Union Representative at IF Metall

IF Metall organizes employees in the manufacturing, automotive, and chemical industries, mining, pharmaceutical companies, and laundries, with over 300,000 members at 13,000 workplaces across Sweden. Approximately 21 percent of the members are women. IF Metall has a feminist perspective and advocates for justice, equality, and gender equality.

Do you want to work with workplace environment issues and be part of a value-driven organization with 300,000 members?

IF Metall is now recruiting a union representative for a central and dynamic role, and you will be part of the labor unit at the union office.

The position is full-time and is a permanent employment with placement at the union office at Hötorget in central Stockholm. Here, you will work in modern and adapted facilities with engaged colleagues.

We look forward to your application!

About the position

The labor unit is responsible for the union's work on issues related to workplace environment, insurance, work organization/production systems, as well as competence and salary system development at workplaces. The unit works systematically to create equal working conditions and to develop the union's work on labor market and educational issues. You will work externally to raise interest and engagement for membership and union values.

Your tasks will include being responsible for workplace environment issues and supporting and advising departments and clubs. You will also participate in working groups and projects with employers and other organizations, as well as contribute to, plan, and carry out various courses and conferences.

Other

Start date according to agreement, salary and employment conditions are according to the agreement for union representatives.

The position includes several travels, mainly nationally to our departments but also to conferences and training relevant to the role.

Who are you?

It is essential that you have very good knowledge of various aspects of workplace environment issues, and we prefer that you are knowledgeable about chemical health risks. You have experience in union work and good negotiation skills. Experience with social insurance, contractual insurance, and member insurance is an advantage.

As a person, you are self-driven. You are responsible, plan, coordinate, adapt, and follow up. You see the big picture while being meticulous and have a structured working method as the position requires a certain degree of detail focus. Special consideration is given to your ability to collaborate and build relationships. You are unpretentious, have a solution-oriented approach based on cooperation. You have a pedagogical flair and a knowledge-developing working method. Additionally, we desire communicative competence with good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written. Good knowledge of English is an advantage.

We see that you share the values of the labor movement and the values that IF Metall holds.

The organization strives for diversity and values the qualities that equal age and gender distribution as well as ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the operation. We work with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thereby counteracting discrimination. If you want to know how we handle personal data, information is available at Recruitment - IF Metall (https://ifmetall.se/recruitment)

Contact

Lina Skoglund, unit manager, 070-368 15 99

Carolina Mannerqvist, HR generalist, 070-547 26 09

Tommy Thunberg Bertolone, union representative, 08-786 81 46

About the organization

IF Metall organizes employees in the manufacturing, automotive, and chemical industries, mining, pharmaceutical companies, and laundries, with over 300,000 members at 13,000 workplaces across Sweden. Approximately 21 percent of the members are women. IF Metall has a feminist perspective and advocates for justice, equality, and gender equality. With us, everyone has the same value – regardless of age, gender, origin, or sexual orientation. IF Metall's guiding principles are equality, solidarity, and freedom!

Read more at: ifmetall.se (https://ifmetall.se)