National Officer (Temporary)

About this job

UNISON is proud of the work we do as the UK’s largest union to stand up for NHS staff and services. It’s our job to make working life better for the whole healthcare workforce.

Do you want to join our team and make a difference for health workers?

We are looking for a new national officer to help us deliver our ambitious work programme. The role includes leading our work for operational services staff – the cleaners, porters, administrators, security staff, IT workers and all the other support roles which are essential to the delivery of services for patients.

You will oversee our ‘One Team’ campaign to champion the value of these workers as well as developing and delivering campaigns against cuts to jobs and services.

You will also develop and deliver a health, safety and wellbeing strategy to improve the working lives of the NHS workforce and work on our ‘Earnings Max’ campaign to deliver improvements to how key NHS pay, terms and conditions are implemented to maximise the earnings of our members.

If you want to make a positive difference for the NHS, and healthcare, and you have proven experience in negotiations, policy and campaign development, as well as excellent people and leadership skills, we’d love you to apply!

We are particularly keen to receive applications from under-represented groups.

How to apply

To apply for this opportunity, please download and complete the General application form referring to the job description and person specification (both under “Documents”)

Please note that only the relevant application form will be accepted. 

CVs will not be accepted.  

The completed application form along with the Recruitment and Disability Monitoring Form should be returned by e-mail to hrrecruitment@unison.co.uk  quoting reference: BNE/31T on your application form.

Please save your documents starting with your full name in the document name.

Closing date for applications is 12 pm on Thursday 26 March 2026

The interviews will be held in May (dates TBD) in UNISON Centre, Euston, London 

About UNISON

UNISON is the UK’s leading public services trade union, with over 1.3 million members working in the public sector, private, voluntary and community sectors and in the energy services. We employ approximately 1,200 staff, with around 370 at our national centre in Euston in central London and the remainder in our 12 regions across the UK, including Northern Ireland.

UNISON is a dynamic, progressive union, committed to equality. We encourage men and women of all ages, Black and minority ethnic groups, disabled people, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to work with us.