BSOF Local Organiser – East Midlands region

Unison; England; Remote; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

UNISON is seeking a Local Organiser for the East Midlands region. This field-based role focuses on recruiting new members at branch level, via employer premises and public events, while coordinating with the regional team and analysing recruitment outcomes.

You will use mapping and campaigning to develop new activists, require strong interpersonal skills for guidance, and have experience in organising meetings, handling sensitive information, and knowledge of employment law and union principles.

Qualifications

• Experience in facilitating initiatives, planning and organising meetings, and analysing information.
• Ability to identify developmental needs of others and pursue learning and development.
• Strong interpersonal skills for advising, guiding, persuading and handling difficult conversations.
• Ability to draft correspondence, newsletters, minutes, and support presentations.
• Proven ability to organise, prioritise workload and make decisions within guidelines.
• Experience handling/processing sensitive information and confidentiality.
• Understanding of employment law basics, equality and democracy, and union principles.
• Proficient with ICT and the Microsoft Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Recruit new members at branch level, via employer premises and public events.
• Link with the regional organising team and share insights from membership systems.
• Evaluate recruitment outcomes and support mapping and campaigning to develop activists.
• Travel within the East Midlands region and occasionally to other regions for training or meetings.
• Draft and distribute communications and contribute to presentations.
• Organise and prioritise workload, adhering to policies and procedures.

Skills

Facilitation experience

Planning & meetings

Analytical information

Development needs assessment

Interpersonal guidance

Persuasion & influencing

Member care & dealing with upset

Drafting correspondence & minutes

Workload management & decisions

Handling sensitive information

Employment law basics

Equality & democracy principles

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

BSOF Local Organiser – East Midlands region

If you’ve got what it takes to be an energetic and flexible resource for organising the recruitment of members, this is a new opportunity to play a part in developing the UK’s largest trade union

As a Local Organiser, you’ll be at the first level of organising. Focused on recruiting new members at branch level – via employer premises, public events, etc. – you’ll also link with the wider regional organising team, extracting information from membership systems, evaluating outcomes of recruitment activities, and helping to use mapping and campaigning to develop new activists.

What we’re looking for

Experience of facilitating similar initiatives, including practical problem solving, planning and organising meetings, analysing information.

Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and commitment to pursue your own learning and development.

Experience of using your interpersonal skills to respond to the needs of others: giving advice and guidance, persuading and influencing (including providing effective member/customer care and dealing with people who are angry or upset).

Ability to draft correspondence, newsletters, minutes, etc., and to assist in presentations.

Proven ability to organise and prioritise your own workload, making decisions (within guidelines) as well as following policies and procedures.

Experience of handling/processing sensitive information, e.g. financial and confidential.

Understanding of the basics of employment law, employment issues, the principles of equality and democracy, and the role of trade unions.

Knowledge of ICT packages, including Microsoft Office suite.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full requirements for this role.

This is a field-based role and you will need to be able to travel in and around the East Midlands region, including to our regional office in Nottingham as required – and occasionally to other regions of the UK for training, meetings or other purposes. The East Midlands region covers a large area including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,Northamptonshireand Nottinghamshire.

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.

Starting salary: £36,820 per annum plus £3,629 annual subsistence allowance

Job reference: R2/BSOF02

UNISON in numbers

• UNISON has more than 1.3 million members and activists, making us one of Europe’s largest unions
• More than 70% of our members are women
• UNISON is spread over 12 UK regions
• UNISON has more than 1,000 UNISON UK branches