Community Issue 27 | Winter 2014
stronger together
Investing in the future – bursaries and apprenticeships for members
learning in action Communitas Learning Centres announce the launch of an exciting range of new courses including:
HEALTH & SAFETY ●●First Aid at Work – three-day full course and two-day refresher ●●Emergency First Aid at Work – one day ●●Manual Handling ●●Fire Awareness
IT ●●ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence ) Level 1, 2 and 3 – full course or single modules ●●BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) Computer and Online Basics Award ●●BCS Digital Skills Award For information, prices or to book a course: Visit our website www.learninginaction.co.uk Call 01709 547922 or email sales@communitas.org.uk Freephone 0800 0778841 (Between 8am–6pm) www.unionlawyers.co.uk
Do you need advice relating to: An accident/injury or industrial disease An assault Medical negligence A divorce or family matter Buying or selling your home Preparing a will or other probate matter Then visit www.unionlawyers.co.uk or telephone 0800 0778841 to be signposted to Community’s panel solicitors for your area Personal legal services, with the exception of family, conveyancing and wills/probate matters, are also available for relatives of Community members
Freephone 0800 0778841 (Between 8am–6pm) www.unionlawyers.co.uk
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stronger together INSIDE … News
Dear member, Community is a forward-thinking union and we know one of the best ways to invest in the future is to invest in education and training. We don’t just tell employers to do this, we want to set our own example. This is why we launched our higher education bursary benefit last year. Most of the first bursary recipients have now begun their studies and I wish them all the best for the years ahead and would encourage members to consider applying next year. Apprentices are also vitally important to the economy and to any organisation striving to be successful. I’m pleased to say that our two original apprentices, Charlotte Appleyard and Nicole Miller, have both now completed their apprenticeships and secured permanent employment with Community and Megan Edwards is making good progress as our Cardiff office apprentice. Now we want to take on six new apprentices. Members, or children of members, aged 16 to 23 are encouraged to apply. I welcome Ed Miliband’s pledge that, if Labour is elected next May, by 2025 as many young people will leave school and take up an apprenticeship as the numbers who go to university. This will be one of the key goals to rebuilding Britain after five years of a Tory-led coalition that keeps rewarding millionaires while working people struggle. Britain needs a pay rise and I know Community, with your support, will continue to make that case to government and employers alike. Finally, the Scottish referendum was one of the major issues of recent months. Community’s conference took the democratic decision to back the ‘No’ campaign but I fully understand and respect that each member cast their own vote having listened to the arguments in what was at times a vigorous and passionate campaign. All parties now have a duty to deliver on their pledge to devolve more power to the Scottish people and I hope that not only our members but all people will work together to create the better Scotland people expect.
Labour leader Ed Miliband’s minimum wage and apprenticeships pledge ������������������������������������������������������ 4 Whistl members’ breakthrough ����������������������������������������������� 4 National equality conference ����������������������������������������������������� 5 Credit union partnership ����������������������������������������������������������� 5 Union lawyers ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 Workplace training agreement ������������������������������������������������ 8 Community donation for garden project �������������������������������� 8 Steel contractors win above-inflation rise ������������������������������ 9 Scotland against motor neurone disease �������������������������������� 9
Community learning
First Community education bursary recipients ����������������������� 6 Comuunity apprenriceships ������������������������������������������������������ 6
Justice and custodial services
Reps plan new campaigns ������������������������������������������������������ 10
Community at the TUC
Communitywins support for industrial policy priorities ������ 11
If you have any comments or suggestions for the next edition please contact the editor on editor@community-tu.org or on 020 7420 4000 Stronger Together. Autumn 2014 Editorial Office: 465c Caledonian Road, London, N7 9GX Tel: 020 7420 4000 email: editor@community-tu.org Cover picture: Andrew Aitchison Printed by The College Hill Press www.collegehillpress.co.uk
Roy Rickhuss General Secretary
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news Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband spoke at Community’s event at the recent Labour Party Conference in Manchester, where he pledged that a Labour government would raise the minimum wage to £8.00 an hour by 2020 and ensure that as many young people take up apprenticeships as go to university by 2025.
Do you know a former leather worker in need? DO YOU work in the leather industry in England or Wales? Or do you know someone in your family or community who works there, or used to work in the industry in England or Wales? If so, are they in financial need? The Leather & Hide Trades’ Benevolent Institution (LHTBI) was set up in 1860 to help former employees and their dependents who are in financial need. The LHTBI is currently helping 64 annuitants. The oldest, who applied for help in 1970, recently reached 107 years of age. The majority of companies they worked for no longer exist and were spread over the whole of England, the greatest numbers being in Northamptonshire and Somerset. Most cases nowadays are brought to the attention of the LHTBI through organisations such as Age UK and the Royal British Legion. Today, many applications for assistance are for grants towards, say, an electric scooter, a stair lift or the installation of a shower. Now Community would also like to assist the LHTBI in spreading the news about its good work. ■■ If you would like more details of this organisation or how you or a relative can benefit from LHTBI, please contact: Karen Harriman on 0116 274 1500 or email Karen on karenharriman@btconnect.com
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Now Bristol Whistl members can look forward to a warmer winter workplace
COMMUNITY REPS Bob Thomas, Ray Moorish and Sayid Moullin at Whistl Bristol have made a breakthrough in their efforts to get improved welfare facilities for members at their depot. Following representations from the union, new washrooms are now being installed, the canteen is to undergo a
refurbishment and the provision of a quiet room and a new heating system in the warehouse is to be in place before the winter. Sayid Moullin has since been seconded from Whistl to work as a Regional Organiser in Community’s South Wales and South West region.
New regional organiser Sayidali Moullin ( front) with Whistl members (l to r) Joseph Phillips, Michael Clifford, Naeem Ali, Hussein Muse and Deeq Hassan
National conference is your opportunity to help shape our policies on equality COMMUNITY IS holding a national conference on equality and diversity. “Equality Matters” will be held at our training centre in Northamptonshire on Monday 10 November. The event will look at the equality issues the union faces and consider
members in resolving the challenges they and their carers face. So if we look into our future how will we ensure that we represent our diverse union of young, LGBT, Women, BME and disabled members? Join in and help us find the answers. With guest speakers
how we build a strong, diverse and representative union. If we are to grow, with an already ageing membership, we need to find new and innovative ways to engage with young members and find new active members. Building a safe and supportive network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and Black Minority Ethnic (BME) members and encouraging more women into active roles will also be key to Community’s future success. We also need to support our disabled
Kate Green MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Disabled People, and our General Secretary, Roy Rickhuss, addressing the event, this is your opportunity to explore the issues in detail and to help shape the union for the future. Places are limited but the event is open to all members with an interest in equality and diversity, not just existing Community reps and officials. ■■ To register, visit Community’s website www.community-tu.org and look for Equality Matters in our events listing.
Building a safe and supportive network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Black Minority Ethnic members and encouraging more women into active roles will be key to Community’s future success
TAKE ON LEGAL LOAN SHARKS WITH OUR CREDIT UNION PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY IS working with LASER Credit Union to give members access to smart savings and affordable loans. The union supports campaigns against legal loan sharks and believes one of the best ways to take them on is to give people access to alternative sources of credit. Credit unions are a not-for-profit alternative to the payday lenders and big banks and Community is proud to announce its partnership with LASER Credit Union. Members at Whistl (formerly TNT Post) will be the first to have the opportunity to join LASER Credit Union as the service is piloted until the end of the year. A survey of Whistl members found that more than one in four of
them had used a payday lender in the past year. ‘We hope our members at Whistl will take up the opportunity to join a credit union. LASER have a lot to offer in terms of small loans, savings accounts or even everyday banking,’ said General Secretary Roy Rickhuss. ‘We have every reason to believe that this initial pilot will be successful and we can look forward to all members having the chance to join LASER Credit Union next year.’ Whistl members should ask their local Community rep for further information on how to join. ■■ For more information, visit www.community-tu.org
Members will keep 100% of their compensation with Union Lawyers A COMMUNITY member in South Wales was the first to receive a personal injury settlement after Union Lawyers was launched in April. Having injured his leg in an accident at work in April, he contacted Union Lawyers through their website in June and his case was settled earlier in the summer. He received £2,500 compensation. “Thanks to Union Lawyers the process was simple, swift and the member was able to keep 100 per cent of his compensation,” said Community’s Head of Member Service Centre, David Fiddler. “Accessing personal legal services, such as personal injury, through the Union Lawyers website, has helped to reduce the time between members lodging their issue and the first contact with a recommended solicitor, although, sadly, not all claims are settled so rapidly as this case.’ “If the member had gone to a non-union lawyer – such as those who advertise on daytime TV – he would have probably lost around £625 of his
compensation. Non-union lawyers would have taken up to 25% of it under new legal costs rules that came in last year.” There are no deductions from settlements for members who go through Union Lawyers. The message is simple: if you have been injured at work, then visit Union Lawyers today. Don’t forget that Union Lawyers can also be accessed for family members and accidents outside of the workplace. Some members have already sought advice on clinical negligence cases for family members through the Union Lawyers site. One of the very first Union Lawyers cases received through the site was from a retired member who was hurt on holiday in the Far East. ■■ For all your personal legal services go to www.unionlawyers.co.uk
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INVESTING IN THE FUTURE “COMMUNITY HAS been brilliant. My dad said he has paid into the union all this time and now he’s got this out of the blue.” That’s the verdict of Cory Hooper from Ebbw Vale, one of 31 students who started degree courses this autumn with the boost of a Community bursary. This is the first year of Community’s exciting scheme to support members or their children by offering bursaries of up to £4,500 for the first year of full-time higher education study. Cory, who is doing a psychology degree at the University of Liverpool, said: “It will help a big amount, particularly as my accommodation in Liverpool is more expensive that I thought it would be. “I am worried about the cost of buying stuff – books and so forth – for the course. It’s going to be expensive, so the bursary is relieving the pressure.” Cory’s father David, 26 years a member and on the management staff at Tata Steel, Llanwern, found out about the scheme from
the Community noticeboard at work. “I then went to the union website where I found out more details and discussed it with Cory,” he said. “I told him that he would have to join the union and he was fine with that so we went ahead with the application. “I already have a daughter at Cardiff University and it’s a struggle having two children at university, so I thought I’d give it a go. It’s come at the right time and it’s a big help. It’s a great scheme for members and their children.”
Delighted
Also starting a psychology degree is Parminder Kaur. Her father, Raghvir Singh, has been a member for four years and works at Tata’s Wednesfield Automotive works in the West Midlands, while her mother is a part-time care assistant. They are delighted to have the bursary to help out with the expense as Parminder begins her course at the Goldsmiths, University of London.
“We are very pleased to have got the bursary,” said Raghvir. “It has helped a lot and has taken the pressure off. I think it’s a really good thing and my thanks to Community.” Parminder plans to use the bursary to help her with her rent and to buy a computer. “We applied and I was quite shocked when we found we had got it because I wasn’t sure if we would get it,” she said. “Obviously London is not the cheapest city, so it will be nice to have that extra money.” A laptop computer is also on the shopping list of Aidan Azam, whose father Javed works for SSI in Redcar in the South Bank Coke Ovens and has been a member for almost 30
COMMUNITY APPRENTICESHIPS – LOOKING TO THE NEXT COMMUNITY UNION is looking to employ the next generation of union professionals to provide a first class service to our members. Following a commitment from General Secretary, Roy Rickhuss, earlier this year, six young people will be given the chance to undertake a regional organiser apprenticeship across a number of our UK offices. At the end of their training each apprentice will have worked for two years in the union and will have received a business administration qualification alongside a number of TUC-recognised qualifications to help them gain a better understanding of issues such as employment rights and campaigning. The last Labour government increased
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the number of apprenticeships ten-fold after years of decline through the 1980s and 1990s. Apprenticeships are available in a broad range of areas these days and not just in traditional trades. Community has previously employed apprentices, but this is the first time that a significant number have been taken on at the same time. This will mean that not only will they be able to learn on the job in their respective workplaces, but that they will also be able to share their experiences as a group as they progress through their training. “I’m proud of the work of our full-time staff on behalf of our membership in every part of the UK, and I am always looking at ways we can improve
our services,” said General Secretary Roy Rickhuss. “Bringing in six new apprentices not only highlights our commitment to delivering a better service now and in the future, it also shows that we lead by example. “So, when we suggest to employers that they employ apprentices to improve their business, we can say to them that we are looking to the future too – by providing our own opportunities for young people.” ■■ If you, or any member of your family, is aged 16-23 and is interested in finding out more about these opportunities then see the advert on the back cover and visit www.community-tu.org
“I think it is great that Community is offering these benefits and that it advocates study to help members and their children. It’s a weight off parents’ backs”
“It’s a struggle having two children at university, so I thought I’d give it a go. It’s come at the right time and it’s a big help. It’s a great scheme for members and their children”
Lisa Hayter
David Hooper, Ebbw Vale
years. “I was delighted, I didn’t expect to get it,” admitted Aidan who has just begun an accountancy and finance degree at Teesside University. “I didn’t expect a union to have a scheme like this and I have already told my friends who are going to university next year to apply for it.” Aidan has been doing bar work and is determined not to be a burden on his family. “I don’t want help from my parents, I want to stand on my own two feet. I like my independence. “The bursary is going to help me a lot and I’m very grateful.”
Annie Hayter, who hails from Lewisham, south London, also expressed her gratitude to Community. “Honestly, it will make a huge difference and I am incredibly grateful,” said Annie as she was about to begin her English language and literature course at Brasenose College, Oxford.
Peace of mind
“It gives me peace of mind because the cost of accommodation in Oxford is extortionate and study is so intensive that they really don’t want you getting a job, even in the holidays. “I think it is great that Community is offering these benefits and that it advocates
study to help members and their children. It’s a weight off parents’ backs.” Annie’s mother Lisa Hayter, who is a supervisor at NSPCC’s Childline advice service in Shoreditch, east London, is also studying. She is in her second year of a course leading to a diploma in person-centred counselling. “We were really concerned about finances in the first year,” she confessed. “I went part time when it looked as if NSPCC was going to change our working hours – the union was supporting us on that – and I am studying myself while my son is in his second year at Birkbeck College (London University’s specialist evening university). “So with three students in the family we could have been in financial straits. The money will go toward Annie’s living expenses and will pay most of her accommodation for the first year. “So we are very grateful for the bursary from Community which is going to make a massive difference to us.”
GENERATION
Community’s first apprentice Charlotte Appleyard (left) with former skills minister Lord Adonis and other apprentices at a Unionlearn apprenticeship conference
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news GROWING AND LEARNING COMMUNITY MEMBERS at North Bank Growers on Teesside can expect to see improvements in workplace training opportunities thanks to a new Union Learning Agreement. Community’s education and training services provider, Communitas, is now working with the company to introduce training for members which includes functional skills, basic IT and horticultural training. Pictured signing the agreement are (l to r) front: Laura Haley, Regional Organiser; Nigel Bartle, MD North Bank Growers; Ian Angus, Communitas; back: John White, Branch Secretary and Tony Holpin, Branch President.
Community donation aids garden project
COMMUNITY HAS backed a community garden project in the Openshaw area of Manchester with a £300 donation. Community rep Andy Harland is one of the volunteers on the project and he put in a successful application to Community’s Charity Committee in his region. Growing in the City is on a piece of land next to a rectory which was extremely overgrown and derelict. “Before the project got up and running, dumped rubbish and used needles were easily
found there,” says Andy. “A group of local people asked if they could clear this to plant vegetables. We did consultation at the local fun days and in the community cafe, asking people what they would like to see done with the land and the idea of growing vegetables was very popular.’ The project has grown and now has its own steering committee which has been able to attract some grant funding as well as support in kind from local businesses. It also has a partnership with local mental health charity
Manchester Mind, which refers people to the project. Andy is pleased with how the project is developing saying: “It has been a much bigger endeavour than most of us envisaged”. He is pleased with the support from Community. ■■ If you are involved in a community project that you think would benefit from Community’s support, contact your local Community rep for details of how to apply to your Regional Charity Committee or visit www.community-tu.org
Regional Organiser Chris Cross presents a cheque to the Growing in the City volunteers
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YORKSHIRE 3 PEAKS CHALLENGE
SCUNTHORPE STEELWORKERS HONOUR COLLEAGUE’S MEMORY WITH CHARITY CHALLENGE: Members from Tata Steel Scunthorpe Blast Furnace conquered the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge, raising funds for the British Heart Foundation in memory of their colleague Phil McDonnell, who died of a heart attack aged 51. The fundraising effort was boosted by a £100 donation from Community’s Regional Charity Committee.
Steel contractors’ vote for action secures above-inflation pay rise
CONTRACTORS WORKING at steel plants across the UK have been taking a stand to demand a living wage. Community reps and officials have been locked in negotiations for months in attempts to reach deals within the different contractor companies that provide on-site services to Tata Steel and SSI. “With no outcome in sight in many of the negotiations a number of Community’s
branches felt that they had no option but to ballot for industrial action,” said National Officer, Steve McCool. “High turnouts and overwhelming YES votes delivered mandates for action, but this also meant we could return to the negotiating table. I’m pleased to say inflationbusting pay rises have been achieved without members needing to go on strike.”
Sadly, some contractor companies are still paying below the living wage, but all Community’s branches involved have said that it is their objective to resolve the issue in next year’s pay talks. The union’s Steel and Wire Sector Committee is making plans to launch a Living Wage campaign within the sector in the coming weeks.
SCOTLAND UNITES AGAINST MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE
COMMUNITY SPONSORED football strips for a charity penalty shootout between the two sides of the referendum campaign in Scotland. As a precursor to the actual result, Better Together, the campaign behind the No vote, won a penalty shootout 5-4, with the vital penalty saved by Community’s own Assistant General Secretary, John Park, diving to his right to stop Yes Scotland’s Chief Executive Blair Jenkins’ kick. The Scotland United Against Motor Neurone Disease shootout was held to help raise awareness and money to fund a cure for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Better Together’s director of research, Gordon Aikman, was diagnosed with the condition in June and has raised over £70,000 so far and has also launched gordonsfightback.com – a campaign to fund a cure and fight for better care for MND sufferers. Among the players who lined up for the spot
Film stars, MSPs and MPs joined the charity shootout kicks at Ainslie Park Stadium for Yes Scotland was Paul Brannigan, star of Ken Loach’s film The Angels’ Share. Better Together’s line-up included Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, Douglas Alexander MP, and Scottish Labour MSP Ken Macintosh. “With the ice bucket challenge and Gordon’s Fightback campaign, people in Scotland and across the world have so much more awareness of MND and are doing amazing things to raise money for a cure and better care,’ said Susan
Webster, Head of Policy and Campaigns at MND Scotland. “We really appreciated the support from Community in providing strips for both teams in the shootout.” John Park was pleased with the victory. “But,” he said, “regardless of the result on the pitch, the real result of this shootout is that Scotland is united against MND.” ■■ You can show your support by making a donation to MND Scotland – Text ‘MNDS85 £5’ to 70070 or visit gordonsfightback.com.
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justice and custodial services
Community campaigns for justice at work Reps from Community’s Justice and Custodial Services sector have developed two new campaigns that they will run across the UK PETE JENKINS
THE BADGE of a Prison Custody Officer (PCO) is not just a piece of identification, it is the key to their livelihood. If a PCO whose badge is removed loses not only their job, but also, potentially, their career in justice services. Badges are controlled by the Scottish Prison Service or the National Offender Management Service (the Controllers). If an official of these organisations believes that somebody is no longer “fit and proper” to carry out the job, then they can remove that person’s badge. “Having your badge removed is a lifechanging decision for any PCO,” says Adrian Axtell, Community’s National Office for Justice and Custodial Services. “But, despite the serious implications of the process, there is no right to appeal the decision. “The right to appeal is an important part of natural justice in all areas of life . But this
fundamental right – which is afforded from employment tribunals to criminal trials – is not open to a PCO who loses their badge. If there is no appeal, there is no justice.” Controllers have the power to remove a PCO badge whatever the outcome of a disci-
Adrian Axtell: If there is no appeal, there is no justice plinary process. This is why Community is calling for the right to appeal to be introduced, so that all our members can be certain of justice at work. The second campaign is for a safe and level playing field throughout the sector. At the moment, when companies compete for government justice services contracts, there are no minimum standards regarding operating procedures. So, for example, staffing levels required in a prison – the number of
officers to prisoners – are not set down by the government as part of the procurement process. This means that companies end up competing in a race to the bottom to try to win the contract. Adrian Axtell says this puts our members at risk: “The government should produce clear, safe operating solutions before it invites companies to bid for contracts. Failing to do so means our members, who are on the frontline, can end up in situations where there are too few of them on a prison wing to safely oversee the number of prisoners. “This then becomes a standard way in which the company operates their contract with the government and the increased risks to our members continue. “But it’s not just about staffing levels. There are other areas of the contract that would benefit from having clearer expectations set down by the government. For instance, welfare facilities and services for staff vary greatly from contract to contract and it’s another area where the tendering companies often see opportunities to cut costs and compete with each other in the bidding process. We want the government to answer our SOS for Safe Operating Solutions.’
Community launched a new pilot project in partnership with Sodexo Justice Services and the League Managers Association at HMP Forest Bank near Manchester. The project brings together prison officers and offenders with professional coaches for a day learning football coaching skills. Visit our website for the full story. If you want to get involved in the campaign, contact your local Community rep.
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Community wins support from TUC for industrial policy priorities
A DELEGATION of Community members attended this year’s TUC Congress in Liverpool in September. The conference, that brings together trade unionists from across the UK’s economy, was an opportunity to secure support for some of Community’s industrial priorities. Speaking in the energy debate, Sue Mather, Community’s NEC member from Tata Steel in Aldwarke, said that “industry needs to be at the heart of a low carbon economy” and went on to highlight how little the Tory-led government had delivered to help UK industry remain competitive. Sue argued that it is not only heavy industries like steel that are suffering from
the government’s energy and environment policies, other manufacturing – like leather, textiles and food – is suffering too. Calling for better support for UK industry, the Tata Steel worker, said there needed to be “a cast-iron commitment to re-industrialisation”. General Secretary Roy Rickhuss continued the theme of what needed to be done to make the economy more productive and competitive, telling delegates that only a change of government would “deliver high performance workplaces and fairer rewards for all”. Roy said there needed to be action from government, employers and unions to help rebuild the economy and accused the Tory-led government of leading “a race to the bottom
where workers are the losers”. He championed the role of trade unions as “a driving force behind increasing productivity, improving skills for our members and putting more pay in workers’ pockets. “Government should support this but, instead, it continues a war on red tape, and its attacks on trade unions. That will do nothing to deliver the kind of inclusive growth our economy needs.” Other Community speakers included Robert Mooney from NLBD Glasgow branch, who criticised this government’s attacks on disabled people and his fellow NEC member, Rob Middlemas, who celebrated 40 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act and how it had saved workers’ lives.
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APPRENTICE REGIONAL ORGANISER x 6 Full time, 35 hours per week (9-5 Monday – Friday) Based: Motherwell, Middlesbrough, Rotherham, Kidderminster, Earls Barton and London
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within Community for six Apprentice Regional Organisers. The ideal candidates will have a keen interest in the wider trade union movement and a good understanding of Community and our values. If you are ambitious, reliable and have a strong desire to make a difference to individuals and communities we would love to hear from you. In addition to on-the-job training, you will complete a Business Administration Apprenticeship qualification, Functional Skills in Maths, English and ICT and a Technical Certificate. Additional training on specific Trade Union activities will be provided through the TUC. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide administrative support to the Regional Team (Regional Organiser and Regional Administrator) Under support and supervision, manage email, written correspondence and telephone systems on behalf of the Regional team Where directed, under support and supervision, accompany Regional Organiser on workplace visits and campaign activities Maintain Office administration upkeep and procedures including internal management information systems (manual and electronic) Preparing documentation/hand-outs and preparing equipment for meetings and events SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Evidenced experience in a professional administration/office environment
Good IT skills including Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) Establishing and maintaining good working relationships and teamwork ethos Basic understanding of workplace Health and safety, data protection and professional confidentiality PERSONAL QUALITIES AND UNDERSTANDING Commitment to on-going Apprenticeship Learning and Development programmes that are aligned to both professional and personal development and advancing the ethos of Community Understanding (or awareness of) good Trade Union principles, beliefs and ethos Strong awareness and commitment to equal opportunities and valuing diversity SALARY AND BENEFITS: An Apprenticeship salary of the Living Wage (currently £7.65 per hour and £8.80 in London) will be paid for a two-year apprenticeship and fixed term contract. 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays Please note all applicants should be aged between 16 and 23 for funding purposes. We celebrate diversity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability.
To apply, please visit our website www.community-tu.org email apprenticeships@community-tu.org or call 020 7420 4004 for an application form Closing date for completed applications: learning in action Friday 7 November 2014