Temporary Regional Organiser

The Role

The Regional Organiser is the key generic organising role in the region, with responsibility for recruitment, retention and organisation of members.

A powerful advocate of organising and building branch and membership organisation, you will:

• Provide leadership to a group of branches within a locality, service group or work area to ensure that branches have the strongest possible workplace organisation.
• Support, guide and develop branches and activists through major periods of change in the delivery of public services.
• Build branch organisation and performance, identifying training and development needs of activists and providing ongoing support through coaching and mentoring of stewards and branch officers.
• Lead collective negotiations across the range of sectors which UNISON organises at local, regional or national level.
• Represent members individually and collectively, assisting branches to develop systems and processes for managing and undertaking their casework effectively.
• Manage a small team of area and/or local organisers.

The Person

You will have skills and experience that include:

• Demonstrable leadership and motivational skills.
• A track record of using initiative and independence over a broad area of activity.
• Considerable knowledge of an industrial relations environment and a track record of high level negotiation and representation.
• Experience of advocacy in difficult situations.
• Ability to develop strategies, plans and solutions to solve complex problems.
• Ability to work on and manage projects.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and experience of influencing people at all levels.

While our Regional Organisers are regionally based they are required to be able to work in any team or location across the region. It is anticipated that the job will be based in our Glasgow office working with UNISON branches in Ayrshire.

To apply for this opportunity, please download and complete the General application form (under “Documents”).  Please also see the job description and person specification.

Please note that only the General application form will be accepted.

Please send completed applications to hrrecruitment@unison.co.uk quoting ref: R7/13T by no later than 5pm on 24 May 2024.

Interviews to be held on Tuesday 11 June 2024.