RCN Officer - RCN02446
Trade Union | RCN Sunderland Office with hybrid working | £47,745
Contract type: Permanent
RCN Officer
RCN Northern – Sunderland Office with hybrid working
35 hours per week, permanent.
Salary: £47,745 to £53,934 per annum*
Imagine being faced with a world of exciting possibilities that could ultimately enable you to support our members and help shape the health policies of the future. As the UK’s largest trade union and professional body for nursing, we support over half a million members with unwavering loyalty and total commitment. We represent and develop them, support their practice and lobby on their behalf to make a positive difference to their working lives.
As a trusted adviser, mediator and advocate you’ll be just as passionate about supporting our members in the Northern Region. These are challenging roles that require determination and resilience; however they also offer genuine job satisfaction and opportunities to develop.
We're accredited with Investors in People Silver Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values.
As an RCN officer you’ll use your positive attitude and your knowledge of health and care issues to deliver best practice in relation to employment practices, influencing and negotiating on behalf of our members.
Every day will be filled with possibilities as you find new ways to manage and support the development of our members and our accredited representatives. You will manage your own portfolio of casework, which will include assisting and representing members with employment related issues and processes.
Taking care of our members will be your primary role, but you’ll also see the possibilities that new members can bring. A key part of what you do will be to suggest innovative approaches to support and grow our membership.
To join us you’ll need to be able to advise and represent our members on matters relating to employment, professional nursing practice and education. Ideally, you will have a background in a relevant area such as nursing, health and social care and experience in supporting individuals or groups with work related issues. However, we recognise that experience in other professional roles (such as human resources and legal services) can offer transferable skills and knowledge for this role.
We offer a robust induction and development plan for successful individuals to enable transition into the role. You will need to have good communication skills, be able to challenge and negotiate skilfully and have the ability to work with a range of stakeholders across a variety of health and care settings.
You will need to be able to travel within the geographical area of the Northern region to enable us to support and advocate for our members when required.
Whatever your background, you'll be efficient, accurate and show a real customer focus in all you do.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
Our selection process
Please submit a CV and answer the supporting questions demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Please ensure your CV is in a simple format with minimal tables and sections. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
As a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact either Denise McLaughlin, Senior Regional Officer via denise.mclaughlin@rcn.org.uk Sarah Hughes, Senior Regional Officer via sarah.hughes@rcn.org.uk or Peta Calrk, Head of Operations via peta.clark@rcn.org.uk or via the Northern regional office on 0191 511 5801.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Selection dates
Opening date: 29 April 2024
Closing date: 11.59pm on 02 June 2024
Assessment and interview date:11 June 2024, and potentially 18 June 2024
Interview date: 11/06/2024
Contracted hours: 35