Organiser – MEAA

Unions NSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13% superannuation

5 weeks annual leave

1 RDO every 4 weeks

Salary sacrificing

Job summary

MEAA, based in Redfern, Sydney, is seeking an experienced union organiser to help build a stronger voice for workers in the media and creative industries. You’ll recruit and empower members, develop leadership across workplaces, and work collaboratively on campaigns and negotiations to secure fair pay and better conditions.

The role focuses on economic justice, team-based organising, and industry-wide leadership growth, with a commitment to union principles and workers’ rights.

Qualifications

• Well developed organising skills including the ability to recruit and organise new members.
• Understanding, knowledge and some experience of union development and adult learning principles and practices.
• Some experience with negotiation, workplace leadership and advocacy
• Ability to use and experience with digital organising practices and techniques.
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Commitment to trade union principles and workers’ rights

Responsibilities

• Organising and recruiting workers according to Union plans and as directed.
• Building and maintaining union leadership structures in workplaces, across industry sectors and geographic regions.
• Assisting member and leadership development plans and activities
• Assisting members, delegates, leaders and others with campaigns and related negotiations
• Assisting delegates and members address workplace based problems and grievances, including by appropriate direction to specialist assistance.

Skills

Organising

Union development

Negotiation

Digital organising

Teamwork

W workers’ rights commitment

Job description

Do you believe that a thriving cultural sector matters to a strong civil society? Are you passionate about gender and racial equality at work? Do you want workers in the media and creative industries to have good jobs with fair pay where their work is respected?

Apply to work for MEAA. This role works as a part of a team committed to developing innovative ways to secure good jobs and equality at work by building leaders and acting together to make change.

MEAA is moving towards industry wide organising, because our members are stronger together. This role provides opportunities to work with a range of members including performers, journalists, musicians and entertainment crew.

This role would suit an experienced union organiser, delegate or community/campaigns organiser keen to work on issues of economic justice.

• Organising and recruiting workers according to Union plans and as directed.
• Building and maintaining union leadership structures in workplaces, across industry sectors and geographic regions.
• Assisting member and leadership development plans and activities
• Assisting members, delegates, leaders and others with campaigns and related negotiations
• Assisting delegates and members address workplace based problems and grievances, including by appropriate direction to specialist assistance.

Preferred skills, attributes and experience:

• Well developed organising skills including the ability to recruit and organise new members.
• Understanding, knowledge and some experience of union development and adult learning principles and practices.
• Some experience with negotiation, workplace leadership and advocacy
• Ability to use and experience with digital organising practices and techniques.
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Commitment to trade union principles and workers’ rights

Details

The position is available on a full-time permanent basis with a package dependent on skills and experience. Benefits include 13% employer contribution to superannuation, 5 weeks annual leave each year, 1 RDO every 4 weeks, plus an additional 3 days leave between Christmas and New Year. Salary sacrificing is available.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance

The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance is the union and leading advocate for workers in the creative and media sectors. It represents performers, journalists and all other workers in the creative and media industries and has over 15,000 members.

Building on our proud history we aim to empower the people who inform and entertain

Australia through:

Protecting and advancing our rights at work

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Improving our members income and conditions, providing timely and expert advice to members, enforcing members rights at work and promoting safe and respectful workplaces.

Building Power

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Recruiting and growing leaders, activists and supporters, ensuring best practice governance and accountability, continued staff development and building strategic alliances.

Building Community

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Utilising communications to engage and activate, remaining relevant throughout members lives, reaching out to new areas and being the creative hub.

Shaping our Industries

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Being the respected and authoritative voice across all of our industries, influencing policy, mobilising our membership and broadening our sphere of influence.

Our Members

Our members include people working in television, radio, theatre and film, entertainment venues and recreation grounds, as journalists, actors, dancers, sportspeople, cartoonists and photographers, orchestral and opera performers, as well as people working in public relations, advertising, book publishing and website production.

Our Locations and Staffing

The MEAA national office is in Redfern in Sydney.

There are branch offices located in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.

This role is based in MEAA’s Redfern office.