Regional Campaign and Training Manager - West Midlands

West Midlands Region - Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, Warwickshire, Herefordshire

Location: Home working with occasional travel within the regions and meetings in London

Salary: £35,000-£40,000 plus travel expenses

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Reporting to: Campaigns and Training Department

Job Description: 

As a Regional Campaigns and Training Manager, you will play a crucial role in creating and developing campaigns across your area. Alongside executing high-quality and well-organised campaigns, you will also assist with the training and development of local Branches and volunteers. This is a pivotal role which will help our rapidly growing organisation produce the most professional and effective campaigns of any political party. 

 

Key responsibilities: 

 

Campaign Management: 

• Oversee and lead local government campaigning in target areas across your Region. 
• Create and implement campaign strategies, including production of high quality literature and digital campaigns.
• Ensure Branches build sufficient delivery networks and regularly collect voting intentions. 
• Work with Branch Officers and volunteers to identify any key local issues which can be used in campaigns. 

 

Candidate and Volunteer Recruitment: 

• Identify, recruit and train candidates and volunteers in the best campaign practices and techniques. 
• Support Branches with candidate and volunteer recruitment. 
• Ensure there is a Reform UK candidate in any by-election or set of local elections within your Region.

Training and Development: 

• Provide training and support for local Branches and volunteers on best practice campaign methods. 
• Assist Branch Officers and local Campaign Co-ordinators with implementing new campaign techniques. 
• Support and assist the Candidate Centre of Excellence training programme, specifically including the Regional Training Team. 

Administrative Duties: 

• Oversee Branch reports on campaign progress, branch development and volunteer recruitment. 
• Provide regular updates to Reform UK HQ leadership on progress within your Region. 
• Help ensure Branches have sufficient funds to execute effective campaigns. 
• Work alongside your Region’s Regional Director and County Organisers in identifying any local Branch or campaigning issues. 
• Ensure any projects produced by the Campaigns and Training team are implemented by local Branches and campaigns. 

 

Qualification and Skills: 

Essential: 

• Proven experience in political campaign management. 
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate voluntary party membership. 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to build relationships at all levels of the voluntary and professional party. 
• Ability to work independently, meeting deadlines and managing multiple campaigns. 
• Flexible working hours, including some evenings and weekends. 
• Knowledge of the UK political landscape and a commitment to Reform UK’s values and objectives. 
• Full UK Driving Licence. 

 

Desirable: 

• Detailed knowledge of your Region’s political landscape and different local policy issues. 
• Experience with digital campaigning tools and techniques.