ABOUT YOU

We are looking for candidates who have:

• A commitment to union values and a passion for worker’s rights.
• Experience in working for a union or other campaigning organisation.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Effective planning and organisational skills, balancing competing demands, while coordinating logistics and engagement of members for actions or events.
• Ability to build effective working relationships across the union movement.
• Readiness to participate in the union movement’s political and social justice agenda.
• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
• Capacity to exercise judgment and discretion within a politically sensitive environment.
• Respect for cultural and social diversity within the workforce and the community.
• Experience using social media and other digital communication platforms or any design experience will be looked upon very favourably.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• The position will require duties performed outside of office hours, especially around key campaign moments.
• Unrestricted driver licence.

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled organiser (or aspiring organiser!) to join our small team on a fixed term basis (to cover staff movement within the organisation).
This is a critical role for Unions Tasmania where you will work with union leaders, staff, delegates, HSRs, and members to plan, organise, and implement agreed campaigns and key union activities for the peak body.
You will need an understanding of the key issues facing workers across Tasmania and the industrial and political landscape that we work within.