• The ACTU seeks to appoint a Secure Work Campaign Educator, to contribute to helping to win outcomes for workers in the lead up to the next election. You will be an experienced and passionate Educator who is skilled in developing campaign related education and training.
• This is a full-time contract, concluding 1 month after the next Federal Election.

Our Organisation

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak union body representing over 1.5 million workers and their families.

Since its creation in 1927, the ACTU has spearheaded some of the most fundamental workplace struggles in Australia’s history.

The ACTU’s role as a peak body is to be a national voice for our movement and defending and advancing workers’ rights by co-ordinating union campaigns, representing workers at a range of government and non-government forums and to provide industrial, policy and other support to our affiliates.

The Role

The ACTU is preparing run a campaign on secure work in the lead up to the next Federal election, due to be held no later than May 2022. To help win outcomes for workers we are seeking an experienced and passionate Educator to support the union movement to run a successful workplace campaign. This role will have primary responsibility for the development and roll out of the education and training related aspects of the campaign.

You would be responsible for;

• Contributing to the development and sharing of cutting-edge workplace campaigning resources within the movement.
• Working with individual unions on the rollout of the campaign’s education and training components.
• Developing and delivering high quality and well attended education programs that contribute to the campaign.
• Understanding and meeting the needs of adult learners.
• Facilitating, supporting, and working with affiliates and activists in running successful organising projects, blitzes and other campaign activities.
• Establishing and maintaining appropriate interpersonal relationships between the ACTU, Trades and Labour Councils, and affiliated unions.

You will be passionate about contributing to growing and strengthening a movement of working people.

The position can be based in any Australian Capital City. The role will require duties to be performed outside of office hours, especially around key campaign moments, as well as frequent interstate travel.

Benefits

The ACTU will offer the successful candidate a salary commensurate with experience, along with 15% superannuation and generous leave arrangements.

A position description is attached.