Role description: CLP Women’s Officer

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CLP Women’s Officer

Ensure women are fully involved in your CLP and help build a party that engages women in the community.

As CLP Women’s Officer, you represent women members within your local party and help ensure they are supported, included and able to take part fully. You also play a leading role in making sure your CLP engages with women in the wider community through campaigning and outreach.

This role suits someone who is approachable, organised and committed to supporting women’s participation in politics.

What success looks like

A strong Women’s Officer helps create a local party that is:

  • Inclusive – women feel welcome, supported and able to participate
  • Active – more women are involved in campaigning and activity
  • Representative – women’s voices are heard in discussions and decision-making
  • Engaged – the CLP connects with women in the wider community

What you’ll do

Support women’s participation

  • Help ensure meetings and activities are welcoming and accessible to women
  • Encourage women members to get involved in campaigning and CLP activity
  • Support women to take on roles within the CLP, become conference delegates and stand for elected office, including as councillors, MPs, MSPs or MSs

Build a supportive and inclusive culture

  • Create opportunities for women members to meet, connect and support each other
  • Help coordinate the Women’s Branch if one exists
  • Organise events, discussions or informal spaces that encourage participation
  • Work with officers to ensure inclusion is considered across all CLP activity

Engage with women in the community

  • Support campaigning that engages women in your local area
  • Build links with local organisations and networks where appropriate
  • Help ensure local campaigns reflect issues affecting women

Work with officers and structures

  • Work with the CLP Secretary to welcome and engage members
  • Support the Policy Officer to ensure women’s voices are reflected in policy discussions
  • Work with the Women’s Branch in the CLP or wider area, if one exists
  • Link with regional or national structures where appropriate

How you’ll work with others

You’ll work with officers and members to support inclusion, engagement and participation.

  • CLP Chair – supports a welcoming and inclusive culture
  • CLP Secretary – helps communicate with and involve members
  • CLP Vice Chair – helps welcome new members and engage existing members
  • Policy Officer – works with you to ensure women’s voices are reflected in policy
  • Other equalities officers – work together to support inclusion across the CLP

Top tips to get you started

  • Start with conversations – listen to what women members want and need
  • Keep it practical – small changes can make a big difference
  • Work with others – inclusion is a shared responsibility
  • Create opportunities – give people ways to get involved
  • Be visible – make sure members know how to contact you

Your first 90 days

  • Meet with officers to understand priorities and current activity
  • Introduce yourself and make your role visible, including to Branch Women’s Officers and the Women’s Branch if one exists
  • Review how inclusive current activity feels
  • Plan a first event or informal gathering
  • Connect with relevant networks

Tools, guidance and support

If you need support or advice, you can contact the CLP Support team on [email protected], your regional office, or Scottish or Welsh Labour. You can also reach the Stakeholders team and the National Women’s Committee via [email protected].

Labour Women’s Network is a national affiliate to the Labour Party and works to secure the election of more Labour women to public office at every level and to support Labour women to play a full part in the Party. More information can be found at www.lwn.org.uk.

Labour Women’s Network