and retention

-              Copywriting

-              Graphic design

-              General administration skills

-              Bookkeeping and accounts

-              Project management

-              Events and visits

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. However, the group are also open to applications for part time work for specific elements of the role.

As a  Devon area Campaign Manager, your main responsibilities will be to support the Devon 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.