About this job
The South East Region is currently recruiting 13 Local Fighting Fund Organisers. Which will be filled either on a secondment basis or as a fixed term contract employment opportunity.
Successful candidates will bring their experience and skills in assisting branches to recruit, map membership density, develop new activists, organise and drive forward our campaigning work in branches and across the region. To undertake this role you must have good interpersonal and IT skills, excellent administrative and organisational skills and a good understanding and knowledge of the trade union movement.
You will need to be able to travel within the geographical location of the branch area, to the Regional Office based in Guildford and possibly to London and meetings/training as required.
Local Fighting Fund Organisers will work with dedicated branches and be based in the following locations:
Basingtoke and Winchester
Ashford & St Peters and The Royal Surrey
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Maidstone
Southampton and Winchester
Strood
Universities in Oxford
Southampton and Surrey Universities
Milton Keynes Area
Surrey County
How to apply
To apply for this opportunity, please download and complete the area and local organiser application form and monitoring forms (under “Resources”) and see job description and person specification (under “Documents”).
Alternatively send an A4 self-addressed envelope (no stamp required but please ensure correct postage on covering envelope) quoting ref: R9/LFFO to: Caroline Butler, UNISON South East, Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford GU1 4UL
Please note that ONLY the Local Organiser application form will be accepted.
UNISON Activists applying for this post as a secondment opportunity must ensure they have confirmed arrangements and agreement from their employer.
The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon on 7 September 2015.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 9 September and invited to attend an assessment centre on 22 September 2015 in Brighton. Interviews will also take place on 30 September for successful candidates in London.
Please note that if you do not hear form us you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
Please note no email requests for application forms will be acknowledged
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.
