Organising Official
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The vacancy
Organising Official
London Production Division, Bectu Sector
Headquarters, London Victoria
Permanent Contract
Starting Salary: £41,872 (plus inner London weighting £3,160)
About Prospect and Bectu
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. Prospect members work in a diverse range of professions, including energy, science, engineering, heritage, defence, entertainment and digital.
The Bectu sector of Prospect is the union for creative ambition representing over 40,000 staff, contract and freelance workers in the media and entertainment industries. We prioritise an organising approach to build collective strength and win for our members.
Diversity is an important value for the trade union movement, and as an organisation, we are passionate about promoting equality 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 - this role has access to our high-quality defined benefit pension scheme and up to 33 days annual leave each year. We offer a good work-life balance, flexible working options and offer support for training and development. Due to the working nature of members in this area, evening and weekend work will be required. Time off in lieu is available.
The Role of Organising Official
Prospect is looking for an Organising Official to support our members working in TV and film production across London and the South East in the Bectu Sector. The successful candidate will have good communication and organisational skills and demonstrate an understanding of trade union or community organising. You will be working with other colleagues in the team and with our research, legal and communications teams, as well as our volunteer representatives providing support for campaigns, branch organising, training and personal case work.
The successful candidate must have a strong campaigning background as they will be responsible for recruitment and retention initiatives, developing existing branch structures, and identifying new organising opportunities.
You will need to:
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, reps, members and employers verbally and in writing
- Develop branch capabilities for organisation and recruitment and work on specific industrial and recruitment campaigns
- Have previous experience of providing advice and representation on an individual basis
- Have strong planning, organising, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Manage personal autonomy whilst working across boundaries to sustain relationships with stakeholders, groups of members, and colleagues
- Want to make the world of work better for everyone by promoting membership and the values of the trade union movement.
Application details
For further details please e-mail: recruitment@prospect.org.uk and to apply please select ‘apply now’.
Please click here to view the job specification Organising Official job spec or find at the bottom of this page.
Closing date: 14 October 2024 – Noon (CVs will not be accepted)
Interviews will be held on 31 October 2024 in our London office in Victoria.
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.
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