Regional Officer

UNISON

Galway House 165 York Street Belfast BT15 1AL

09 Aug 2007

Michele Johnston

Building a better future in the workplace

We are the UK’s leading trade union in the UK and biggest public service union in Europe, we’re committed to improving the working lives of our 1.3 million members. Join us and you will find that we’re equally committed to our staff too. With family-friendly hours, excellent benefits and plenty personal development opportunities, you won’t just enjoy our working world, you’ll add to it.

Regional Officer
Fixed-term contract for up to 6 months (subject to 4 weeks notice)
Starting salary £35,242 per annum (pro rata) plus car
Northern Ireland

Are you ready to make a difference as one of our Regional Officers?

Your role will be to advise and assist Branches to recruit, organise and represent UNISON members. You will act as a representative in collective and individual negotiations, reflecting members’ interests and promoting NEC policy. Co-ordinating training activities, you will develop members to play an active role within the union. You will also make sure that Branches and other UNISON bodies operate in accordance with our rules and objectives. As well as representing our members’ aims and ambitions to employers, the media and other organisations, you will take part in appropriate internal Regional meetings.

Able to work on your own initiative to achieve results, you will have the experience and confidence to make decisions on interpreting UNISON policy and referring members’ issues. With strong negotiation skills, you will need effective judgement and the ability to motivate others through your organisational and decision-making abilities. You should have experience of all issues relating to member representation and recruitment, together with excellent report writing and presentation skills. An appreciation of regional issues and circumstances and knowledge of structure and policies of UNISON is desirable. Your responsibilities will involve a degree of travel around your individual region. You should understand the aims of the Trade Union Movement and share our commitment to its principles.

Please see below for job description and person specification. For an application pack, please visit www.unison.org.uk/jobs or send a self-addressed envelope (no stamp required), quoting the reference R5/4T, to HRM Unit, Organisation and Staff Development, UNISON, 1 Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9AJ.

Closing date: 9 August 2007.
Interview date: 30 August 2007.

UNISON is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, family status, race, disability, sexual orientation, age (up to 65), religious beliefs or political opinion.