About this job
UNISON is seeking a professional services officer to work in their professional services unit.
You’ll be responsible for representing UNISON members involved in fitness to practice cases across a wide range of statutory and voluntary registration bodies.
Enhancing the representation for UNISON professional members subject to fitness to practice and associated issues, you’ll work closely with national and regional staff, to identify ways to make UNISON’s services more efficient.
While developing our union regional fitness to practice representation, you’ll also facilitate new services in partnership with our professional body partners.
It’s an exciting time with the merging of registration bodies and the introduction of new fitness to practice processes and procedures.
It’s a time to show your ability to prioritise and ensure daily progress, by setting targets and managing budgets. Socially strong, you’ll communicate well when providing advice to trade union members, registration bodies and government departments.
Organised and IT literate, you’ll also have knowledge of the emerging professions and developing registration framework.
How to apply
Please download and complete the general application form and monitoring forms (under “Resources”) and see job description and person specification (under “Documents”).
Please send three completed application forms to the HR Department, UNISON, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY quoting the ref no: RMG/31.
Completed application forms must be received by no later than Monday 05 October 2015.
Interviews will be held on 19 and 20 October 2015.
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.
