Negotiations Officer
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The vacancy
Job Title: Negotiations Officer
Location: Edinburgh (or Glasgow)
Salary: £59,701 per annum (with incremental progression steps to a current maxima of £71,285)
Job Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time (35 hours)
About Us: Prospect is the trade union of choice for over 160,000 professionals, specialists and managers from across the UK. Our members vary from nuclear physicists and engineers to film directors and cinematographers – with many more in between. For each of these members we provide advice, support, and representation. Join us and you can make a real difference to the lives of working people.
Job Description: We are looking for a Negotiations Officer to join our Scotland and Ireland team. The role will have a focus on one or more of our Sector’s but this will be determined after appointment and through an allocation process. In this role, you will have responsibility for delivering our strategic relationships in the appropriate sector (s) with branches, employers and government. You will be required to deliver positive negotiated outcomes across a range of employers, and to deliver on individual casework for members in both recognised and non recognised areas. The successful candidate will need to be able to build and maintain effective branch relationships and structures, and with other key stakeholders such as politicians , STUC and other Unions. The ideal candidate will have a strong experience and understanding issue based organising, collective labour law, contemporary industrial relations, Scotland’s devolution settlement and a passion for working for a Trade Union.
Key Responsibilities:
- Individual and collective representation, including triage and individual case work.
- Collective negotiations
- Develop branch capabilities for organisation and recruitment and to work on specific issues-based and general recruitment campaigns.
- Deliver training programmes for representatives.
- Delivery of sector strategic outcomes
- Stakeholder engagement across the business, political and trade union environment
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Strong communication skills with ability to influence.
- Good knowledge and understanding of employment law, holding an employment law qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience.
- Experience in and comfortable demonstrating leadership and taking ownership in a calm and professional manner in difficult circumstances.
- Previous experience developing branch capabilities for organisation, driving successful campaigns and providing support and advocacy for members.
- Demonstrate strong planning, organising, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of/background in the trade union movement.
- Good knowledge of pensions and health and safety.
- Good knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office applications including; Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Teams/MS Project (or equivalent).
- Project management experience
- Valid UK driving licence.
How to Apply
To apply please select ‘Apply now’.
As part of the applications process you will need to complete an application form which will ask for details of your work, education and training history and to complete a supporting statement. Our panel will use the information shared in the application to shortlist so please use the space to demonstrate how your experience, knowledge, skills and personal qualities meet the outlined requirements.
We would recommend reviewing the Role Profile/Job Specification linked at the bottom of this advert.
If you have any questions please contact: peopleandops@prospect.org.uk.
Closing date: Monday 29th September – NOON (CV’s alone will not be accepted)
Interviews will be held on Thursday 9th October in our Edinburgh Office
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.
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