Job Description
Role: The Organizer is a key leadership role in our union. The responsibility of the Organizer includes leadership identification, recruiting, organizing, and mobilizing workers to participate in the movement to improve the lives of working people, our patients/consumers, and our communities and build a more just society. Organizers build the union through developing member leaders.
Location: PA
Duties and Responsibilities: An Organizer performs a wide range of duties, which may vary according to the needs of the union program or a specific campaign. Examples of those duties and responsibilities:
- Identify, recruit, and develop member leaders to lead coworkers and help lead the union's programs and campaigns (including collective bargaining, workplace issues organizing, strategic engagement with employers, improving patient/resident care, new organizing, building political power).
- Develop member leaders and support union chapters to achieve high standards of organization, including high levels of membership and the union's current COPE political action fundraising standard
- Lead contract negotiations, working closely and effectively with elected negotiating committees composed of member leaders.
- Develop campaigns based on collective issues and lead workers into collective action.
- Collaborate on contract enforcement with our member resource center staff (MRC).
- Support members in developing effective labor relations with their employer.
Key Qualifications: An Organizer needs to be able to effectively:
- Listen to workers' issues, lay out the vision of the union, move workers to overcome their reservations and obstacles, and inspire and motivate them to get involved in union campaigns and activities.
- Take initiative and be creative in developing new roles for members within the union and provide the support needed to be successful.
- Establish and cultivate productive and respectful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds, including members and other staff.
- Display sound organizational skills to plan and manage and prioritize work and balance conflicting demands subject to deadlines in a dynamic and changing environment.
- Work independently and carry out assigned responsibilities in a competent and professional manner in keeping with the union's overall goals and expectations.
- Understand and utilize basic technology (including word processing and database software, internet, etc
Work Expectations:
- Organizers will need to work long and irregular hours and work on weekends and holidays when necessary based on campaigns.
- Organizers must have a valid Driver's license and regular access to a vehicle (mileage is reimbursed at the IRS rate).
Compensation: Competitive salary range of $61,000-$86,000 depending on experience and benefits package including fully-paid health insurance, defined-benefit pension, optional 401(k), etc.
About us: SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania is the largest and fastest-growing union of caregivers across the continuum of healthcare. We are the nurses, professional and technical employees, direct care, and service workers in Pennsylvania's hospitals, nursing homes, home- and community-based care services, and state health facilities. Together, we work to unite all nurses and healthcare workers, organize at work and in the community, drive public policy and legislation, and build a broad, strong movement for good jobs, quality care, and healthy communities across Pennsylvania.
COVID-19 SAFETY POLICY NOTICE: Subject to applicable law, all prospective hires should have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement, in accordance with applicable law. SEIU
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