Pay Delivery Officer - England - RCN02759
Trade Union | Various locations across England | £49,275
Contract type: Permanent
Pay Delivery Officer
Various regions across England, permanent
London: 35 hours (1FTE) and 21 hours (0.6FTE)
South East: 21 hours (0.6FTE) x 2
South West: 35 hours (1FTE)
East Midlands: 28 hours (0.8FTE)
Eastern: 28 hours (0.8FTE)
West Midlands: 35 hours (1FTE)
North West: 1.2FTE in total - there is flexibility on how these hours are split, for example 21 hours (0.6FTE) x 2
Northern: 21 hours (0.6FTE)
Yorkshire & the Humber: 31.5 hours (0.9FTE)
Please state in your supporting statement which region/s you are applying for. You can find the list of locations available in the About Us tab above. We may be able to consider hours that differ from the above, please state in your application the hours you wish for if different from the hours above.
Salary range per annum: £49,275 - £55,668 pro rata* + London weighting of £5,262 per annum pro rata if applicable
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 Pay Delivery Officer, working as part of a four country team of Pay Delivery Officers and strategic pay leads, you will you’ll use your enthusiasm, positive thinking, and engagement skills to support members to learn about their pay, and to build their power on pay, terms and conditions. You’ll be working with staff, reps and members in your region to organise roadshows and ward walks to raise awareness about the RCN’s key pay, terms and conditions campaigns, with a large focus on job evaluation and the rollout of the recently launched suite of new national nursing profiles. You’ll work with members to organise on pay locally, and hold employers to account where it is needed. You’ll also be working to educate members on pay, delivering webinars and local training events, as well as project planning a range of pay delivery activity.
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 as you work to organise on pay locally in your region.
To join us you’ll need a sound knowledge of nursing pay, terms and conditions, as well as skills in organising and engaging members, planning projects and events, and delivering training and education. Ideally you would have a good knowledge of job evaluation in the NHS, along with a background in member activism and organising. You’ll also need to be able to foster strong professional relationships in a range of settings.
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.
Roles are being advertised across all English regions. Please state your regional preference/s as part of your application.
Our selection process
Please click the ‘apply now’ button to submit a CV and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Please ensure your CV is in a simple format with minimal tables and sections. 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 on Oliver Dobson on oliver.dobson@rcn.org.uk to book in an informal discussion with the recruiting manager Dawn Elliott.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 14th October 2025
Closing date: 11.59pm on 9th November 2025
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Assessments (online):
17th - 21st November
In-person interviews:
England - South: 3rd / 5th / 9th December
England - Midlands: 4th December
England - North: 1st / 4th / 11th December
Interview date:
Contracted hours: 35