BSOF Local Organiser - East Midlands region

UNISON Torbay Health; Leicester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

UNISON is the UK's leading public services trade union with 1.3 million members. As a Local Organiser you’ll be at the first level of organising, focusing on recruiting new members at branch level – via employer premises and public events – and linking with the wider regional organising team.

This field-based role requires travel around the East Midlands (including our Nottingham regional office) and occasional trips to other regions for training, meetings or campaigns.

Qualifications

• Experience of facilitating initiatives, including planning meetings and problem solving.
• Ability to identify developmental needs and pursue learning.
• Interpersonal skills to advise, guide, persuade and handle difficult people.
• Draft correspondence, newsletters, minutes, and assist presentations.

Responsibilities

• Recruit new members at branch level via employer premises and public events.
• Link with regional organising team and share insights.
• Extract information from membership systems to evaluate recruitment outcomes.
• Use mapping and campaigning to develop new activists.

Skills

Facilitation

Organising meetings

Problem solving

Analyzing information

Interpersonal skills

Guidance

Persuasion

Drafting

Prioritisation

Data handling

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.

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.