Head of Best Practice

You will establish and lead our newly formed Best Practice Team to ensure we can clearly articulate best practice in all areas of party activity, with a sound evidence base to support it. You will capture the very best examples of how to work effectively and with the highest impact, and ensure these resources are shared with MPs, their and party staff, and relevant volunteers. You will network effectively across the party to champion best practice, speaking persuasively and with authority to stakeholders at all levels and ensuring the delivery of high quality, coordinated programmes of training and development to embed best practice in everything we do., 1. Take strategic ownership of our MP Incumbency Protection workstream, engaging key stakeholders to set strategic level plans and managing our Incumbency Best Practice Manager to deliver them. 2. Build and maintain strong relationships with IPSA/House Authorities and our Commons Whips Team to ensure our MPs have access to the best possible, up to date best practice advice on how to maximise their effectiveness in the role and the effectiveness and smooth running of their staff teams and offices. 3. Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues in Field to ensure they are adequately trained and supported to deliver on the ground support to MPs and MP staff in their constituencies on all but complex / new / sensitive issues, agreeing a joint programme of proactive support at constituency level. 4. Work in partnership with the Federal People Development Committee and other key party stakeholders to set the strategic plan for training across the organisation, and manage our Training Officer to deliver it. 5. Ensure best practice is proactively shared with Parliamentarians, their staff, party staff, and volunteers through training, briefings, networking and the provision of resources, working with these groups to proactively increase take-up.

• Excellent strategic and instinctive political judgement.
• Excellent, confident communication skills.
• The ability to speak persuasively and with authority to a wide range of stakeholders and your peers, with the ability to win and hold the confidence of people at all levels of seniority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work alongside, persuading and reporting to stakeholders.
• Excellent time management and organisation skills.
• Excellent project management skills
• A willingness to innovate and an openness to new working ideas and practices.
• Curiosity to test new ideas, quantify their impact and share this learning.
• The ability to understand complex information and present it to others in an accessible and user-friendly format.
• The ability to work well both on your own and in a team environment.
• The ability to manage, develop and get the best from staff.
Desirable
• Sympathy with the aims and values of the Liberal Democrats.
• Understanding of the political environment and political campaigning.
• Understanding of the role of an MP and their staff.
• Proven ability to work with volunteers.
• The ability to grow a new team from scratch, developing it over time to make it the best it can be.