Negotiations Officer
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The vacancy
Negotiations Officer
London, Waterloo
Permanent Contract
Starting Salary: £52,087 (plus inner London Weighting £3,160)
You will receive an annual incremental salary steps until the maximum (£62,193) is reached.
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 is looking for a Negotiations Officer to join our Aviation, Defence & Security team, based in our London office working with several our Aviation sector branches and employers and will see you travelling nationally to various sites.
This role will support and advise members and branches to meet their needs and ensure successful outcomes through providing individual and collective representation. You will also be involved in expanding the coverage of collective bargaining, dealing effectively with personal casework, building and maintaining effective and resilient branch relationships and structures. Helping to identify, train and develop representatives and contributing to our Aviation Group campaigning and networking activities will also play a large part in this position.
Essential
- Good communication skills
- Act calmly and professionally in negotiations
- Good understanding of employment law
- Demonstrate leadership and be prepared to take ownership when dealing with difficulties such as when negotiating with employers and providing advocacy.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, representatives, members, and employers.
- Develop branch capabilities for organisation and recruitment and to work on specific issues-based and general recruitment campaigns.
- Have strong planning, organising, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Manage personal autonomy whilst also working well as part of a team and across boundaries to sustain relationships with employers, groups of members and colleagues.
- Want to make the world of work better for everyone through promoting membership and the values of the trade union movement.
Desirable
- Good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office/365 suite, Outlook and Teams
- Project management and/or campaigning experience
- Valid UK driving licence.
For further details please e-mail: recruitment@prospect.org.uk
Closing date: 31st May 2023 – Noon (CVs will not be accepted)
Interviews will be held on 8th June 2023 in our London office.
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 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.
Employee benefits
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