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Branch Local Organiser and Caseworker

*Please note that this is a branch employed post, not a UNISON employed post*

Western Sussex Hospitals UNISON Branch and Central Sussex Hospitals UNISON Branch are currently recruiting a Branch Organiser and Caseworker

Location:  Based at home covering NHS employers and multiple healthcare sites across Sussex

Starting Salary:  £33,839 per annum plus £2,933 Annual Subsistence Allowance and access to UNISON Pension Scheme 

Contract type: Full time (35 hours per week), fixed term

Contract length: 12 months (subject to review may be extended or made a permanent position)

Closing date for applications: 16 July 2021

Reference:  BOC2021

Branch employed post

About this post

This role is to support the changes that will occur as the result of the merger of two NHS Trusts to form University Hospitals Sussex. It will also assist with the work from the disbanding of the Clinical Commissioning Groups to form the Integrated Care System establishing a new organisation. Additionally the post will support the branch merger process to establish a new UNISON branch.

The branches cover hospitals across Sussex and the Clinical Commissioning Groups. Travel to sites will required when government guidelines permit this to happen.

You need to be an enthusiastic, flexible and resourceful individual to support our branches. The successful candidate will bring their experience and skills to the role and be able to develop and deliver recruitment and organising initiatives and campaigns, train and develop stewards, undertake case work, advise, support and mentor branch officers and stewards in representation and negotiation. There will also be collective consultations and restructures where the role will support and develop stewards on the processes.

You will have excellent presentation skills and communication skills, both face-to-face and on paper.

A sound understanding of trade unions and their objectives is essential.

You will be required to live within reasonable travelling distance of the area you are asked to cover.

How to apply

To apply for this opportunity, please download and complete the application form. 

See job description and person specification.

Please email the completed application form along with the Recruitment and Disability monitoring forms to office@unison-csh.org.uk, quoting the  job ref number BOC2021 in the subject field.

The closing date for completed applications is 5pm on 16 July 2021.

Only candidates who have been shortlisted will be contacted to then attend an interview.  Interviews will be held virtually on 23 July 2021 utilising Microsoft Teams.