Scottish Region: Area Fighting Fund Organiser

Applications for this job are now closed


This is an exciting opportunity to join the UNISON Scotland Organising Team. Our public services are under major threat. Our members are working under extreme pressure and UNISON is actively campaigning for services and jobs. We are seeking a further tranche of Campaign Organisers to recruit, organise and work on two time-defined projects and one permanent appointment to support our campaign.
Location
Glasgow
Starting salary
£34,624
Closing date
4 December 2015
Contract type
Full time, fixed term
Contract length
Contracts or Secondment Opportunities up to 12 months
Reference
R7/FF17

About this job

Project

Glasgow Housing – Ref: R7/FF17 – based in Glasgow

Ability to travel will be a requirement of all posts and you will require to live within reasonable distance of location that post is based.

You will bring your experience and skills to assist us to recruit, organise and drive forward campaigning work within the designated area across the region. To undertake this role you must be a committed trade unionist with proven organising, campaigning, administrative skills and excellent IT and communication skills.

Requirements as detailed above plus skills on individual representation/routine case work and local negotiations also required.

How to apply

To apply for this opportunity, please download and complete the area and local organiser application form (under “Resources”)

(please complete the Area Organiser application form as only this form will be accepted. Please complete the monitoring forms)

Please send 3 completed forms together with Recruitment and Disability Monitoring Forms to Mike Kirby, Scottish Secretary, UNISON House, 14 West Campbell Street, Glasgow, G2 6RX.

UNISON activists applying for any post as a secondment opportunity must ensure, in advance, that confirmed arrangements and agreement with their employer are in place.

 

The closing date for applications 4 December 2015

Short listed candidates will be advised by 21 December 2015

Assessment Centre will take place in Edinburgh on Tuesday 12 January 2016.

Successful candidates will be invited back for interview Monday 18 January 2016.

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.

Disability Confident Committed
Mindful employer

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