Organising and Development Officer - Young Workers

Organising and Development Officer - Young Workers

Location: Cardiff

Salary: £52,863

The TUC Cymru is looking for someone with a passion for supporting young workers and strengthening trade union organisation in Wales. You'll work with TUC Cymru affiliates to help recruit, engage, develop and train young workers, supporting them to become active union members, representatives and leaders.

You'll work closely with TUC Cymru colleagues, our unions and a wide range of partners to develop and deliver initiatives that support young workers, build young worker networks and increase participation in the trade union movement. You'll also help shape policy, campaigns and strategies that improve outcomes for young workers and promote fair work across Wales.

A key part of the role will be supporting affiliates to access and make the most of learning and skills opportunities for young workers and activists, including through the Wales Union Learning Fund. You'll help develop, promote and deliver learning and skills activity that enables all workers to build their confidence, skills and workplace voice.

That's why it's important that you have a good understanding of learning and skills policy in Wales, including the Wales Union Learning Fund, alongside a commitment to growing the trade union movement and helping Wales become a Fair Work Nation.

You will need to demonstrate:

• passion for supporting young workers and helping strengthen trade union membership, activism and leadership.
• Ability to work with unions, networks and partners to recruit, engage, develop and train young workers, and increase participation in the trade union movement.
• Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including trade unions, colleagues and external partners, to develop and deliver projects, campaigns or programmes.
• Good understanding of learning and skills policy in Wales

This is maternity cover backfill and will end on 31 December 2027

The TUC values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and from within and outside of the trade union movement.  

We welcome applications from any candidate but are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, who are underrepresented at this grade in the TUC. Therefore, if you’re BME and are interested in the post, we invite you to join an online briefing at 12 pm on Wednesday 28 October 2026 about the post, to hear about the TUC Cymru and ask questions of the recruiting manager. 

If you’d like to attend the briefing, please email jobs @ tuc org uk by 12 noon on Monday 26 October 2006.  You don’t need to attend the briefing session to apply.

The TUC operates an anonymised recruitment process, and names are not included during shortlisting. We don’t ask for details of educational institutions attended.

The closing date for completed applications for this post is 12 midday on Tuesday 3 November 2026.

Interview date(s) to be confirmed.

To view the job description and person specification, guidance on completing your application and TUC terms and conditions, please visit our online application portal.

Closing date: 3rd November 2026

Shortlist date: 4th November 2026

Interview date: TBC