Charity Workers Branch Organiser

We are excited to be hiring a Charity Workers Branch (CWB) Organiser to join the IWGB. We encourage applications from anyone who is enthusiastic and wants to support precarious workers.

Who we are

The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is a bold and dynamic union which consists of mainly low paid, migrant and/or precarious workers, such as outsourced cleaners and security guards, workers in the so-called “gig economy”, such as cycling instructors and Uber drivers, and foster care workers.

The role

The role is fixed term for 2 years for 28 hours per week with an annual salary of £27,209. There is a possibility of increasing the role to 35 hours and / or making the role permanent in the future, depending on branch circumstances.

The CWB was formed in January 2020 and has since grown to over 1200 members, working in many different sub-sectors, including mental health, refugees & migrants, environment and human rights. To date, we have had wins on pay and sick pay, contracts, redundancies, racial discrimination and more. We are excited for a new Organiser to join our team to support us to win more change in the sector.

You’ll be joining the branch at an exciting time of growth, with an enthusiastic and engaged membership. Your focus will be on building power in a number of priority workplaces, and developing and supporting active members who can organise and lead their own campaigns. We don’t simply want to win campaigns, but to organise and win in ways that enhance workers’ capacities for winning even more in the future.

You’ll be based in the organising team within the central IWGB union and will liaise closely with the CWB committee (the elected branch representatives). Occasional evening and weekend work may be needed, roughly one night a week and one weekend every three months.

We’re looking for someone with potential and motivation, so if you don’t have everything on the person specification, but share our values and believe you have what it takes, then please apply!

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from racially or ethnically minoritised backgrounds and other marginalised backgrounds.

Duties will include:

• To build density and collective organisation in priority workplaces, including through:
• identifying and building up active and influential workers who can in turn recruit others.
• organising workplace union meetings and open meetings to recruit and organise members.
• identifying widely-felt, ‘quick win’ issues and organising quick turnaround campaigns with workers to win changes on these issues.
• To advise and support workplace reps with the planning and execution of strategic campaigns to win transformative changes in priority workplaces.
• To support workplace reps and active members to develop skills and leadership roles in their workplaces and in the branch, including through organising and running training sessions.
• To build towards and steward the process of securing union recognition in high density workplaces.
• After having received training, to support workplace reps in developing and implementing strategies on collective bargaining and union recognition, including accompanying reps to these meetings where required.
• To organise members of the branch to take part in union activities such as solidarity at pickets, demonstrations and other union-wide initiatives.
• To liaise regularly with branch officials and support elected leaders to enable them to carry out their roles.
• To produce communications to members and the public where relevant to organising activity or where required to fill in for support.
• To assist with some casework and member support where relevant to organising activity or where required to fill in for support.
• To help develop administrative systems which ensure the smooth running of the branch, and provide some administrative support to the branch where relevant to organising activity or where required to fill in for support.
• To record, keep secure and make use of data for organising purposes.
• Any other duties consistent with the post.
  

This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities that the postholder is expected to deliver on and is not an exhaustive list. The job may change over time to reflect the changing needs of the Union as well as the personal development needs of the postholder.

Person specification

In your application, please address how you meet the following criteria. You don’t need to address each and every point, but focus on those criteria that you do meet.

Essential

We expect the successful candidate to have:

• Ability to develop and implement workplace organising and campaigning strategies and plans.
• Effective communication, conflict resolution and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivation, perseverance, and ability to prioritise and make decisions in an unstructured environment.
• A willingness to undertake training and build experience and understanding of trade union recognition, collective bargaining, and other forms of union consultation and negotiation.
• Ability to keep boundaries and look after yourself and those you are organising with, when doing stressful work.
• Knowledge of the charity sector and common issues facing workers in the sector.
• Commitment to the underlying principles of the union movement, social justice and anti-oppression, and workplace democracy.
  

Desirable

• Evidence of organising wins.
• Understanding of different approaches to organising and building power.
• A knowledge of Employment Law sufficient to ensure that employers honour their legal obligations and members secure their legal rights.
• Experience of supporting others to take on leadership roles, and supporting people and groups to make plans together and organise around shared concerns.
• Experience working in or engaging with the charity sector or a similar sector.
• Experience using social media for professional purposes.
  

Pay and annual leave

• Annual salary of  £32,396 (Prorata £27,209 - 28 hours per week); salary will be adjusted in line with any London Living Wage uplifts.
• Generous leave entitlement of 30 days annual leave per year not including bank holidays (prorated for part time staff)
• We believe in pay parity so everyone at IWGB earns the same hourly rate of pay.
  

Benefits

• Access to free mental health support
• Flexibility around working hours
• Working from home options
• Enhanced sick pay
• High employer pension contributions: 6% employee-paid and 13% employer-paid pension
• Equal maternity and paternity pay enhancements for parents
  

How to apply:

You can download an application form from the ‘Work with us’ page of our website.  Please send your completed application form with the subject “CWB Organiser Application” to applications@iwgb.co.uk by 9am on 23rd February 2026. Please let us know in your email where you have seen our advertisement so we can improve our hiring processes.

Who is the IWGB?

The IWGB was founded in 2012 by Latin American cleaners organising for better working conditions. Since then, we have grown to thousands of members across the country. From outsourced facilities staff to gig economy workers, IWGB members are key workers on the frontline of the fight against poverty pay and insecure work.

The IWGB organises couriers, cycling instructors, charity workers, yoga teachers, cleaners, security officers, video game workers, nannies, university workers, foster carers, private hire drivers and more.

As an organisation that fights for workers’ rights, we strongly believe no applicant or employee should face discrimination or harassment based on their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, age, or marital/domestic partner status. You can read more in the IWGB Statement of Inclusivity. Please let us know if you have any requirements for interview.

Above all, we’re looking for someone with empathy and the determination to support workers who fight for better conditions.

The interview process:

We like to be open and up front with what our hiring process looks like so people know what to expect. Please see below the typical steps in our recruitment process.

Review candidates

Once the advertisement has been taken down, a shortlist of candidates will be selected by the hiring committee to proceed to the next steps. Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Remote interviews

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed via Zoom by a panel of IWGB elected officials and/or staff. Candidates will be interviewed by the same panel to ensure consistency. Please make us aware in advance of any reasonable adjustments you may require to engage as fully as possible in the interview process.

Following these interviews, it is possible that there will be a second stage of interviews.

Offer stage

The hiring committee will convene with the goal of selecting and making an offer to one of the candidates.