• Organising Private Hospitals and Aged Care (OPAC) team
• Permanent full-time
• $183,312.00 per annum + Superannuation + 5 weeks annual leave + 12 RDOs + Christmas shutdown

The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) in association with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation New South Wales Branch (ANMF NSW Branch) seeks a Manager to join our Organising Private Hospitals and Aged Care (OPAC) team on a permanent full-time basis.

In this role you will lead the multi-disciplinary OPAC team to deliver Strategic Plan objectives in accordance with the union’s Theory of Winning.

To be considered for this role you require:

Selection criteria

Essential:

• Management experience in a union leading change and growth;
• A demonstrated record of successful management of organising and support for staff shifting from representation to organising, including theory of organising;
• A demonstrated record of successful organising within the union movement;
• A commitment to the NSWNMA and its leadership;
• Analytical and interpretative skills relating to industry participation, employer tactics and behaviour and competitive unionism;
• Project management skills especially concerning the identification of goals and resources required to achieve outcomes;
• A capacity to work with a diverse range of personalities and skills in order to develop and advocate Strategic Plan imperatives and the union’s Theory of Winning;
• Demonstrated ability in campaign crisis management; leadership of multiple complex activities simultaneously, balancing pursuit of strategic goals with necessary attention to detail;
• Ability to manage sensitive relationships and exercise high level political judgment to protect and advance the position and reputation of the Association;
• Deep understanding of union principles and culture and ability to translate these into campaign development and implementation;
• Demonstrated experience in managing an appropriate balance between the organising and industrial imperatives when implementing campaigns;
• Ability to develop and achieve internal and membership endorsement of an industry or sector-wide industrial strategy leading to implementation;
• Leadership disposition and influencer, modelling NSWNMA values;
• Ability to write for varying audiences and appropriately manage the tension between sometimes competing organising and industrial language in member communications;
• Experience in strategically leading and integrating the various elements of union bargaining campaigns sector-wide or in large companies in the federal jurisdiction: organising, industrial, communications and political;
• Track record in managing complex relationships with employers, peak industrial bodies and external suppliers of services to an organisation; and
• Compliance with COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

Desirable:

• Recognised qualifications in the field of Nursing or Midwifery.
• Industrial Relations Tertiary Qualifications.
• Demonstrated extensive experience leading high level negotiations at an industry-wide as well as employer-specific level.

Your application must briefly address each point of selection criteria found in the Manager, Organising Private Hospitals and Aged Care position description.

Keeping our employees, members and the community safe is our highest priority. It is a condition of employment with the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, that all employees have up-to-date vaccinations against COVID-19 and are required to comply with future government changes to the definition of up-to-date vaccination requirements.

NSWNMA/ANMF NSW Branch is an Equal Opportunity Employer and fosters a diverse workplace.