North West Region: Team Administrator

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As one of the biggest and most influential trade unions, our work is vital to supporting UNISON members. An experienced team player with a secretarial or admin background, you will have excellent communication skills and the ability to organise your own workload and to manage pressure and priorities.
Location
Manchester Office
Starting salary
£27,109 p.a.
Closing date
14 July 2017
Hours
35
Contract type
Full time, permanent
Reference
R6/63

About this job

Working as part of a regional team, you will provide efficient and pivotal secretarial, clerical and administrative support, carrying out a wide range of duties including maintaining electronic calendars and making appointments, dealing with telephone enquiries and processing incoming and outgoing mail. You’ll also liaise with UNISON members, employers, solicitors and other external parties.

For this role, you do not have to have a trade union background, but you do need to have an understanding and sympathy with the aims and values of the trade union movement.

How to apply

To apply for this opportunity please download and complete the general application form and monitoring forms (under “Resources”) and see job description and person specification (under “Documents”).

Please send completed application forms together with Recruitment and Disability Monitoring Forms to northwest.recruitment@unison.co.uk   quoting the ref: R6/63.

Completed application forms must be received by no later than Friday 14 July 2017.

Interviews are scheduled for 31 July 2017.

Please note that we are unable to contact those applicants who have not been short-listed for interview, therefore if you have not heard from us by 24 July 2017 please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

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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