Team Administrator – Scotland region

As Britain’s leading public service union, we have more than 1.3 million members working in public services and the private, voluntary and community sectors, from frontline staff to senior managers. We work tirelessly to ensure our members are respected and properly rewarded, be that through the provision of high quality work environments or fairly negotiated remuneration packages.

About this job

This is an exciting opportunity to join the UNISON Scotland Team.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing secretarial and administrative support to organising staff and branches
• Working quickly and accurately while under pressure
• Preparing correspondence, reports, newsletters, organising meetings, travel, accommodation, etc

You must have:

• Accurate keyboard skills with a minimum of 50 wpm
• IT proficiency in O365
• Good communication and organisational skills
• The ability to prioritise work, be flexible and operate well in a team
• Ability to operate office machinery (photocopier, printer, franker, enveloping machine etc)

Applicants should have good oral and written communications skills, work in a team setting, knowledge of administrative systems and equipment and be familiar with IT systems.

How to apply

To apply for this opportunity, please see the job description and person specification below and download and complete the general application form, and disability and recruitment monitoring forms (under “Documents”).

Please note that only the general application form will be accepted, we do not accept CVs.

Please send completed application forms along with Recruitment and Disability monitoring forms to k.smith@unison.co.uk quoting Ref No R7/65.

The closing date for completed applications will be 5.00pm on Tuesday 15th September 2026.

Interviews to be held in Grampian Resource Centre, Aberdeen on Tuesday 6th October 2026.