The Health Services Workers’ Union is here with exciting job openings. The Union is in search of organisers.
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Key Responsibilities:
Successful candidates will have the following responsibilities:
- Educate health and care workers about their workplace rights and how to build and exercise collective power to improve pay, working conditions, gender equality and sector policies
- Build active and sustainable organising structures that contribute to achieving the objectives of the Union
- Create and work to organise plans to ensure membership growth, member leadership and action and winning industry power
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- Assess and support the development of union members
- Conduct research and mapping of target workpaces
- Work in teams to negotiate with employers
- Ensure that the Union’s values of equality, diversity and inclusion are upheld and promoted
- Documenting and reporting
- Other duties as directed by the General Secretary
Qualification Required & Experience
Key Selection Criteria
Successful candidates should possess the following:
- Passion and drive to improve workers lives and achieve the goals of the project
- Good communication, messaging and rapport building skills.
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- An ability to develop members, including motivating and educating others
- Willingness and ability to learn, adapt and possess problem solving skills
- An ability to plan and organise work and achieve outcomes
- Ability and willingness to work long and irregular hours
- Ability to travel and be away from home location for specified periods
- Proficiency in English
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and targets
- Demonstrated commitment to economic and social justice
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Preferred But Not essentials
- Organising and campaign experience in unions or related fields
- Experience as a Trade Union member, activist or leader
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Additional Information:
- Salary: A competitive salary and benefits package will be offered to successful candidates
- Term of Contract: 2 years full-time (40 hours per week on average and days as required) with Six-month probationary period. Contract to be reviewed annually for project duration.
Location: Accra
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Job Application Guide At Health Services Workers’ Union
To apply for any of the positions, please send a letter of application (in English) addressing the key selection criteria and the skills that you will bring to this specific post, along with your CV, via email to the Union on:
And copy the Project Lead:jannette.armstrong@uniglobalunion.org with the subject line: HSWU Organiser (Ghana).
Closing Date: 20th December, 2023.
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