Employment Relations Officer (Fair Pay for Nursing)

Employment Relations Officer (Fair Pay for Nursing), 35 hours, Contract until end of December 2027 London, Edinburgh or Cardiff with hybrid working There may be further flexibility to the locations advertised. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss if alternative office locations are available. Salary range per annum £50,754 - £57,339

• There is more to the RCN than you might think. We're a trade union with a membership of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students. We support their practice, represent them, lobby on their behalf, and develop them. We exist to make a positive difference - to the working lives of our members and ultimately to standards in patient care. Our employees are drawn from many walks of life - we are nurses, marketers and communicators, administrators, IT professionals, policy and finance experts, lawyers… together we are so much more. We couldn't do what we do without our people. The role As an Employment Relations Officer working on our Fair Pay for Nursing programme, you'll use your positive attitude, your knowledge of nursing pay, terms and conditions and your skills in policy, data and research, to deliver against the RCN's agenda for long term structural change to nursing pay. It's a job full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from coordinating and supporting national pay projects to delivering pay ballots. We'll look to you to develop and analyse pay data and research to develop new policy and campaigning positions on pay and strengthen our negotiations. It's a great way to build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.
  
  To join us you'll need a good knowledge and understanding of nursing pay, analytical skills and, ideally, a experience in project management, support or coordination. The ideal candidate would also have some experience with trade union organising and with managing a mix of stakeholders in a range of settings., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
  
  Whatever your background, you'll be efficient, accurate and show a real focus on our members in all you do. To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything's possible. What we offer you We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
• We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person. Our selection process