Assistant Director, Organizing Capacity Program

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🕒 May 30

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $135.6k / year

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SEIU

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1921

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

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

• The Assistant Director of the Organizing Capacity Center is responsible for the development, execution and coordination of training programs and other learning opportunities designed to build the organizing capacity of SEIU for the International Union and Local Union staff. • The Assistant Director must be able to assess the organizing capacity gaps and identify strategies, opportunities and learning spaces to address them. • Developing and executing new organizing capacity building programs working with senior organizing leadership. • Assessing organizing capacity gaps and identifying programmatic solutions; training, learning spaces and developmental opportunities. • Collaboration and coordination with campaigns, IU Organizing Hub and locals unions in developing and implementing capacity building strategies and programs. • Assist the Organizing Capacity Center Director in developing and implementing strategies to strengthen and build the organizing community at the IU and Local Unions. • Building capacity through mentoring and coaching of senior local leadership. • Developing and executing training programs for organizing staff that align with new (external) organizing campaign goals and strategies and SEIU's overall goals. • Creating and writing relevant and effective training materials, including curricula, hand-outs, PowerPoint presentations, and interactive exercises. • Learning and utilizing creative training techniques and approaches to teach concepts, skills, and best practices of union organizing, campaign execution and staff development. • Adapting teaching strategies according to the training audience and applying the best approaches to maximize the learning opportunities of trainees. • Work in coordination with IU Organizing Hub, other IU Hubs and depts and/or local union leadership to develop and implement strategic trainings, programs and other components for building organizing capacity. • Provides leadership in upholding SEIU’s overall organizing, campaigning and staff development. • Facilitating and providing feedback in large and small group training discussions, exercises and practice labs to support participants development and enhance their understanding of and ability to utilize training information and materials in the classroom and field.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum ten (10) years of new (external) labor organizing experience; or a combination of a minimum of seven (7) years external labor organizing and three (3) years of internal (member) organizing or relevant issue-based community organizing. • A minimum of seven (7) years of campaign management experience, including supervising, leading and developing organizing staff or teams. • Three (3) years of experience in developing curriculum and training and demonstrated experience with adult education or training a plus. • Graduation from a two- or four-year college is not necessary but helpful. • Bilingual fluency in English/Spanish is preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive health benefits • major medical, dental and vision for employee and eligible dependents • domestic partner benefits • competitive salaries • generous holidays and vacation policies • pension plan • 401(K) Plan