Assistant Director of Communications – Organizing

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $135.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🗣️ Communications

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SEIU

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1921

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

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Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

SEIU is a labor union representing about 2 million members across healthcare, public sector, and property services. It organizes workers, negotiates collective bargaining agreements, provides member services and benefits, and advocates for worker rights, economic justice, and public policy changes to improve wages, benefits, workplace safety, and equity. SEIU runs campaigns, communications, and community outreach to build worker power and advance a vision for a more just and equitable society.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute public-facing national, regional, and state communications strategy around SEIU’s unionwide priorities and campaigns • Lead development and execution of communications across SEIU’s organizing priorities, focusing on worker-centered campaign communications • Build and develop a team of campaign communicators to execute priority campaigns • Write strategic communications plans and oversee talking points and campaign materials, op-eds, background pieces, fact sheets, press kits, leaflets, brochures, and other collateral • Collaborate with digital strategy, communications, and design teams to produce multimedia materials • Create and share communications strategy, messaging, and materials with IU Division and campaign staff • Drive engagement of workers and stakeholders and build awareness of SEIU’s organizing demands • Coordinate strategic communications plans and goals as part of the communications department’s senior leadership team • Support internal and cross-sector movement building • Provide leadership as a key member of the national organizing communications team • Directly supervise individuals, campaign communications managers, staff, and consultants, if applicable • Plan, budget, and manage projects in coordination with divisions, departments, and campaign leaders • Prioritize growth and development of communications staff through training, feedback, reviews, and career development • Perform other duties as required to assist the International Union • Travel frequently with overnight stays and work long and irregular hours as required

🎯 Requirements

• Five to seven years of related work experience or combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities • Knowledge of unions and other advocacy organizations preferred • Priority given to candidates with real-world communications and organizing experience, regardless of formal education • Must be available for frequent travel with overnight stays required • Long and irregular hours • Knowledge and ability to develop and execute communications strategy • Ability to write strategic communications plans, talking points, campaign materials, op-eds, background pieces, fact sheets, press kit materials, leaflets, brochures, and other collateral materials • Ability to work with digital strategy, communications, and design teams to produce multimedia materials • Clear and effective planning, budgeting, and project management abilities • Ability to coordinate with divisions, departments, and campaign leaders • Ability to manage, train, provide feedback to, and support the development of communications staff • Ability to act and organize time with independence • Ability to handle multiple priority projects simultaneously and meet established deadlines • Ability to represent the International Union with independent judgment and a high level of professionalism

🏖️ Benefits

• A comprehensive, employer-sponsored health benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage • A defined benefit pension plan • Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays • Additional benefits consistent with a mission-driven workplace