Senior RCN Officer

RCN Leeds Office with hybrid working

35 hours, Permanent

Salary range per annum £71,124 - £80,250 per annum*

Imagine being faced with a world of exciting possibilities that could ultimately enable you to support our members and help shape the health policies of the future. As the UK’s largest trade union and professional body for nursing, we support over half a million members with unwavering loyalty and total commitment. We represent and develop them, support their practice and lobby on their behalf to make a positive difference to their working lives.

As a Senior RCN Officer, you’ll use your positive attitude, your knowledge of nursing & employment relations, your ability to deliver your skills in influencing for change and engaging with, and on behalf of, RCN members, to protect and improve the pay, terms, and conditions of their employment.

As one of the team of Senior Officer’s in the region you’ll use your enthusiasm, positive thinking, and your management skills to support our local team.

Every day will be filled with possibilities as you find new ways to manage and support the development of your team. Taking care of our members will be your primary role, but you’ll also see the possibilities that new members can bring. A key part of what you do will be to suggest innovative approaches to grow our membership.

It's a job full of possibilities, you could get involved in anything from developing and delivering the RCN services across the region, and a range of sectors.

We'll look to you to coordinate opportunities and responses to consultations, planning and coordinating/implementing necessary actions to ensure that RCN members and staff are fully supported as changes to pay, terms and conditions are negotiated and come into place.

It's a great way to build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.

To join us you’ll need to be a passionate professional who has ambition for change in support of RCN members. We’re seeking an individual experienced in strategic working, at a senior level, with trade unions, employers, employer organisations and statutory bodies. You’ll be expert in working with a wide range of stakeholders. You will bring a deep understanding and knowledge of nursing employment relations issues.

The ability to foster strong professional relationships and encourage close collaboration between internal and external stakeholders is at the heart of this role. Whatever your background, you'll be efficient, accurate and show a real member focus in all you do.

To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.

What we offer you

We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.

*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.

We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.

Our selection process

Please click the ‘apply now’ button to apply and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.

We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.

Equal opportunities for everyone

Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.

As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.

Contact details

For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Peta Clark at

For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact

Opening date: 11 March 2026

Closing date: 11.59pm on 12 April 2026

If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.

Selection dates: To be confirmed