The vacancy
Job Title: Negotiations Executive
Location: London
Salary: £53,045 per annum plus London Weighting
Job Type: Permanent (hybrid arrangement - 3 days in office, up to 2 days working from home)
Working Pattern: Full time (35 hours)
About Us
Prospect is the trade union of choice for over 163,000 professionals, specialists and managers from across the UK. Our members vary from nuclear physicists and engineers to film directors and cinematographers - with many more in between. For each of these members we provide advice, support, and representation. Join us and you can make a real difference to the lives of working people.
Job Description
We are looking for a Negotiations Executive to work in our Public Services team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing individual and collective representation, support and advice to members and branches to meet their needs and ensure successful outcomes. The role will have a particular focus on building strong and sustainable branches where Prospect has new access and recognition rights.
The ideal candidate will have experience in dealing with personal case work and collective bargaining/consultation and working with various stakeholders across the organisation both internally and externally, as well as a passion for working for a Trade Union.
Key Responsibilities
- Individual and collective representation.
- Branch development and recruitment, including in greenfield and newly recognised areas, working with Organiser / Organising Official.
- Conducting effective negotiations.
- Individual casework to the level at which internal procedures are exhausted.
- Overall responsibility c1,500 members, 8 branches
- Support for campaigning
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Negotiating experience in a trade union environment.
- Experience of working proactively, self-managing time and workload.
- Experience of resolving member case work.
- Experience of working successfully with volunteers and wider stakeholders.
- Experience of contributing to campaign activity.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of/background in the trade union movement.
- Knowledge of Public Services sectors.
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Teams/MS Project (or equivalent).
- Knowledge of pensions.
- Knowledge of health and safety.
Application Deadline
Closing date: 11th November 2026- Noon (CV's alone will not be accepted)
Interview Details
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 24th November at our London, Victoria office.
If you have any questions, please contact: [email protected].
Equal Opportunity Employer
Prospect Union is committed to create a diverse environment and is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. All our applicants will be given careful consideration for employment regardless to race, colour, religion, sex, physical and mental disability, age, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, and any other protected status.
www.prospect.org.uk
About us
Prospect is a leading trade union that delivers advice, support, representation and a voice for our members. We are a not-for-profit organisation with over 250 staff helping to support more than 150,000 people in specialist, professional and technical roles across the private and public sectors. The Bectu Sector of Prospect represents both employees and freelancers working in Film, TV, Broadcasting and theatre and live events.
Our members want to get on at work. They work in a diverse range of professions, including energy, science, engineering, heritage, defence, entertainment and digital. As a union for modern working life we aim to get the best deal for our members by using evidence and building partnerships - while never being scared to call employers out when they get things wrong.
Our priorities are to grow our membership through attracting new members and to improve our impact, whether that is helping members win improvements at work or changing the policy environment which affects them.
Diversity is an important value for the trade union movement, and as an organisation we are passionate about promoting equality and equity at work and are committed to it for all our staff; we would be particularly interested in applications from groups that are underrepresented in the workplace.
Prospect is a great place to work - We offer a good work-life balance, flexible working options and offer support for learning and development.
Employee benefits
- Up to 33 days annual leave per year.
- Annual incremental salary steps until the maximum is reached.
- Office closure over the Christmas period.
- Contributory defined benefit pension scheme with high employer contribution rate.
- Employee Assistance Programme which offers telephone counselling and a website with many useful toolkits.
- Eye care voucher scheme and cycle to work scheme.
- Access to training to support career development.
- Access to Prospect member services benefits including shopping, travel, health and insurance discounts.
- Prospect is an equal opportunities employer.
Data protection
Prospect is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and complying with our obligations under GDPR. Please see the Candidate Applicants' Privacy Notice which explains how Prospect will process and hold your information when you apply for a vacancy and your rights as a data subject.
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