RCN Officer
| Posting date: | 05 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £50,754 to £57,339 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 February 2026 |
| Location: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Royal College of Nursing |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | REQ000044 |
Summary
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.
The role
As an Officer you’ll use your positive attitude, your knowledge as a registered nurse and your ability to work with a designated Senior RCN Officer to assist them in the provision of services for members, activists, and branches within Northern Ireland. This will include advice and representation on education, employment and professional practice matters for individuals and groups of members.
It's a job full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from overseeing casework of specified RCN Stewards working remotely in their workplaces providing supervision and mentorship to manage your own portfolio of member cases dealing with employment processes and issues and professional nursing advice, offering support, advice and representation as appropriate to member needs and RCN policy and support the development of services for members. We'll look to you to gather intelligence and campaign on behalf of the RCN for the benefits of RCN members in line with the RCN position. It's a great way to build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.
The person
As well as exceptional customer service, to join us you’ll need an in-depth knowledge of health and social care issues and that impact on Nurses and Health Care Assistants and knowledge of best practice in relation to employment practices, equality and diversity and equal opportunities in addition to awareness of the NMC regulatory framework.
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 Eimear McAnallen on 028 9038 4600.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 30 January
Closing date: 11.59pm on 15 February 2026
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Selection dates: Assessments and interviews will take place on Wednesday 4 March 2026
The role
As an Officer you’ll use your positive attitude, your knowledge as a registered nurse and your ability to work with a designated Senior RCN Officer to assist them in the provision of services for members, activists, and branches within Northern Ireland. This will include advice and representation on education, employment and professional practice matters for individuals and groups of members.
It's a job full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from overseeing casework of specified RCN Stewards working remotely in their workplaces providing supervision and mentorship to manage your own portfolio of member cases dealing with employment processes and issues and professional nursing advice, offering support, advice and representation as appropriate to member needs and RCN policy and support the development of services for members. We'll look to you to gather intelligence and campaign on behalf of the RCN for the benefits of RCN members in line with the RCN position. It's a great way to build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.
The person
As well as exceptional customer service, to join us you’ll need an in-depth knowledge of health and social care issues and that impact on Nurses and Health Care Assistants and knowledge of best practice in relation to employment practices, equality and diversity and equal opportunities in addition to awareness of the NMC regulatory framework.
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 Eimear McAnallen on 028 9038 4600.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 30 January
Closing date: 11.59pm on 15 February 2026
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Selection dates: Assessments and interviews will take place on Wednesday 4 March 2026
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.