North West Region – Area Organiser (Maternity Cover)

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UNISON, Britain’s leading public service trade union, is looking to appoint a temporary Area Organiser for the North West Region.
Region
North West
Starting salary
£37,556 per annum, including an Annual Subsistence Allowance of £2791
Closing date
6 November 2019
Hours
35
Contract type
Full time, fixed term
Contract length
12 month fixed term contract, subject to one month's notice
Reference
R6/117T

About this job

You need to be an enthusiastic, flexible and resourceful individual to support our growing organisation.  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 skills 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 UNISONs policies and objectives.

You will need to be able to travel within the region and to the Regional Centre (in Manchester) and also possibly to London for meetings/training as required.

How to apply

To apply for this opportunity, please download and complete the Area and Local Organiser Application Form and see Job Description and Person Specification below.  

The closing date for applications is 6th November 2019

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 18th November 2019.

The interviews will be held on 22nd and 25th November 2019.

Please send completed forms together with Recruitment and Disability Monitoring email to northwest.recruitment@unison.co.uk alternatively please send 3 copies of completed forms to Delphene Conway, Office Manager, UNISON, Arena Point, 1 Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1UN, by no later than 5pm Wednesday 6th November 2019.

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.

 

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
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