Thank you for all your support for the Women’s Equality Party in Hackney. We love your commitment and enthusiasm for our political goals, and value your time to make change happen.
To help grow our voice and push for equality in our political system, we are growing our volunteer branch team and need you! As well as being an important cause, this is a great way to develop new skills and build your personal or professional CV.
WE are looking for a minimum of 4 volunteer members (but ideally more) to help us run the Hackney branch.
What are the roles WE need?
Branch Leader:
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Main point of contact for central office, work closely with Comms Lead, Data Managers, Treasurer to enable smooth running of branch.
Data Manager and Deputy Data Manager:
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Administrators of branch member database on NationBuilder, ‘point person’ for all branch members and supporters, data analysis for outreach and campaigning.
Communications Lead:
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Manage social media (Facebook & Twitter) in line with central office guidance maintaining WE voice.
Treasurer:
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Account keeping, final decision on spending of funds, compliance (Electoral Commission, central office), risk assessments.
Create Your Own Role:
These 4 roles are the minimum required to maintain a branch, but WE want more people on the leadership team. Additional roles you may want to create includes secretary, events lead, fundraising lead or anything you want to sink your teeth into. The more the merrier!
Remember: you don’t need to be experienced in running local political party branches (quite niche!) but you should have an appetite and a bit of free time for making gender equality a reality, and some of the skills needed for each role. We’d love to hear from you!
WE encourage anyone to apply to run as co-leads for any of these roles. Being part of the branch leadership team means that you get to decide on what the branch does and how WE do it. You also have a closer link with Head Office and additional opportunities and regular updates with what is happening at the core of the Party. All descriptions and time commitments are guidelines only, these can change e.g. during election mode. Please let us know if you’d like further clarification or fancy a chat about any of the roles, by contacting us on the branch email.
How to nominate yourself
Please let us know in a few words (max 200) why you joined the Women’s Equality Party and why you’d like the role via email by 26th September. All nominations will be shared with Hackney branch members ahead of this meeting. At the meeting we’ll ask nominees to say a few words before the voting takes place, so please be prepared to speak briefly.
Email voting will take place between 26th September to 1st October for any members unable to join the meeting in person, votes should be sent to the branch email.
If any posts don't have nominations on the night, we will invite members from the meeting to stand.
You need to be a Women's Equality Party member to stand or to vote, so if you're not yet, JOIN HERE.
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