The role
The successful candidates will bring their experience and skills to the role and be able to develop and deliver recruitment and organising initiatives and campaigns in our branches, train and develop stewards, undertake case work, advise, support and mentor branch officers and stewards in representation and negotiation.
You will have excellent presentation and communication skills, both face to face and on paper. A sound understanding of trade unions and their objectives is essential along with a good understanding of UNISON’s policies and objectives.
The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in one to one communication, practical problem solving, persuasion, perseverance, and self motivation. You will be able to develop and deliver recruitment and organising initiatives and campaigns in our branches, support negotiations, train and develop stewards, undertake case work, advise and mentor branch officers and stewards in representation and negotiation.
While previous experience as a negotiator, organiser, or campaigner within a trade union, political or community organisation is desirable, transferrable skills are also welcomed. Candidates must demonstrate an understanding of our union’s values and objectives.
The South East region aims to represent and reflect the entire public sector in the South East, we support and encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including those from Black, Asian and non white backgrounds. This ensures our union truly reflects our members, the community, and public sector workers, reaching those who need us most. In UNISON, ‘Black’ with a capital B is used to indicate people with a shared history. ‘Black’ is used in a broad political and inclusive sense to describe people in the UK who have suffered from colonialism and enslavement in the past and continue to experience racism and diminished opportunities in today’s society. This includes people of African, Caribbean, Asian, Arab, and other heritage.
This is a field-based role and whilst we aim to allocate work to reduce travel time, you will need to be able to travel in and around the South East region as required, including to our Woking Office where our organisers are based, and occasionally to London for training, meetings, or other purposes.
About
If you want to find out more, why not come along to either of our online drop-in session to find out about the role and hear what a typical day looks like in the life of a UNISON Organiser using the link below to sign up:
- Wednesday 18th November | 17:00 – 18:00 | online via Microsoft Teams
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/597aeac8-0388-4717-986d-51d981dce70b@d7c21edf-d541-49a4-9f5a-7737832d42c7?source=copyLinkLegacyShareLinkDialog
If you can’t make it, don’t worry, you don’t need to attend one of these sessions to apply. Please note attendance does not guarantee an interview or job, but we provide advice and support.
About UNISON
UNISON is the UK’s leading public services trade union, with over 1.3 million members working in the public sector, private, voluntary and community sectors and in the energy services. We employ approximately 1,200 staff, with around 370 at our national centre in Euston in central London and the remainder in our 12 regions across the UK, including Northern Ireland.
UNISON is a dynamic, progressive union, committed to equality. We encourage men and women of all ages, Black and minority ethnic groups, disabled people, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to work with us.
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