Borough Campaigner

The Conservative Party is looking to appoint a number of Borough Campaigners to be based across London. A successful Borough Campaigner will be someone enthusiastic and ambitious, who thrives on a wide-range of competing challenges. Political and campaigning priorities can change quickly, so working hours will of necessity be varied and flexible. This is a €œrolling-up-the-sleeves€, do whatever needs to be done, frontline campaigning role. The varied role of a Borough Campaigner includes responsibility for the following: Developing an on-going programme of incumbency activities with the local MP, or Building the profile of a local parliamentary candidate Recruiting volunteers and building campaign teams Driving an on-going voter contact programme, including phoning and door-to-door canvassing Organising high-profile political meetings and events Co-ordinating a comprehensive fundraising programme Producing local Party literature and building a delivery network Maintaining and expanding a presence on multiple social media platforms Executing a full get out the vote operation on polling day The Borough Campaigner must: Be a self-starter Be well organised, professional and punctual Have strong written and verbal communication skills Be able to lead and motivate colleagues and activists Be able to work as part of a team Successful candidates will receive a salary in the range of £22,500 to £27,500, dependent on skills and experience. A full training programme will be provided, together with an opportunity to gain nationally recognised qualifications. If you have the skills required to succeed in this role, please visit www.conservatives.com, and click on Work For Us to download our application form. Please submit this to hr@conservatives.com or post to HR, CCHQ, 4 Matthew Parker Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9HQ. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and appoint on merit. Closing date: CCHQ will sift and interview candidates as applications are received on an ongoing basis until further notice.