Fórsa: Assistant General Secretary
Assistant General Secretary
Fórsa is a membership led union: we empower workers to change their lives at work. We build worker power by engaging every worker in the jobs and workplaces that we organise.
We are currently recruiting experienced, adaptable, and innovative people to create a panel for permanent Assistant General Secretary appointments.
Overview of the Role
As an Assistant General Secretary, you are a senior member of the organisation.
You provide strategic leadership and support colleagues, workplace representatives, and lay leaders to organise branches and members within an assigned area (typically encompassing several employments).
You advance union-wide and broader social campaigning objectives within your assigned area, and you contribute to (or lead) union-wide projects and initiatives.
You actively contribute to Fórsa’s positive and healthy workplace culture through collaborative and supportive leadership and teamworking.
Working for Fórsa
As an employer, Fórsa is committed to modelling the values of our union: we provide excellent benefits including a career average pension scheme, competitive annual leave, hybrid work and other flexible work arrangements, and a range of financial and practical supports for professional development.
The initial salary for this position will be on the first point of a nine-point AGS scale:
€77,815 | €78,509 | €81,562 | €84,635 | €87,713 | €90,759 | €93,824, and two Long Service Increments: LSI1 €97,300 | LSI2 €102,840.
Entry above the first point is possible in certain circumstances (for example, your current salary is above the starting point).
Fórsa welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, including diverse professional experience. You may have developed a strong skillset and ability to deliver on strategic plans in the trade union, public, private, or non-profit sectors. A demonstrated commitment to the values of social justice, a strong public service, and workers’ empowerment is essential.
Fórsa does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital or family status, age, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or membership in the Traveller community.