Principal Official

Principal Official

£51,126 per annum

Maternity cover up to 12 months

Based in Rednal, Birmingham

The NASUWT is the leading Trade Union representing the interests of teachers and school leaders throughout the UK working across the maintained sector and in academies and independent schools. All NASUWT employees enjoy outstanding terms and conditions of employment, together with 48 days leave pro rata (including closure days and public holidays).

Our legal team provides advice and support to lay activists and paid officials across the full range of legal services, including advice on employment law, industrial disputes, teachers’ contracts and legal challenges to government policy.

Deputising for the National Official, you will oversee, as well as undertake, the work of the team, instructing solicitors, managing cases up to and including Employment Tribunals and reporting on the overall quality of casework services.

An experienced legal advisor, you will have lead responsibility in the team for managing the processing and negotiation of settlement agreements for NASUWT members, including advising members on the terms and legal implications of the settlement agreement and signing the adviser’s certificate.

Committed to the values of the Trade Union movement, you will be able to demonstrate outstanding customer care and the ability to empathise with our members.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 19 September 2018.

An application pack can be downloaded from the NASUWT website: www.nasuwt.org.uk/jobs quoting the reference: POLCM1.

Any queries should be directed to: personnel@mail.nasuwt.org.uk or tel: +44 (0)121 457 6225.

The NASUWT is an equal opportunities employer