Senior Campaign Coordinator

Employer: Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Location: Remote

JOB TITLE: Senior Campaign Coordinator 

GRADE: MGT E

ANNUAL SALARY: $115,244.52

LOCATION: Remote

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW: The 2 million members united in the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are at the forefront of a movement to build power for working people and empower all workers to form unions, no matter what job they do. SEIU members are from every walk of life, every political party, every background, every faith. They come from communities with their own stories and strengths, and that makes the Union all the more powerful because there’s strength in numbers. SEIU members work across the healthcare spectrum providing high quality care and services. They are the workers who keep our nation’s airports running and make sure landmark buildings are clean and secure. They provide essential public services and give a foundation of learning to our youngest and brightest. SEIU members believe in and are fighting for a Just Society where all workers are valued and all people respected—no matter where they come from or what color they are; where all families and communities can thrive; and where we leave a better and more equitable world for generations to come.

PURPOSE: To represent and assist the International Union in achieving the National Organizing Program goals in the field; to supervise, train and direct teams of International Union staff, local union staff, or special project staff; to design and implement organizing and affiliation plans in collaboration with Local Union Organizing Directors; to plan large scale campaigns covering large geographic areas with Regional Organizing Directors.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: (Any one position may not include all of the specific duties and responsibilities listed.  Examples provide a general summary of the work required and should not be treated as a total and complete list of expected duties to be performed by employees in the classification.)

• Provide organizing leadership on major campaigns involving large scale and large geographic areas, innovative strategies, coordination of local union and international resources, inter-union and multi-union political complexities, and complex staffing arrangements.
• Oversee requests for organizing assistance from locals and deals directly with such requests.
• Build effective organizing teams through development of comprehensive staff development plans.
• Supervises, leads, assigns, and evaluates staff including developing individual work plans and overseeing their implementation and evaluation. Administers corrective discipline including termination if necessary.
• Recruits, interviews, and recommends hiring of staff
• Creates and administers organizing plans and campaign budgets including strategic planning, budget development, and office administration. Authorizes expenditures within the campaign budget.
• Creates mutual assistance plans among SEIU locals unions and other organizations for member organizing, loaning organizer exchanges, organizer training, multi-local campaigns, and development of local union's organizing capacity.
• Propose and carry out innovative ideas and large scale plans to achieve SEIU's organizing goals 

CONTACTS:

Include SEIU staff, elected leadership; local union leaders; and staff and members; International Union staff and officers.  Change to Win staff; state federation and central labor council leaders and staff; staff of other unions; public officials; and key staff; and leaders.

DIRECTION & DECISION MAKING:

This position reports to the Organizing Director and works independently.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree or at least five (5) years of supervisory experience and seven (7) years of related work experience required. Also, the required knowledge, skills, and abilities: 

• Thorough knowledge of labor program planning and development.
• Knowledge of strategies and techniques used by SEIU to organize and lead division workers.
• Knowledge of unions and their issues.
• Knowledge of bargaining, organizing, and organizational management
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; ability to make formal presentations and write advocacy papers.
• Ability to use personal computer.
• Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to handle multiple “priority” projects and meet established timelines.
• Ability to work effectively with elected leaders and staff in complex and sometime political situations. 
• Ability to conduct training sessions.
• Ability to communicate political and policy priorities to SEIU members. 

Physical Requirements:

Work is generally performed in a field setting, but may be required to work in other settings conducive to performing the work required to complete the assignment, such as field assignments. Long and extended hours and travel required.