About this job
Our members need for financial help and advice is increasing. To help face the cost-of-living crisis, we aim to help and support our members with these two new posts. Candidates may request that their application be considered on a job-share basis.
Unison Welfare provides welfare services that support UNISON members and their families at times of unexpected hardship and personal difficulty. We are a unique organisation providing invaluable assistance to members in need who may otherwise have nowhere to turn.
For this position you will have experience of supporting people gained in a similar grant giving, information or advice position.
As part of the Casework Team, you will provide support to members of UNISON who are in financial difficulty or need advice and guidance, and/or signposting to other organisations.
You will have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate in a professional, empathetic, and courteous manner. You will be highly motivated with a can-do approach.
You will be kept busy, managing applications for our small grant’s programmes, as well as reviewing and assessing other grant applications. The work is demanding, and you will be comfortable working under pressure and to tight timescales.
The aim of our service is not to solve all the issues that members are facing ourselves, but to work with them to overcome life’s challenges and linking them in with other services that are best placed to help.
You will have a key role in making a significant difference to the lives of UNISON members.
How to apply
To apply for this opportunity please download and complete the General application form (under “Documents”). See job description and person specification (under “Documents”)
Please note that only the General application form will be accepted.
Please email your application form along with the recruitment and disability monitoring forms to H.Recruitment@unison.co.uk , quoting ref: RMG/38T/39T
Completed application forms must be received by no later than 5pm on Thursday 14th April 2022
Interviews will be held w/c Monday 25 April 2022.
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.
