Experienced Organizer - UC Physician Campaign

Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) AFSCME Local 206; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Mileage reimbursement

Travel expenses covered

Job summary

Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD/AFSCME Local 206) seeks an Experienced Organizer for a UC Physician Campaign. The role is travel-based with sustained deployment to UC medical centers and physician worksites across California, including statewide travel. Salary ranges from $90,000 to $115,000 annually, depending on experience.

Strong coordination and leadership skills are required. Full-time position with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in one-on-one organizing with demonstrated results.
• Experience using maps, lists, or databases for organizing campaigns.
• Ability to develop physician leaders and organizing committees.

Responsibilities

• Own an assigned physician universe: build relationships across departments, specialties, clinics, and hospitals.
• Conduct high-volume one-on-one organizing conversations and document assessments the same day.
• Identify workplace issues and develop physician leaders.
• Recruit and develop physician organizing committees.
• Create and maintain workplace maps; use data to set priorities and plan moves.
• Prepare physician leaders for organizing conversations and campaign ownership.
• Meet weekly goals and participate in debriefs; help develop Organizer Associates.

Skills

One-on-one organizing

Relationship building

Leadership development

Campaign planning

Communications

Job description

Job Title

Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) AFSCME Local 206 Experienced Organizer UC Physician Campaign

Position Overview

Travel-based role with sustained deployment to UC medical centers and physician worksites across California (periodic statewide travel).

Salary: $90,000 – $115,000 annually, depending on experience.

Hiring priority: Highest hiring priority — two positions.

The Opportunity

The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD/AFSCME Local 206) — the nation’s largest union of fully licensed doctors, representing physicians and dentists in California since 1972 — is running a major campaign to organize physicians across the University of California system. UAPD already holds a ratified UC contract covering Student Health physicians. This campaign extends physician-governed representation to attendings across six campuses. Physicians are a sophisticated, decentralized workforce; this work centers on intensive one-on-one organizing, workplace mapping, leadership identification, committee development, disciplined assessment, and relentless follow-through.

Status: Full-time.

Base & travel: Travel-based role with sustained deployment to UC medical centers and physician worksites across California; periodic statewide travel.

Schedule: Campaign schedule: early mornings, evenings, and occasional weekends as the work requires.

Benefits

• Full benefits package; equipment, mileage, and travel expenses covered

Core Responsibilities

• Own an assigned physician universe: build relationships across departments, specialties, clinics, and hospitals.
• Conduct a high volume of substantive one-on-one organizing conversations and record honest assessments the same day.
• Identify the workplace issues and institutional pressures motivating physicians; identify and develop respected physician leaders.
• Recruit and develop physician organizing committees; move physicians from first contact through assessment, leadership, participation, and commitment.
• Create and maintain detailed workplace and relationship maps; use the data to set priorities, find gaps, and choose next moves.
• Prepare physician leaders to have organizing conversations and take increasing ownership of the campaign.
• Meet defined weekly and campaign-wide organizing goals; participate in debriefs and accountability systems; assist in developing Organizer Associates when assigned.

What We're Looking For

• Strong one-on-one organizing ability with a track record you can evidence — universes owned, leaders developed, committees built, results won.
• Ability to make and defend organizing assessments, and to manage an assigned universe independently.
• Experience working from maps, lists, or organizing databases with strong personal follow-through.
• Comfort and credibility with highly educated professional workers; sound judgment about when and how to move people into action.
• Comfort receiving direct feedback in a metrics-driven campaign environment.

What Success Looks Like

You can answer, for your universe, at any time: who have we talked to, what do they care about, where do they stand, who influences whom, who are the organic leaders, where are our weaknesses, and what is the next organizing move. Your job is not to contact physicians — it is to build durable physician organization.

Hiring Process

Résumé screen (decision within 24 hours) → 30-minute phone interview → scored organizing simulation with a skeptical UC physician → mapping and strategy exercise (experienced roles) → final panel → references and offer. Strong candidates move from application to offer in 5–7 business days; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and exceptional candidates may receive offers before the posting closes.

UAPD is committed to building a diverse organizing team and encourages applications from organizers of varied backgrounds and organizing traditions. Experience with AFSCME, SEIU, CIR, UPTE/CWA, UAW, NUHW, CNA/NNU, AFT, or comparable programs is relevant but not required.