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SalaryBased in the Head office of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), located in Central London, the National Organiser (Magazines, Books & Wales) will be responsible for the union’s magazines, books and Wales sectors.
Reporting to the NUJ General Secretary, this role will have primary industrial responsibility for:
- Continuous liaison with and information-gathering from the union’s magazines, books and Welsh members, both collectively and individually, using the organisation of meetings, conferences, forums, emails, social media etc.
- Recruiting and retaining magazines, books and Welsh journalists across the union.
- Planning and tailoring recruitment strategies, working with lay reps and activists to establish and organise chapels in consultation with Magazines & Books Industrial Council (MABIC) and Welsh Executive Council (WEC) and other organisations.
- Negotiating collective agreements, pay claims and representing the interests of Magazine, Books and Welsh members, in co-operation with other officials.
- Organising and co-ordinating the advice and information services to individual members, including telephone advice services, routine circulation of information, and to assist with representation and negotiations for individual members, where necessary.
- Providing comprehensive written reports, updating on industrial and workplace issues to the union's Welsh Executive Council (WEC) and National Executive Council (NEC).
- Servicing of the union’s elected Magazines & Books Industrial Council (MABIC) and Welsh Executive Council (WEC) and other committees, councils or group chapels as directed by the General Secretary – the National organiser should work to identify issues facing its members, as they arise, and develop strategies and responses. Attending branch, chapel and other daytime or evening meetings as required.
- Liaison with the Welsh government and Senedd and conducting policy work through the oversight of the General Secretary and the NUJ Policy Committee / NEC, in liaison with the Campaigns and Communications department.
- Lobbying and campaigning at national and European level on key policy issues affecting magazines, Books and Welsh Journalists e.g., taxation policy, legal protection for self-employed workers, starting salaries within publishing etc.
- Liaising on all of the above issues with other NUJ sectors and their organisers and with the Scottish, Irish and Northern offices of the NUJ.
- Liaising on all key issues with other media unions and organisations.
- Abiding by all NUJ policies, in particular, those addressing equality and ethical issues.
- Undertaking other duties as directed by the General Secretary or, in their absence, to the Assistant General Secretary.
