Coordinator

Seiu49; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 113,083 - 118,808; Full time

Job summary

SEIU Local 2015 is seeking a Coordinator in Los Angeles to manage programs and campaigns aimed at empowering long-term care workers. The role includes leading a team, strategizing field plans, and collaborating with various departments to enhance union efforts.

Qualified candidates will possess 5+ years in union organizing and demonstrate strong leadership abilities. The position requires effective communication skills and a commitment to fostering an inclusive environment. The salary ranges from $113,083.29 to $118,808.13 annually.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in union or community organizing and representation.
• 2+ years of experience in leading large staff teams across multiple geographies or program areas.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound independent judgment with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and supervise a team of staff.
• Create and evaluate strategic field plans across multiple industries.
• Collaborate with local union departments to align organizational priorities.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Leadership

Cultural competence

Team management

Organizational skills

Education

5+ years of experience in union/community organizing

2+ years leading teams across multiple programs

Job description

About SEIU Local 2015

SEIU Local 2015 is the largest union of long-term care workers in California, representing more than half a million home care, skilled nursing facility, and assisted living center workers across the state. Our members are united in their commitment to caring for California’s older adults and people with disabilities while building power for workers and their communities.

Position Purpose

Coordinators manage programs and campaigns that reach key strategic outcomes and empower workers across the long term-care sector to raise standards and enforce their rights through forming, building, and growing their union and reaching political, legislative and policy goals.

SEIU Local 2015 Coordinators may be assigned to work with and on behalf of workers who are already in our local, or with and on behalf of workers who are in the process of building a union for the first time.

The core role of the Coordinator is to provide leadership, direction and development to staff and members, and coordinate large pieces of program or campaign across a geography, program area, or industry. As part of the leadership team, the Coordinator collaborates implementation of SEIU Local 2015 members’ Mission, Vision, Values and Organizational Priorities.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Coordinator performs a wide range of duties and responsibilities under the leadership and direction of the Director or Deputy Director which may include but is not limited to:

• Lead, coach, supervise, assign, and evaluate team of staff including developing individual work plans and overseeing their implementation and evaluation.
• Create, execute and evaluate strategic field plans and campaigns across multiple geographies and/or industries to achieve results, in collaboration with team and other departments.
• Develop campaign budgets, oversee office administration. Authorize expenditures within the campaign budget.
• Build high performing industry, regional and campaign teams, including development, accountability and oversight of personnel functions of the team - recruitment, interviews and staff hiring; staff schedules, approvals for time off, assignments.
• Collaborate with various local union departments to ensure alignment of organizational priorities grounded in the work of organizing new members, bargaining, representation, political engagement, and leadership development.
• Demonstrate SEIU Local 2015 Core values: leadership, compassion, empowerment, accountability, transparency and excellence.
• Other duties as assigned.

Scope and Nature of Supervision

Coordinators will report to their assigned Deputy Director or Director.

Working Conditions

• Willingness and ability to work long, irregular hours, including weekends and holidays.
• Must have a valid California driver’s license, reliable use of car for work, and required automobile insurance
• Willingness and ability to travel; the position covers large geographic areas and often requires temporary assignments away from home
• Work is generally performed in the field with members and outside constituents.

Qualifications

Required Competencies

• Lead with vision and purpose to inspire staff and members to engage in and lead on key union priorities, including politics, growth and membership
• Foster equity and inclusion, including cultural competence to work with diverse staff and communities, commitment to building an anti-racist organization
• Ignite motivation to achieve results, including coach and model, practice active listening and self-reflection, give and receive authentic feedback, and hold oneself and one’s team accountable to commitments and outcomes
• Build and lead great teams, including managing goals, roles, processes and relationships, relationship building, and working collaboratively across departments
• Develop self and others using collective ownership and consistent evaluation and self-reflection, and accountability to outcomes
• Organize their own work and the work of their team, including create clear roles and responsibilities, clear communication, organize their time and support staff to do the same, and demonstrate self-motivation
• Highly effective oral, written and digital communication skills
• Computer and digital literacy relevant to the position

Experience and Education

• 5+ years of experience in union or community organizing and representation.
• 2+ years of experience in leading large staff teams across multiple geographies or program areas.
• Demonstrated leadership and commitment to the goals of SEIU and its leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise a high level of judgment and to work independently with elected leaders in complex political and local union situations.
• Demonstrated experience in all elements of creating and executing field/organizing program and campaigns, including developing & leading teams, staff supervision, planning, evaluation, budgeting, and accountability to outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in leading bargaining and/or new worker organizing campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing environments and ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound independent judgment with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams to meet goals around membership, COPE, leader development, and building worker organization
• Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate data on program or campaign area, and use data to guide decisions
• Demonstrated knowledge of the long-term care industry and labor laws

Salary Range

$113,083.29 – $118,808.13/year

SEIU Local 2015 is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to recruiting and hiring without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.