Jobs With Unions
Executive Assistant to the President
Australian Council of Trade Unions
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak body for unions in Australia, representing millions of working people through our affiliated unions.
We are seeking an experienced and highly organised Executive Assistant to the President to provide high-level administrative, organisational and project support to the ACTU President.
This is an opportunity to work at the centre of the Australian union movement in a varied and fast-paced role requiring exceptional organisation, judgement and discretion, and the ability to anticipate priorities and provide professional and responsive support.
The ACTU is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the rich cultural and social diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of colour, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability, and people from working class backgrounds.
Industrial Officer (IO) – National Tertiary Education Union (NSW)
NTEU
The National Tertiary Education Union (NSW) is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Industrial Officer for our NSW Division located in Surry Hills.
Shape the future of higher education
The university sector is in a challenging period of transition. As an NTEU Industrial Officer, you’ll be at the centre of major industrial and political developments, including:
• Enterprise bargaining and protected industrial action that delivers meaningful gains in pay, conditions and equity
• Legislative reform on university governance, improving accountability and transparency
• Work Health & Safety enforcement, especially on workloads and psychosocial risks
• Strategic litigation to protect staff rights, including the right to secure work, intellectual freedom, and political expression
This is a role where your advocacy has direct, lasting impact for thousands of university staff – and where your skills will help shape the future of Australia’s public universities. You’ll be joining an expanded and ambitious industrial team with a strong record of achievement across NSW.
Union Organiser – National Tertiary Education Union (Tasmania Division)
NTEU
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is a vibrant and diverse organisation that represents over 30,000 academic and professional staff across Australia’s universities and tertiary education providers. In Tasmania, we primarily represent staff at the University of Tasmania. We are committed to fostering a work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strive to create opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds to thrive and succeed.
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a part-time/full-time Union Organiser to join our Tasmanian team, based in Hobart with regular travel to regional worksites. This is an ongoing position at 0.5 FTE (equivalent to 17.5 hours per week) with potential to work up to full-time (top-up to 37.5 hours per week on a fixed-term contract basis).
Director – Campaigns, Media and Communication
Queensland Council of Unions
Queensland Unions is seeking an experienced campaign, media and communications leader to help build the public voice and influence of working people across Queensland.
The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) is the peak body for trade unions in Queensland, representing 25 affiliated unions and 400,000 workers. We lead and support unions to achieve social and economic justice for working people, defending and improving wages, conditions and safety, and ensuring workers have a strong voice in public debate and decision-making.
We are creating a new senior leadership role: Executive Director – Campaigns, Media and Communications.
Reporting to the General Secretary and leading a team of four campaigns, media and communications staff, you will provide strategic leadership across QCU’s statewide campaigning, public affairs, media, digital communications, publications and brand.
You will oversee the translation of QCU’s industrial, social, economic and workplace safety priorities into compelling, worker led campaigns that mobilise workers, support affiliates and influence decision-makers.
Director, Education & Capacity Building
Australian Council of Trade Unions
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak body for unions in Australia. Through the Australian Trade Union Institute (ATUI), we deliver education, training, resources and capacity-building initiatives that support unions to grow, build power and win for working people.
We are seeking an experienced union leader to join the ACTU as Director, Education & Capacity Building. This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape and deliver education and capacity-building strategies that strengthen unions and build sustainable capability across the Australian union movement.
The ACTU is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the rich cultural and social diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of colour, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability, and people from working class backgrounds.
Organiser, Sydney
MEAA
Do you believe that a thriving cultural sector matters to a strong civil society? Are you passionate about gender and racial equality at work? Do you want workers in the media and creative industries to have good jobs with fair pay where their work is respected?
Apply to work for MEAA. This role works as a part of a team committed to developing innovative ways to secure good jobs and equality at work by building leaders and acting together to make change.
MEAA is moving towards industry wide organising, because our members are stronger together. This role provides opportunities to work with a range of members including performers, journalists, musicians and entertainment crew.
This role would suit an experienced union organiser, delegate or community/campaigns organiser keen to work on issues of economic justice.
