All positions will require applicants to demonstrate commitment to the FORTIBUS cause; most positions will initially be casual / part-time / voluntary-unpaid, since cash flow will take a little while to start; however, it is expected that incumbents will most likely be receiving unemployment benefits - at least enough to survive on until we get established.

All positions with FORTIBUS should be seen as having long-term career prospects. We intend to provide on-going personal and skills development programs for all Officers and Staff, together with all usual entitlements and further, innovative benefits. 

Mostly, working with us to get FORTIBUS started will be FUN!

FORTIBUS is not only dedicated to Equal Employment Opportunity hiring and staff promotion, it also actively encourages innovative work practices such as telecommuting, maximum flexibility workplace and hours, and life-long learning.

Since this Union is a new one, it is likely to come under attack from the ACTU and / or its member organisations for competing for their disaffected members - the ones that have lost their jobs and who have been shunned by their Union becaue they can no longer pay their Union dues. 

Our first and most essential task is to recruit and consolidate our membership base. To this end we want to employ casual Membership Recruiters in all areas. These Officers will seek out likely FORTIBUS members and sign them up and collect their annual subscriptions. Payment will be by commission on subscriptions sold.

We seek to recruit Area Organisers throughout Australia to manage the Recruiter teams; these Officers will be responsible for communications between the grass roots and FORTIBUS HO, for recruitment and allocation of territories to Recruiters, flow of and accounting for subscription monies to the FORTIBUS office, and issue of Membership documentation, receipts etc. Area Organisers will only be recruited from the ranks of proven Membership Recruiters. Remuneration of these initially casual positions will be based on a retainer plus commission on area sales.

FORTIBUS needs an experienced Administrator to control the day-to-day activities of the Organisation. Functions will include book-keeping, accounting for subscription funds, banking, financial control, and general office management. The position is initially voluntary, and will become salaried as funds permit; a sales territory for Subscriptions will be allocated to the position to enable a part-time income to be generated..

Intelligent, highly skilled and experienced Board of Management members are keenly saught to establish strategies, policies and tactics, as well as to contribute their diverse high-level skills in the areas of Communications, Negotiation, Lobbying, Media Relations, Accountancy, New Venture Start-ups, HR Management, Operations Management, General Management, Credit Control, and many more. Persons with Labour Union or Professional Association management experience are particularly saught.

All professionals and persons with particular skills are encouraged to apply to join our Board. Membership is initially Voluntary - ie, unpaid - until funds permit appropriate stipendairy remuneration packages to be offered. Board applicants should first demonstrate their proficiency and dedication to FORTIBUS through Membership Recruitment in their home area.

General Assistants - especially with clerical skills - are required immediately for all sorts of day-to-day work. These persons will be working directly with the Chairman / Founder on a range of tasks. They can expect to gain a considerable range of work experiences and to develop skills such as communications, computing, Internet and others; these initially part-time / casual positions are voluntary until the funds come available to pay appropriate packages.

TO APPLY

Send us an email that presents yourself and your skills and that outlines the work you would be best to perform for FORTIBUS, along with a brief CV. Please remember to provide clear details of your location, contact details and the areas you could cover to sell Subscriptions.