Benefits:

401(k)

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Training & development

Vision insurance

A Deputy Director of Organizing in SEIU District 1199 WV/KY/OH is responsible for

Grassroots Organizing and Union Leadership Development

Recruit for, plan, and participate in a range of 501(c)(5) grassroots advocacy activities across W. Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, such as supporter recruitment, member engagement, and campaigns

Organize and lead workers into unionization using agitation and other basic organizing principles.

Mentor, guide and manage workers through complicated union and bargaining situations

Maintain activist database (The VAN) to track supporters, volunteers, and events, and use data to identify strategic ways to engage supporters

Serve as an organizational spokesperson as necessary to the media, the community, and on social media; work with Public Affairs Department staff to ensure digital, comms, and press work is integrated into the organizing strategy

Creating and Driving Issue Campaigns

Develop a union-wide strategic organizing plan including industry analysis, identified opportunities, appropriate methods, and staff plans

Coordinate and engage in lobbying efforts at the local, state, and federal levels to advance the Union’s mission and goals as needed

Serve as a thought partner to leadership on growing organizational infrastructure and influence; support fundraising efforts (primarily by providing program updates) as needed

Represent the union in meetings with management, community organizations, and other settings

Maintain regular and accurate collaboration with and reporting to the President

Team Management and Leadership

Supervise performance of Field Organizing staff and give timely, effective feedback to improve performance

Exercise good judgment in delegation to Field Organizing staff

Develop competencies of Field Organizing staff

Lead Field Organizing staff to set and maintain standards for Field Organizing performance

Lead Field Organizing staff in strategic and tactical decision-making on campaigns

Guide Field Organizing staff in complicated campaigns

Propose and implement internal and external leadership development programming

Analyze and develop systems that increase performance in meeting objectives of union program

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

This position requires frequent travel and overnight stays, as well as occasional participation in special campaigns that require longer term travel with overnight stays.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Must possess a valid driver's license

Must pass a criminal background check

Must possess liability car insurance of no less than $100,000/$300,000.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Education:

G.E.D. or High School Diploma

Required Experience:

Required Education: G.E.D. or High School Diploma

Required Experience:

Personal or professional experience organizing and unionizing workers

Proven communication and leadership skills, astute decision making, organizational aptitude, and assertiveness.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Commitment and passion for racial, gender and economic justice and their intersections, both inside and outside organizations.

Good strategic and tactical thinking

Preferred Experience:

3 – 5 years’ experience in community, issue, labor, or electoral organizing experience and 2 years of election cycles of management experience (or equivalent)

Successful fulfillment of union organizing supervisory role

Demonstrated experience with training, group facilitation, and relational skills to grow capacity and move a group of people who may come from different backgrounds and understanding towards transformative relationships and shared goals

Experience supervising diverse organizers/field staff.

Knowledge of union history, organization, divisions, and programs