Vacant Committee Roles

Vacant Roles:

Campaigns Officer

Fundraising and Events Officer

PPERA Second Officer

The Responsibilities:  

Campaigns Officer

• Take the lead in planning an election campaign in a ward or constituency or a specific local issue of importance to the community 
• Delegate responsibility to Ward/ Local Issue Campaign Officers as required
• Act as a link to bring together local party activities such as working with local media, exploiting digital media opportunities, producing leaflets and other printed material, lobbying local organisations and most importantly, working alongside your electorate 
• Act as a link with the National Party campaigns team 
• Liaise with local pressure groups, regarding joint campaigning.

Skills and capabilities

Campaigners need a wide range of skills and capabilities. They need to listen but know when to be assertive, they need to be good planners and organisers and motivators, and they need to be passionate but caring and dedicated to making positive change. Campaigners also need good written and verbal communications skills as they will have to produce campaign literature and vocalise concerns to a wide range of audiences – some hostile.

Fundraising & Events Officer

• Ensure that the party raises enough money in order to fund our budgeted campaigns 
• Responsible for organising social events, where your members and the public can meet in a more relaxed manner and enjoy themselves, as these events can often be useful ways of raising funds 
• Send standing order forms to local members asking for a monthly contribution. This will help divert resources from fund raising and enable more time for campaigning 
• Parties are frequently involved in events such as such as stalls, demos, social events, debates, film nights and some parties find it useful to create a separate role to manage events 
• The officer needs to work closely with the Coordinator, Membership Officer, Fund Raising Officer and Communications Officer to ensure that events contribute to the strategic direction of the party.

Skills and capabilities  

Fund raisers need to be persuasive in order to present a convincing argument to potential donors for why money should be given to the local party, and many candidates build their funding case around the issue based campaigns they are delivering. In addition, fund raisers need to be creative especially when organising fund raising events which might include concerts, jumble sales, auctions etc. 

PPERA Second Officer

• The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) requires the GPEW to register a minimum of 2 officers 
• One of these must be the Treasurer • The other – the PSO – is a role created specifically to satisfy the PPERA requirements 
• The PSO has the legal function of being responsible for organising a replacement treasurer should the one in post leave for any reason 
• It is therefore a critical role but one which may not be called upon very regularly! 

Skills and attributes 

The PSO will maintain an understanding of the procedure required to recruit a Treasurer and must be prepared to act at short notice.