Job Description

National Coordinator Position
The Coordinator provides leadership and drives the development of the Our Power Campaign. The Coordinator is responsible for supporting workgroups, fundraising for the national campaign, and general organizational development of the campaign. The Coordinator will report to the Steering Committee and will be working closely with the Co-Chairs Cindy Wiesner of Grassroots Global Justice, and Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan of Movement Generation. Start date negotiable in July 2013. Location negotiable. Preference for candidates located in Miami, FL; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Los Angeles, CA, Flagstaff, AZ; and Detroit, MI. The percentages on key responsibilities reflect priorities in the first phase; these will shift as new staff is hired and as the campaign evolves.

Key Responsibilities:
I. Campaign Leadership & Movement Building in partnership with Steering Committee (Approx. 40% FTE)
1. Develop and coordinate campaign strategy. Build the Our Power staff team.
2. Monitor landscape and strategic opportunities for the Our Power Campaign.
3. Oversee implementation and evaluation of campaigns
4. Cultivate relationships with strategic partners, policy makers, and other stakeholders
5. Identify and coordinate opportunities to promote Our Power Campaign and local models of just transition through public speaking, media, etc.

II. Alliance Fundraising and Financial Management (Approx. 40% FTE)
1. Work with Fundraising Workgroup to develop the national fundraising plan; lead implementation
2. Build relations with foundations and other potential donors
3. Complete grant applications and reports
4. Propose yearly and project budgets to the Steering Committee
5. Monitor cash flow with fiscal sponsor

III. Organizational Development
and Planning (Approx. 20% FTE)
1. Ensure work is connected to the mission and vision.
2. Lead Strategic Planning and overall direction, growth and health of organization.
3. Develop member agreements and working principles and help cultivate healthy group dynamics.
4. Monitor committees and ensure work is connected, coordinated and well informed
5. Supervise staff & work with co-chairs to hire new staff and consultants.
6. Approve organization materials, websites, and tools.

Qualifications

Experience: At least 5 years
Skills: Qualifications:
1. Leadership experience with national coalitions or networks.
2. Direct experience movement building, and grassroots organizing and social justice campaigns.
3. Experience in local/regional economic development, food sovereignty, energy democracy, zero waste, public transit, and/or climate justice and environmental justice issues. Knowledge in climate policy is a plus.
4. Project coordination (including working with offices or staff in multiple locations).
5. Organized and attentive to details. Able to work remotely and manage multiple work groups.
6. Experience with fundraising and grants management.
7. Flexibility and positive attitude. Solution oriented and ability to move work forward.
8. National travel required approximately once or twice per month.

Organization Description

The Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) is a new collaborative of community-based and movement support organizations uniting frontline communities to forge a scalable, socially and economically just transition away from unsustainable energy and false solutions to climate change. Fostering healthy, resilient communities will help to address the root causes of climate change while enabling us to adapt to the impacts already underway. CJA’s members are rooted in Indigenous, African American, Latino, Asian Pacific Islander, and working-class white communities throughout the U.S. We are applying the power of deep grassroots organizing, direct action, coalition building, civic engagement, policy advocacy, and a variety of communications tools to win local, regional, statewide, and national shift. CJA is launching a national Our Power Campaign to win real solutions to the climate crisis – solutions that will foster quality jobs that meet people’s needs while caring for natural resources and ecosystems. We are flexing Our Power at the local, regional, and state levels and building to affect national policy to bring about a just transition. We are launching the campaign in three pilot ‘Hot Spots:’ Detroit, Michigan; Richmond, California; and Black Mesa, Arizona. They are a racially and ethnically diverse mix of rural and urban communities, and are home to key grassroots groups poised to take on the extreme energy economy driving climate change.

CJA seeks to catalyze a broad-based, scalable campaign for transition away from industries that undermine the well-being of human communities and environmental systems – like dirty energy (or as we call it, “extreme” energy), industrial-scale manufacturing and agribusiness – and towards local energy, food, water, transit, waste, and housing systems that foster equity, democracy, and community resilience. The campaign will support local organizing through peer-exchange, trainings, direct action and coalition work to advance policies to end extreme energy and promote climate-protecting jobs.

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Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Member Development and Outreach
Work with members to implement GGJ programs, including overall planning, implementation and evaluation.
Advance organizing plan in conjunction with staff, member organizations and Coordinating Committee members.
Direct and coordinate member development plan, including:
Regular contact with members to assess needs and capacity to participate in GGJ program, set up and/or facilitation of meetings and calls.
Lead membership engagement process including: support for member organizations to participate in GGJ activities; create meeting agendas with staff & leaders; document and disseminate outcomes of meetings and programs; create and/or coordinate educational materials.
Help coordinate GGJ's participation in local and national coalition work.
Serve as a liaison with National and International Allies.
Assist with engaging members in grassroots fundraising around GGJ programming.
Recruit and orient new member organizations.

Logistics Coordination
Provide logistics support for organizations participating in GGJ programs.
Coordinate member travel, food, lodging; assist in budget creation for programs, other tasks as needed.
Coordinate preparation and logistical plans for GGJ meetings, events, delegations and mobilizations including planning political and pragmatic goals, creating and disseminating “Calls to Action” and educational materials, lead evaluation of Delegation and organizing work, document lessons.

Administration
Manage administrative systems, files, and member databases.
Participate in weekly staff meetings, supervision meetings, quarterly staff and/or coordinating committee meetings in person, and other meetings as assigned/needed.
Help maintain website and social network sites with current information and program updates.
Assist with fund development and grant reporting as assigned/needed.

This is a full time position. The specific work-plan and priority job tasks subject to change based on the alliance’s needs and priorities.

Qualifications

Experience: At least 7 years
Skills: Essential Qualifications:

At least 7-10 years experience organizing and building leadership of low-income, people of color, indigenous, women, and LGBTQ communities in cross-sector organizing.
Experience working in networks/coalitions and with social movements, interacting with diverse political actors, and ability to represent GGJ in a variety of settings.
Alignment with mission, vision and goals of GGJ, and a strong political commitment to social justice and anti-oppression practices.
Experience leading multiple components of a campaign from beginning to end.
Experience supervising other staff or leaders in projects or campaigns.
Strong relationship skills: ability to generate trust and connection with a wide diversity of people/communities.
Strong training and mentorship skills, and a commitment to skill-sharing and coaching in grassroots organizations.
Good research, writing and oral communication skills, including public speaking.
Experience in developing global political analysis and vision that is grounded in local and national organizing.
Fluent in second language: Spanish is preferred. Portuguese or French is a plus.
Ability to travel nationally and internationally minimally two times per month often for a week or two at a time.
Self-motivated, high level of self-initiative—proven ability to work independently, since there is no national office.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively about organizational development, program design and implementation.
Adept at trouble-shooting and providing solutions, capacity for empathy and resolving differences.
Excellent personal organization and time management skills: Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
Accountable to goals and willingness to learn new techniques, ideas, and skills.
Knowledge of common computer applications, such as word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, and Internet.
Experience working on climate justice or environmental justice.
Valid driver's license

Desirable:
Experience working on anti-militarism and anti-war movements
Outgoing, engaged and energetic personality
Grassroots fundraising experience
Database and website management skills

Organization Description

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) provides an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated, creative and experienced Lead organizer. The Lead Organizer works under the supervision of GGJ’s National Coordinator. The position requires willingness to work long hours (more than 40+ per week) a flexible schedule including nights and weekends, frequent travel within the USA and some international travel. This is a full time position.

Grassroots Global Justice is a national alliance of grassroots organizations building a popular movement for peace, democracy and a sustainable world. Alliance members support each other's local struggles and collaborate with international allies committed to building a transformative social justice movement beyond borders.GGJ provides opportunities for grassroots leaders to dialogue, think strategically and sharpen our understanding of global political and economic forces that cause poverty, conflict and environmental destruction in our communities. After organizing an extensive participatory process with our members, in September of 2011 GGJ affirmed a new initiative at our membership congress: "No War, No Warming, Build an Economy for People and the Planet!” We are prioritizing climate justice, anti-war and militarism, and developing alternative visions for the economy as our core areas of work. For more about Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ), visit our website here: www.ggjalliance.org.

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New York Hotel Trades Council
 
The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO, is the union of hotel workers in the New York City metropolitan area and Capital Region of New York State.  Our union represents approximately 30,000 non-managerial employees working in all hotel departments. 
More than 300 hotels and other related businesses employ our members and are under contract to our union. This accounts for approximately 75% of the hotel industry within the five boroughs of New York City. 
The membership of our union is united and militant, but also incredibly diverse. They come from many nations and backgrounds and speak more than 50 languages. 
The workers represented by our union enjoy the best union contract for hotel workers in the world, guaranteeing excellent wages, benefits, working conditions, and standards of fair treatment.
Please see our recruitment video at: 
http://www.nyhtc.org/secured.php?page=recent_news&story_number=100671
Operations Assistant
 
We are seeking an assistant for our union's operations team. The operations team works closely with the union’s organizing department as well as departments throughout the organization on program/project management, information management and analysis, logistics, research, office management, and human resources.
Assisting with the coordination of multiple projects
Assisting with the daily operations of the organizing department
Planning and executing logistics for campaigns, events, and picket lines
Maintaining accurate and up-to-date data in complex databases
Creating reports and tools for data analysis, analyzing the data, and providing managerial staff with reliable recommendations
Helping to create, supervise, and conduct research projects
Training staff on how to use technology and troubleshooting problems
Drafting plans to Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of work procedures
Writing articles for union website
Archiving union media
 
Advancement
The New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council is a powerful and dynamic organization. Any successful operations assistant who distinguishes him/herself, demonstrates commitment and resourcefulness, and develops an understanding of the union and its operations will have numerous opportunities for advancement in a number of interesting and challenging areas.
Qualifications
Commitment to social justice
1 - 2 years of applicable work experience preferred
Ambition to take responsibility for assigned projects
Ability to communicate clearly and professionally
Ability to pay close attention to detail
Experience researching in databases and on the web
Four-year degree
Bilingual Spanish/Mandarin/Cantonese/Polish a plus
Interest and ability to quickly learn database programs
Familiarity with Mac OSX operating system
Working knowledge of Apple iWork Suite and/or Microsoft Office, especially MS Excel
 
Annual salary range will start at $37,000 - $40,000
 
Excellent benefits and retirement package
 
Application Instructions
 
In addition to a resume and references, applicants must include a cover letter. The cover letter should be clear and concise and explain which position you are applying for, the specific reasons for your interest in the position, and specify (with appropriate explanation) which of each of the listed qualifications you possess and which ones you do not possess.
 
Please refer to individual job postings for any additional application materials that may be required or recommended. The cover letter, resume, references and additional materials should be emailed to:
 
careers@nyhtc.org
 
The New York Hotel Trades Council, AFL-CIO, is an equal opportunity employer. All persons regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, religious affiliation and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply.

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LCV is seeking an online campaigner to assist with the organization’s online program, with a focus on building, engaging, and fundraising from LCV’s online activist network. This position will work with the Membership and Online Engagement Division to mobilize LCV’s membership to win key electoral races and effect change on critical environmental issues. This is an excellent opportunity for a creative writer and organizer to be a part of an innovative team that runs aggressive online campaigns to promote environmental policies and candidates.

Qualifications

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree (4 yrs. college)
Skills: Strong writing and editing skills required; demonstrated ability to produce online campaign and fundraising materials; experienced in using social media for advocacy purposes; graphic design and Photoshop skills strongly preferred; familiarity with CRM, CMS and online advocacy tools (Convio and HTML experience a plus); commitment to metrics and tracking progress; works well in a fast-paced environment and able to multi-task without sacrificing quality of work; creative in pursuing organizing opportunities; understanding of environmental issues and their potential to engage the public.

Work experience: Minimum of 2 years experience in online organizing, email advocacy or new media; field experience a plus.

Conditions: Ability to work overtime with little notice; able to work hours exceeding stated office hours to get the job done; ability and willingness to travel. This position is based in Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities:

•Write compelling advocacy and fundraising email copy, online petitions and other web-based copy.
•Assist in identifying creative campaign opportunities to engage and mobilize LCV’s activist base both online and offline.
•Work with state LCVs and other partner organizations to support their campaigns and facilitate work on state-based environmental issues.
•Create shareable content, engage with LCV’s supporters, and find new opportunities for growth of our grassroots base on social media.
•Monitor and respond to feedback from LCV members about our campaigns and messaging.
•Update and create materials for the LCV website.

Organization Description

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) works to turn environmental values into national priorities. To secure the environmental future of our planet, LCV’s mission is to advocate for sound environmental policies, to elect pro-environmental candidates who will adopt and implement such policies and to provide the state LCVs with the resources and tools to accomplish and sustain their mission.

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The Merrimack Valley Project (MVP) is searching for a talented new Staff Director / Lead Organizer. MVP is a 19-year old community organization that unites congregations, local unions, and community groups in organizing campaigns for social and economic justice in the Merrimack Valley region of Massachusetts. The Staff Director / Lead Organizer will work with a team of talented leaders to advance effective, broad-based organizing campaigns to improve the quality of life in Valley communities. Currently, our top organizing priority is the MVP Foreclosure Campaign, whose goal is to unite people and organize to get fair mortgages and principal reductions for thousands of Valley home owners, keeping families in their homes, and educating both owners and tenants about their legal rights and available resources to prevent their displacement as the result of foreclosure

Responsibilities

Recruit and develop leaders from a diverse membership of religious, labor, and community organizations in the Merrimack Valley, and work with these leaders to strengthen MVP's power.

Help the MVP leadership prepare, oversee, and fund a budget of $200,000+ per year. This includes identification of funding resources, grant research, program design, proposal writing, training leaders to conduct successful grassroots fundraising campaigns and membership dues collection, and consistent and effective foundation fundraising.

Develop and maintain relationships with heads of current and potential MVP member organizations.

Staff organizing campaigns on economic and social justice issues including, but not limited to, foreclosure, immigration, jobs and workers' rights, affordable housing, and other issues important to MVP's constituency.

Staff regional chapters and sub-committees of the Executive Council, Delegates Assembly and Annual Convention.

Hire, supervise, and mentor other MVP staff organizers, organizer apprentices, field study students, and interns.

Maintain a working relationship with and help develop the InterValley Project for staff and leadership development.

Salary details
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience, Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Benefits
Excellent benefits, including 4 weeks paid vacation

Qualifications

Skills: Qualifications

Minimum 3-5 years work experience as a community, congregation-based, or labor organizer.

Passion for social and economic justice, and strong commitment to faith- and values-based organizing.

Proven ability to mentor leaders and carry out successful issue campaigns.

Demonstrated track record in both grassroots and grant fund-raising.

Experience supervising and developing other organizers and support staff for their own growth and for the growth of the organization.

Appreciation for and ability to work with a broad range of religious and cultural traditions.

Excellent team-building and communication skills, high energy, and strong one-to-one relationship-building skills.

Ability to oversee a variety of administrative and management tasks.

Bilingual ability in Spanish strongly preferred; bilingual ability in Portuguese, French Creole, or Khmer a plus.

Organization Description

MVP History and Accomplishments

In the 19th century, the Merrimack Valley, with its miles of red brick mills, was the birthing ground of America's industrial revolution. Beginning in the 1950s, the region began losing thousands of quality manufacturing jobs to cheaper labor markets in southern U.S. states, and later overseas. By the 1980s, the majority of the old mill jobs were gone. Meanwhile, an influx of Latino, Southeast Asian, and later, African immigrant groups transformed the face of the Valley's cities. The combination of job losses and new immigration spurred an exodus of white, middle-class residents to the suburbs, creating the dramatic economic and racial segregation we still see in the region today.

In 1989, a group of faith, labor, and community leaders created the Merrimack Valley Project to unite people across the region's widening racial, ethnic, and economic rifts in common action to strengthen our communities. Through MVP, people like the Rev. Victor Jarvis, an evangelical pastor from Lawrence, Annia Lembert, a Dominican immigrant, Malden Mills inspector and union member in Lawrence, Father James Taggart, a Catholic priest from Lowell, and Eric Kintner, a physicist from an Episcopal church in Westford have worked together to save over 1,600 manufacturing jobs in the Valley, protect over 600 units of affordable housing, improve the job prospects of the region's growing temporary worker population, and bring over $10 million to the Valley for housing, job training, and community development.

MVP's innovative campaigns to fight plant closings, to create democratic economic institutions such as Amesbury Gardens, a 160-unit, resident-owned permanently affordable housing development in Lawrence, and to address the explosive growth of the temporary labor industry have offered statewide and national organizing models and have had an impact far beyond our region.

Today, MVP has grown to over 30 member groups, including congregations, unions, and community-based organizations from Amesbury, Andover, Chelmsford, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, North Andover, and Westford. MVP places a strong emphasis on developing the capacity of faith communities to act on their commitments to social and economic justice, and is part of a growing faith-and-values-based organizing movement in America. In 1997, MVP helped found the InterValley Project, a regional organizing network that unites the power of 7 community organizations to advance faith-and-values-based organizing throughout New England.

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Job Description

LCV is seeking an online campaigner to assist with the organization’s membership and online engagement efforts, with a focus on building the online presence for LCV’s Latino Outreach Program. This position will work with the Membership and Online Engagement Division and the Latino Outreach Program to grow a grassroots base of activists from Latino communities who will engage on environmental issues and turn out for environmental candidates in elections. This is an excellent opportunity for a bilingual writer and organizer to be a part of an innovative team that runs aggressive online campaigns to promote environmental policies and win key electoral races.

Qualifications

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree (4 yrs. college)
Skills: Strong bilingual (English-Spanish) writing and editing skills required; demonstrated ability to produce online campaign and fundraising materials; creative in pursuing organizing opportunities; experienced in using social media for advocacy purposes (graphic design skills a plus); commitment to metrics and tracking progress; familiarity with CRM, CMS and online advocacy tools (Convio and HTML experience a plus); works well in a fast-paced environment and able to multi-task without sacrificing quality of work; understanding of environmental issues and their potential to engage Latino communities.

Responsibilities
•Write compelling advocacy and fundraising copy, online petitions and other web-based copy that is tailored for Latino audiences.
•Identify creative online campaign opportunities to engage and mobilize LCV’s growing Latino activist base.
•Create shareable content, engage with LCV’s supporters, and find new opportunities for growth of our Latino base on social media.
•Design bilingual resources for the LCV website.
•Work with the National Field team, state LCVs and partner groups to connect LCV’s online efforts with the offline programs that engage Latino activists around environmental issues.
•Assist with other online campaign and writing projects as needed by the Membership and Online Engagement team.

Work experience: Minimum of 2 years experience in online organizing, email advocacy or new media; experience in English and Spanish-language online communications targeting Latino communities; field experience a plus.

Conditions: Ability to work overtime with little notice; able to work hours exceeding stated office hours to get the job done; ability and willingness to travel. This position is based in Washington, D.C.

Organization Description

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) works to turn environmental values into national priorities. To secure the environmental future of our planet, LCV’s mission is to advocate for sound environmental policies, to elect pro-environmental candidates who will adopt and implement such policies and to provide the state LCVs with the resources and tools to accomplish and sustain their mission.

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Senior Foundations Manager

Corporate Accountability International, a powerhouse in challenging corporate abuse for 35 years, is seeking a Senior Foundations Manager to develop and lead plans to significantly expand the organization’s revenues over the next several years. The Senior Foundations Manager leadership is critical to securing the organization’s needed capacity to challenge abuses which threaten human rights, public health, the environment and our democracy, protecting people’s lives across the world.

Corporate Accountability International was recently recognized by the World Health Organization for leadership in challenging Big Tobacco’s interference with the global tobacco treaty. Just last year, our members and allies across the country helped compel the National Parks Service to move forward with a plan to stop the sale of bottled water at the Grand Canyon, despite an attempt by Coca-Cola to get the plan tabled. And in the fall, we launched the multi-media project Food MythBusters with author Anna Lappé, a project that directly challenges the Big-Food-perpetuated myth that we need industrial, chemical agriculture to feed the world.

The Senior Foundations Manager will work with a grant writer and a committed team of development staff. They will report directly to the Director of Philanthropic Partnerships while also working closely with organizational leadership, including the Executive Director and Deputy Director. The organization is made up of more than 60 smart and driven staff and interns working in a fast-paced and fun working environment with a network of members and allies across the world.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Expand the organization’s foundation support by identifying new prospects and cultivating and stewarding relationships with program officers at prospective international, national, regional and family foundations.
● Write and edit compelling foundation communications, including letters of interest, proposals and reports.
● Cultivate relationships with new and existing funders through in-person meetings, phone calls and emails.
● Research and identify new prospective funders by working with development unit staff and collaborating with staff across the organization.
● Regularly communicate with campaign staff in order to provide program officers timely updates on campaign and media developments.
● Supervise a contract or full time grant writer.
● Develop and facilitate timely and effective planning and budgeting for the foundations program, including collaborating with campaign directors.
● Work with finance staff to prepare and submit budgets and financial reports to foundations.
● Ensure comprehensive, timely and accurate internal reporting and tracking of contacts and activity.
● Participate in organization-wide planning, fundraising and campaign activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
● Demonstrated commitment to social justice, with a global perspective.
● At least eight years of experience, with a significant background writing proposals and reports and a proven track record in securing funds.
● Demonstrated ability to write quickly, concisely, and in a manner compelling to philanthropic partners.
● Experience successfully building relationships with program officers or donors.
● Ability to effectively orchestrate involvement of senior staff.
● Savvy and persistent cultivation skills. You enjoy reaching out to prospects and developing relationships.
● Strong verbal communication skills. You can develop and create tailored pitches to communicate our story through in-person and phone meetings. Sense of humor a plus!
● Ability to juggle multiple tasks and consistently meet deadlines.
● Computer skills: proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint and databases a must.
● Campaign experience a plus.
● Willingness to travel 10-15%.

Salary and benefits: Commensurate with experience, with a generous benefits package including health, dental, FSA, 401 (k), ongoing training and growth opportunities. Upbeat, collaborative, and goal-oriented office atmosphere.
Location: Campaign Headquarters- Boston, MA

Qualifications

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree (4 yrs. college)

Organization Description

Corporate Accountability International is an equal opportunity employer and an inclusive organization. People of color, women, and LGBTQ people are strongly encouraged to apply. For 35 years, Corporate Accountability International has successfully challenged corporations like Nestlé, General Electric, and Philip Morris to halt abusive practices that threaten human rights, public health, the environment and our democracy. The organization is expanding—and leading campaigns challenging some of the world’s most powerful industries in food and agriculture, water and tobacco.

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ID: 2013-1583

Job Location: US-CA-Los Angeles

Posted Date: 5/20/2013

Overview:


SEIU
Local 721

Union External Organizer

Los Angeles, California


WHO WE ARE:

SEIU Local 721 is a dynamic, and fast growing organization recognized as one of the largest and strongest union of publicly funded employees in the nation. We are on the forefront of local politics, defending public services in the face of budget challenges, organizing workers in the public service sectors and are key players in national reform efforts. We have over 200 staff members covering 6 counties. Our more than 80,000 members provide public services in diverse fields, including health care, social services, special districts, private non-profits, libraries, courts, parks and recreation, public works and mental health in cities and counties throughout Southern California. Through grassroots organizing, identifying and developing leaders within our Union, and organizing worker political power, we are on the front lines of holding government accountable, ensuring efficiency, tackling waste, and improving services.



SALARY AND BENEFITS:

* Salary range as of July 1, 2010: $53,023.62 (entry) to $76,313.38 (10+ years).
* Fully paid benefit package including medical, dental, vision and a generous life insurance.
* The External Organizer is an UUP bargaining unit position subject to a staff union contract.



TO APPLY:

Please include in your application a cover letter, detailed resume and three professional references.



RESPONSIBILITIES:

External Organizers identify and recruit worker leaders who want to organize to join the union. They evaluate potential organizing targets, contact unorganized workers, develop leaders; mobilize members to support external organizing; plan and conduct organizing campaigns. This is not a 9 to 5 job – it requires long and varied hours, including early morning, evening and weekend work, as necessary. May require travel and periods of overnight.


EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

* Conduct worksite meetings, offsite meetings, and house visits with workers.
* Develop weekly and monthly plans based on overall campaign goals.
* Identify worker issues, mobilize workers for public actions, track worker data.
* Identify and help lawyers file legal, regulatory charges and law suits to support the campaign.




SKILLS, APTITUDE, AND COMMITMENT:
We seek organizers who have proven in their past campaigns that they:

* Can effectively execute a plan, and move turf.
* Are dependable team members who can also work independently.
* Have strong written and spoken communication skills.
* Work calmly and effectively under pressure.
* Are self-motivated to show up on time, meet deadlines and achieve campaign goals.
* Have good judgment, including the ability to discern and focus on priorities.
* Use union resources wisely.
* Are deeply committed to improving workers’ lives and building a strong labor movement.
* Share our commitment to building a diverse union in which discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation or other social and economic characteristics is not tolerated.


Bilingual Spanish preferred but not required.


EXPERIENCE:

* Prior union experience preferred but not required. Some credit may be given for related experience, especially rank and file union activism and leadership.



REQUIREMENTS:

* Must possess a valid California driver’s license, auto insurance, and an automobile for business use.


SEIU Local 721 is an affirmative action employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, ethnicity, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or disability. SEIU Local 721 works to ensure fair treatment of applicants and employees and actively enforces zero tolerance policies against discrimination and sexual harassment.




Position will remain open until filled.



PI61484073
Apply Here: http://www.Click2Apply.net/g3pqhz9

Qualifications

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree (4 yrs. college)
Experience: No experience

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JOB SUMMARY

The employee in this position will help the Oregon Education Association achieve its Mission, Vision, and Core Values by carrying out a variety of tasks related to membership growth, bargaining, advocacy, organizing, training, recruiting and retaining members in assigned local(s). Working under the general direction of the Executive Director, Associate Executive Director of the Center for Advocacy and Affiliate Services and/or designee, the employee will work with colleagues, UniServ Councils, leaders and members to integrate elements of OEA and the local organizing, bargaining, political, advocacy, and membership plans.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

A. Assist the local association in developing and implementing programs for member advocacy with particular emphasis on leadership development, negotiations, mediation, fact-finding, organizing, grievance and arbitration, public relations, human relations, political action, community organizing and coalition-building.

B. Facilitate organizing for the purpose of building capacity and effectiveness in the local. This includes identifying, recruiting, and training member activists to become engaged in local activities, work with local leaders and organize in the community.

C. Assist local leaders with the development, implementation, and evaluation of a local association plan and program of activity; provide training, consultation and resources to the local leaders. Develop activities to accomplish the goals and objectives of the OEA and the local.

D. Train leaders in organizational development, public relations, grievance processing, membership promotion, curriculum and instruction. Facilitate organizing for the purpose of developing leadership; provide training and resources for local leaders.

E. Work with District representatives, Association leaders, bargaining team members, and rank and file members to facilitate the negotiation of strong and effective collective bargaining agreements that will enhance members’ salaries, benefits, rights and working conditions.

F. Assist members with professional issues and concerns.

G. Contribute to the creation and development of the body of work of OEA, including attending OEA staff meetings and training sessions. Work collaboratively and cooperatively with all OEA and local leaders, staff and management to accomplish the goals and objectives set forth by OEA and the local.

H. Assist in the coordination of local programs with state and national association programs.

I. Complete routine administrative tasks, including but not limited to completing and submitting vouchers, activity reports and leave requests in a timely manner.

K. Perform such other reasonable duties as may be assigned by the Executive Director, Associate Executive Director of Advocacy and Affiliate Services or designee.

Qualifications

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree (4 yrs. college)
Experience: At least 5 years
Skills: KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

A. Understanding of and commitment to OEA’s Mission, Vision and Core Values.

B. Good working knowledge of OEA and local Association programs and objectives.

C. Ability to effectively design and implement comprehensive plans for effective organizing and membership recruitment.

D. Ability to provide training opportunities, promote concepts and ideas to small groups or individuals and deliver trainings to build local recruitment skills, enhance local capacity and effectiveness.

E. Ability to develop bargaining proposals and successful bargaining and bargaining campaign strategies.

F. Ability to develop appropriate plans for resolving member grievances.

G. Ability to work both independently and as a contributing team member; effectiveness of work depends on ability to gain active cooperation and involvement of appropriate groups and individuals.

H. Skill in gathering and articulating information used as basis for developing specific strategies, tactics and actions.

I. Ability to communicate effectively verbally, orally, visually, and in writing.

J. Basic computer and telecommunications (email) skills. Familiarity with basic software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite.

K. Knowledge of training principles and techniques, especially for adult learners. Ability to design, create and deliver training sessions.

QUALIFICATIONS

A. EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalency. Master’s Degree preferred.


B. EXPERIENCE

Five years of experience in organizing, bargaining, grievance and advocacy and membership recruitment, or similar work. Classroom teaching experience desirable. Experience and success in adult education and training. Minimum two years experience as spokesperson or team leader at the bargaining table. Minimum one year experience in processing grievances. Active experience in organizing a political action program and community organizing/coalition-building.

C. OTHER

Willingness to travel for work-related purposes on a regular basis, valid Driver’s License; must have reliable transportation;

Organization Description

OTHER INFORMATION

A. SUPERVISORY

The employee works under the general direction of the Associate Executive Director for Advocacy and Affiliate Services, Executive Director and/or designee and is expected to operate with relative independence and a minimum of supervision in handling complex problems with initiative, creativity and sound professional judgment.

B. WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work will be performed in a variety of settings including office, schools, classrooms and training facilities; sometimes in front of large or small groups and sometimes alone.

Travel is expected.

Must submit Resume and application, applications are available at: tp://www.oregoned.org/images/pages/OEA_APPLICATION_FORM_FORMAT_FOR_PSO_includes_BARGAINING.pdf

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Ohio Fair Share Organizer
If you're looking for the opportunity to organize, advocate and fight for an economy that works for all of us, apply to be the Ohio Fair Share Organizer today.

Our Mission
Through door-to-door community outreach and grassroots lobbying, Ohio Fair Share works to provide every American with a fair shot at a good job, a secure future, and a strong voice in our democracy. Ohio Fair Share also works to elect leaders who will stand up for a fair economy and against corporate greed and powerful wealthy interests.

Political Climate in Ohio
For decades, Ohio has been one of the most important – if not the most important – swing state in the country. Because of this, much national attention is paid to Ohio politics and it has been at the center of the political dialogue on issues around the economy, jobs, health care, workers’ rights and more. The 2014 campaign for Ohio Governor will be one of the most-watched in the country and will have important ramifications for the next presidential election. As an organizer with Ohio Fair Share, you will be working to strengthen the progressive movement in one of the most important states in national politics and involved in some of the most critical campaigns in the country.

Our Campaigns
The Ohio Fair Share Organizer will build the public and political support we need to protect the middle class and rebuild America’s economy. Whether it’s big corporations or right-wing politicians who block progress at every turn, we face powerful opposition. To overcome that opposition we need to build people power -- gaining media attention and the support of broad-based coalitions, informing the public and mobilizing citizens to take grassroots action. The organizer will build this power by developing district-level networks of key constituencies, experts, media, and activists, and mobilizing that network to take action on our top campaigns, including:

• Put America Back to Work: America has work to do: We need new schools, more teachers and better roads, bridges and transit systems. At the same time, millions of people who are ready, willing and able to get these jobs done are still unemployed. It’s time to put America back to work. We can rehire teachers and firefighters who were laid off in the recession. We can put people to work building and rebuilding schools and fixing our roads and bridges. And we can pay for it by cutting $200 billion in wasteful subsidies and tax loopholes for the biggest corporations.

• Kids, Not Cuts!: We believe that everyone deserves a fair shot in life, and that starts with a quality education. Unfortunately, some in Congress are moving to cut billions from education. Congress already made deep cuts in early 2013 that will slash programs for 1.2 million kids and take 30,000 teachers out of classrooms. Now, House Budget Chair Paul Ryan wants to slash education funds with another $6.9 billion in cuts to our schools, our teachers, and our kids in the next year alone. As Congress debates the education budget, Fair Share is working to make sure that our representatives stand up for our kids.

Responsibilities
This is an opportunity to build the organization from the ground up. You will:
• Establish Ohio Fair Share in the community as a credible messenger about the economy.
• Build relationships with partner organizations in the progressive community; potentially coordinate a statewide coalition.
• Plan and implement campaign strategies and tactics.
• Identified and develop state-level campaign work in coordination with other organizations.
• Organize town hall meetings and other public events to lift up constituents’ voices and hold elected leaders accountable.
• Lobby lawmakers directly; make a convincing case for our policy goals.
• Create news events to get the word out about your campaign through the media.
• Recruit, train and manage volunteers and activists.
• Run citizen outreach campaigns: you’ll build the power of your organization, learning to fundraise, manage staff and educate the public.
• Write grants and create other fundraising opportunities for the state.
• Identify and cultivate all Ohio Fair Share members and donors in the state.
• Perform administrative responsibilities
• Develop activists into leaders for the long term movement for a more fair society.

Qualifications
We’re seeking smart, creative organizers who are motivated by fairness and passionate about creating change. Two or more years of experience with community and/or political organizing required. Experience can include some educational degrees, such as a J.D., Masters of Public Policy, Masters of Communications or Masters of Public Administration.

Ohio Fair Share is part of a network of national and state-based organizations. As a member of our team you’ll have the opportunity to work with, and learn from, our national staff and staff from other states and take part in national campaigns and national trainings as you build a state organization.

Location
Columbus, OH

Salary & Benefits
Salary for experienced candidates is commensurate with relevant professional experience. We offer a generous benefits package including healthcare, dependent care, and parental leave. We offer two-weeks of paid vacation in your first year, and three in your second. Opportunities for training, travel and advancement within both Ohio Fair Share and the Fare Share network are available. We require a two-year commitment for this position.

To Apply
Apply online here. Please address your cover letter to Meredith Small, Fair Share Field Director.

Ohio Fair Share is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the base of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Qualifications

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree (4 yrs. college)
Experience: At least 2 years

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