Labor Leadership Programs Associate, Labor Leadership Initiatives - NYC

Zymtronix Catalytic Systems Inc; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Employee wellness programs

Educational benefits

Job summary

An educational institution seeks a Labor Leadership Programs Associate to support leadership development programs in New York, NY. Responsibilities include coordinating retreats, delivering tailored organizational development offerings, and maintaining relationships with union leaders. Candidates should have a Master's degree and at least seven years of labor movement experience. This role offers a salary of $112,000 to $125,000 and encourages a hybrid work schedule.

Qualifications

• A minimum of seven years of experience in the labor movement.
• Demonstrated practical experience applying organizational development.
• Significant experience with adult education principles.

Responsibilities

• Support leadership development programs.
• Coordinate and train facilitation teams.
• Develop and deliver organizational development offerings.

Skills

Organizational development

Adult education

Leadership development

Networking

Curriculum design

Education

Master's degree in a related field

Job description

Labor Leadership Programs Associate, Labor Leadership Initiatives - NYC

This position is located in New York, NY, within the ILR School at 570 Lexington Ave (or may be based remotely). The role requires significant travel for retreats and customized union programs.

The School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University has an immediate opening for a **Labor Leadership Programs Associate – Senior Extension Associate / Extension Associate** in the Labor Leadership Initiatives (LLI) within the NYC Extension/Outreach Division.

Our Team:

Over 20 years ago, Cornell ILR founded the New York State Union Leadership Institute (ULI), a powerful retreat‑based program offered in conjunction with the NY State AFL‑CIO. The yearly cohort supports union staff and leaders, helping them leverage increased power and reach the highest-level staff and elected positions. In 2013, a sister program, the National Labor Leadership Initiative (NLLI), was created for high‑level national leaders, followed by the Global Labor Leadership Initiative in partnership with the Solidarity Center.

Our programs also work directly with stakeholder organizations to bring curricula into individual unions and worker organizations. To date we have offered NLLI/ULI curricula to staff and leaders at multiple unions across the US.

We are a growing and dynamic team seeking people interested in building an innovative program with deep, meaningful impact on the labor movement.

What you will do:

This position supports two flagship leadership development programs: the New York State Union Leadership Institute and the Global Labor Leadership Institute. The associate will play a key role in all ULI retreats and anchor the GLLI program, liaising with partners, coordinating retreats, teaching current curriculum, and expanding offerings by researching and developing new modules. The associate will maintain relationships with key union leaders and provide tailored organizational and leadership development support to stakeholder organizations.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Participate on facilitation teams for ULI & GLLI;
• Coordinate and train facilitation teams, including orienting new facilitators to our methods and approach;
• Develop and deliver tailored organizational development offerings as needed by stakeholders, including strategic planning and staff/leader retreat facilitation;
• Build specialized and new organizational change curriculum for retreats and/or offer new programs leading organizational change in unions;
• Incorporate perspectives of multiple communities in new and existing offerings; work with consultants and staff to offer inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing programs;
• Play a strong role in other retreat series and participate in existing contracts;
• Develop and maintain program infrastructure, including fundraising, communications, and specialized program needs.

Senior Extension Associate / Extension Associate is an academic, full‑time, non‑tenure track, term position with an initial appointment through June 30, 2028. Reappointment is based on performance, funding, and work.

What we need:

• Master’s degree in a related field (industrial and labor relations, labor law, human resources, organizational behavior, economics, etc.);
• Minimum seven years of experience in the labor movement, as staff or elected leader in a union or worker organization; experience in multiple organizations preferred;
• Demonstrated practical experience applying organizational development to the labor movement—strategic planning, internal leadership development, external client work;
• Significant experience with adult education (union education program, adult education principles, adult learners);
• Demonstrated ability to design participatory curriculum;
• Professional leadership and network development at state, regional, national, or international levels in relevant networks;
• Ability to travel frequently for retreats and customized union programs;
• Experience modeling inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing values and programs.

You will be a top candidate with our preferred qualifications:

• Terminal degree in a related field preferred;
• Experience working with at least two of the following: worker organizing, political organizing, policy/legislation, collective bargaining, representation, leadership development, coalition building;
• Certificate or credential in organizational development;
• Experience with multiple unions or worker organizations;
• Experience with federated labor bodies (national AFL‑CIO, State AFL‑CIO, or Central Labor Council/Area Labor Federation);
• Minimum 1‑3 years of project‑management experience (coordination, budgets, logistics);
• Ability to lead or support inclusion initiatives.

ILR School Outreach appreciates employees by offering a 3:2 campus‑to‑home hybrid schedule.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Salary $112,000 to $125,000 commensurate with rank, experience, qualifications, and location.

Cornell appreciates employees with great rewards and benefits.

Cornell offers educational benefits, wellness programs, employee discounts, health care options, paid leave provisions, and superior retirement contributions.

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To Apply:

Submit a vita and letter of application describing qualifications, research agenda, and teaching/training experience through Academic Jobs Online: http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31134

Application materials should be submitted through Academic Jobs Online.

Pay Ranges:

• Prior relevant work or industry experience;
• Education level (relevant to the position);
• Academic discipline;
• Unique applicable skills.

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We offer employee wellness, workshops, childcare and adoption assistance, parental leave, and flexible work options.