CUPE is expanding its inventory of qualified candidates to fill short and long-term temporary national representative assignments at its numerous offices across the country.
There are immediate needs for qualified bilingual candidates with excellent written and verbal skills in both official languages.
Do you want to:
- Advance the working conditions of CUPE members?
- Negotiate improvements to collective agreements?
- Uphold collective agreement rights through the grievance and arbitration process?
Are you:
- Logical, analytical and skilled at problem-solving?
- Committed to fairness and social justice?
- A leader?
Do you have:
- The ability to build positive working relationships?
- Ease of analyzing and enforcing collective agreement language?
- Excellent communication skills, sound judgement, and a positive attitude?
- Conflict management and resolution skills?
- General knowledge of labour legislation?
- An understanding of CUPE’s structure, constitution, policies and objectives?
- Experience in drafting employment contract language?
The minimum annual salary for this position is $120,584.88.
If you are interested in pursuing employment opportunities as a national representative at CUPE, please send us your completed application form along with your resume via email to:
You can also apply at:
Organizing and Regional Services
Canadian Union of Public Employees
1375 St. Laurent Boulevard
Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z7
CUPE is committed to fostering a representative workplace and a culture grounded in respect, diversity and inclusiveness at all levels of our organization to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse CUPE membership and the diverse communities in which we live and serve. CUPE encourages applications from qualified members of equity-deserving groups, including women, Black and racialized people, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI+ people. We will provide reasonable accommodations for candidates on any protected human rights grounds at any stage of the selection or recruitment process. Please inform us if you require accommodations by contacting us at hr@cupe.ca. (All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. However, CUPE members and existing CUPE staff will be given priority.)
We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No calls please.