Organising Official
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The vacancy
Organising Official
Warrington office
Permanent position
Salary: £40,262
Prospect is a leading trade union delivering support, representation, and a collective voice for over 156,000 members. We employ around 250 staff.
Our members want to get on at work. They work across the public and private sectors, in a diverse range of specialist occupations, in public service, energy, science, heritage, defence, creative and digital. We aim to get the best deal for our members by using evidence, effective advocacy, and building partnerships – while never being scared to call employers out when they get things wrong.
Diversity is a core value of the trade union movement, and we are passionate about promoting equality at work and are committed to it for all staff; therefore, we would be particularly interested in applications from groups that are underrepresented in the workplace.
Prospect is a great place to work - this role has access to our high-quality defined benefit pension scheme and 25 days annual leave on entry rising to 33 days after 5 years. We offer a good work-life balance, flexible working options and support for training and development.
As an Organising Official you will be responsible for organising, recruitment initiatives and supporting campaign activity. You will be developing local representatives, improving branch organisation and workplace communications. This role will have a particular focus on providing individual support for members through case work and representation and identifying collective issues for organising opportunities. The industrial areas covered by this role are the energy supply industry and generation, including nuclear and the public sector but will also include work on other regional priorities and may evolve over time.
The base for this role will be Prospects Warrington office. However, it will involve travel nationally to various sites. Subject to Prospect’s car policy, you may be eligible for a company car.
Essential
- Building and managing networks of volunteers independently.
- Strong communicator with ability to influence and work well as a team.
- Experience of delivering organising projects, organisational change or similar.
- Experience of working in a membership and/or advocacy organisation providing individual or collective support and representation.
- Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to provide support and engagement via a variety of means including face to face or digitally.
- Basic knowledge and understanding of employment law and health and safety.
- Valid UK driving licence.
Desirable
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of the application and use of project management principles and techniques
Application details
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For further details please e-mail: recruitment@prospect.org.uk
Closing date for applications 19th June at noon (CVs alone will not be accepted).
Interview date will be 3rd July
Prospect Union is committed to create a diverse environment and is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. All our applicants will be given careful consideration for employment regardless to race, colour, religion, sex, physical and mental disability, age, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, and any other protected status.
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About us
Prospect is a leading trade union that delivers advice, support, representation and a voice for our members. We are a not-for-profit organisation with over 250 staff helping to support more than 150,000 people in specialist, professional and technical roles across the private and public sectors. The Bectu Sector of Prospect represents both employees and freelancers working in Film, TV, Broadcasting and theatre and live events.
Our members want to get on at work. They work in a diverse range of professions, including energy, science, engineering, heritage, defence, entertainment and digital. As a union for modern working life we aim to get the best deal for our members by using evidence and building partnerships – while never being scared to call employers out when they get things wrong.
Our priorities are to grow our membership through attracting new members and to improve our impact, whether that is helping members win improvements at work or changing the policy environment which affects them.
Diversity is an important value for the trade union movement, and as an organisation we are passionate about promoting equality and equity at work and are committed to it for all our staff; we would be particularly interested in applications from groups that are underrepresented in the workplace.
Prospect is a great place to work - We offer a good work-life balance, flexible working options and offer support for learning and development.
Employee benefits
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