Society of Telecom Executives
Head Office staff responsibilities
SOCIETY OF TELECOM EXECUTIVES                                   ADMIN CIRCULAR 

Arthur Willitt House                                                 NO. 58/96 
1 Park Road                                                                    
TEDDINGTON                                                    Distribution (S) 
Middlesex                                                                      
TW11 0AR                                                                       

Phone: 0181 943 5181       Email: union@ste.org.uk          Fax: 0181 943 2532 

File Ref:  FO Org/HO Staffing s/f                        Date: 30 October 1996 

Dear Colleague

HEAD OFFICE OFFICERS - CHANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The Council has now concluded their review of Head Office officerial responsibilities following the decision of Les Baker and Beverley McGowan to take early retirement under the Voluntary Redundancy Scheme. In doing this we have had to look at how best to utilise the reduced resources available to the union to service the new internal Council structures set out on page 22 of the July/August 1996 Review and to maintain services to members and branches so far as possible.

The Council have concluded that on the negotiating side (Committee A responsibilities) corporate negotiations will be handled by the Deputy General Secretary (N), Adrian Askew, and Assistant Secretary, Aveen McHugh, who will together cover the responsibilities previously carried out by Adrian, Les and Beverley. The Council have concluded that, against the background of the need to make substantial staffing economies, that they will not fill the Research Officer post. Research issues should now be referred to Stephanie Marston, the Senior Researcher.

The Deputy General Secretary, Ben Marshall, will continue with his existing responsibilities - including line management responsibility for the Field Officers. Assistant Secretary, Leslie Manasseh, is taking over responsibility for Committee B, whilst retaining his existing role as National Organiser.

These changes should enable Head Office to operate with five full-time officers and the reduced number of support staff for the future, on the basis summarised below:

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY/SECTION                          NAME               EXT

General Secretary's office: (Simon Petch)               Pat Godfrey         20
National & International Telecom Policy, TUC, TU        Jackie Morgan       43
Legislation, Political Fund, Parliamentary                                    
Consultants, Relations with other unions, Telecoms                            
Alliance (BT Unions), STE Rules, Subscription Policy,                         
Editor of The Review.                                                         

Research                                                Steph Marston       31
                                                                              

The Review                                              Jane McCarten       18

Negotiating Committee (Officers: Adrian Askew, Aveen    Caroline Parker     42
McHugh)                                                 Ann Burrows         32
Pay and Pay Related Allowances, Grading, London                               
Weighting, Pensions, Recruitment/Promotion, APRs, Div                         
Comms/Constitution, Resourcing, Relocation, Conditions                        
of Service, Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety                              
issues, BT Training Policy and BT European                                    
Consultative Council.                                                         

Recruitment & Organisation (Officers: Ben Marshall,     Jane Darragh        22
Leslie Manasseh)                                        Tina Chamberlain    21
Membership and Recruitment, Organisation, Membership                          
Services and Benefits, STE Training, Administration,                          
including Legal Aid, Personal Accident Scheme,                                
Sickness Benefit, Conference Organisation.                                    

Finance Office - including Branch Finance               Carolyn Coy         19
                                                        Neil Harris         13

Membership - including payment of Subscriptions         Harminder Poonia    15
                                                        Tania Oliver        17

Systems Administration                                  Darren Robson       16

Office Manager/mail and distribution                    Blanche Bentman     11
                                                        Anita Caspersz      45

OPUS II Employment Bureau                               Beryl Dunham        25

PCG Helpline                                            Ann Burrows         32
                                                                              

Information Line 1                                      recorded message    28

Information Line 2                                      recorded message    29

DIRECT DIAL: Ring 0181 943 5550, an automatic operator will ask you to "enter your required extension number, followed by hash(#)"

The duties of the Field Officers remain as set out in Admin Circular 43/96 (attached) with the exception of one minor change. Responsibility for Fujitsu Telecoms Europe has been transferred from the Birmingham Field Office to the Assistant National Organiser, David Lyons. Field Offices remain the first point of contact for branches, and the union's lead negotiators in BT Divisions.

Yours sincerely

S PETCH

General Secretary

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