Your Role

This is an important role for the FDA and you will be one of a group of National Officers. Each National Officer’s primary responsibilities are representation, negotiation, and organising in their allocated pitches, working closely with lay representatives. Each National Officer has a significant degree of autonomy within a balanced pitch made up of a number of employers and/or specialist areas. A more detailed summary of the key responsibilities of the role together with an outline of the knowledge, skills, and experience that we are seeking for this position are set out in the job description and person specification.

The package

The FDA offers a good package of terms and conditions including 31 days annual leave and a high quality defined benefit pension scheme. You’ll be part of the FDA’s team of National Officers, with the opportunity to enhance your skills and experience with tailored development and support. The National Officer salary range is £60k–72k – the starting salary will be dependent on experience.

Office Working

The post is based at the FDA Head Office in London. You will have flexibility to organise your own diary and balance working in the office with working remotely too (home and member workplaces). The role will require attendance at HQ for team meetings and other face-to-face meetings and work with members, branches, and employers can be in a range of locations (but predominantly in London). The role does, on occasion, involve some travel throughout the UK. It’s not a desk job, but you will be trusted over how to organise your time, work, and location to be an effective National Officer.

Prior experience as a national trade union official is not essential, although all applicants will need to demonstrate a successful track record in at least one of bargaining, casework and organising, or their field of related expertise.

For full job advertisement, job description and person specification click here https://www.fda.org.uk/news/job-advert-fda-national-officer-2/