Overview
As a Campaign and Caseworker at UNISON, the UK’s largest public service union, you will support and empower members through individual casework and collective campaigning. This dual-focused role involves providing advice, representation, and support to members on workplace issues, while developing and delivering campaigns that promote workers’ rights, equality, and social justice.
You will work closely with branch officers, activists, and regional staff to resolve employment-related problems, build union strength, and advocate for positive change. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and organisational skills, a commitment to trade union values, and the ability to manage a varied and demanding workload.
Responsibilities
* Collaborate to identify workflow, procedures, deployment schedules, potential branch service and expected benefits of projects.
* Work with Branch officers to proactively engage with members to promote regional and national campaigns; provide regular project plans and reports according to governance standards.
* Communicate with branch representatives and members to generate commitment and enthusiasm and persuade all to accept change.
* Assist members by providing informed advice or support when appropriate; act for members in a casework capacity, supporting disciplinaries, grievances, capabilities, organisational change and any other industrial relations casework as allocated by the branch secretary.
* Work to ensure the branch achieves density mapping and a sound knowledge of membership density across the branch trusts.
* Identify and schedule tasks; produce and regularly update project plans and reports according to internal project governance standards.
* Identify operational workflow, procedures, deployment schedules, and potential branch service and expected benefits of the project.
* Identify and evaluate potential conflicts which could compromise the successful completion of a project and report accordingly with remedial action recommendations.
* Use appropriate methods and sources to obtain and record data for project monitoring and reporting.
* Work collaboratively to support members in casework, including disciplinaries, grievances, capabilities, organisational change and other industrial relations matters as allocated by the branch secretary.
* Achieve agreed branch objectives within branch and UNISON rules.
About UNISON and Partnerships
UNISON is one of the UK’s largest trade unions, representing over 1.3 million workers across public services. The union negotiates better pay and working conditions, offers legal advice and representation, and campaigns for high-quality public services. UNISON is committed to fairness, equality, and social justice, protecting workers’ rights across sectors such as health, education, local government, and utilities.
Branch staff are hosted by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUFT), comprising Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, and Royal Liverpool University Hospital. LUFT is part of the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the merging of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group aims to improve patient care and services.
UHLG is one of the region’s largest employers, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for communities—from birth to beyond—providing general and emergency hospital care and specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Requirements
The post holder will work to achieve agreed branch objectives, operate within branch and UNISON rules, and actively contribute to branch development and service delivery.
Expiry
This advert closes on Monday 1 Sep 2025.
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