Manager of Organizing

Washington State Nurses Association; Tukwila (WA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Washington State Nurses Association is seeking a strategic Manager of Organizing to lead external organizing and first-contract campaigns, supervise staff, and build worker-led networks across Washington.

You will partner with member leaders, develop goals, and guide data-driven strategies to strengthen bargaining units and improve patient care. This role emphasizes DEI, staff development, and collaborative work with unions.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in labor organizing, union representation, worker advocacy, political or issue-based campaigning, community organizing, or related field.
• At least three years of direct supervisory or management experience, including staff coaching and performance management.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience leading external organizing campaigns, including worker-leader identification, committee development, and transition to bargaining or first-contract work.
• A track record of building worker leadership, organizing committees, volunteer networks, and ongoing member engagement.
• Strong campaign-planning, project-management, communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to travel periodically and work evenings/weekends as campaign needs require.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and assessment of external organizing and first-contract transition campaigns.
• Recruit, supervise, coach, develop, and evaluate organizing staff.
• Build and sustain worker-leader networks, workplace organizing committees, and member volunteer structures.
• Partner with Labor Representatives and member leaders on internal organizing, contract, issue, and membership campaigns.
• Develop campaign goals, timelines, staffing plans, communication strategies, escalation tactics, and performance measures.
• Monitor campaign progress and use organizing data to identify opportunities, assess risks, and make strategic recommendations.
• Coordinate with colleagues across labor relations, communications, political, membership, research, and information technology functions.
• Build productive relationships with unions, coalitions, community organizations, and other organizing partners.
• Advance WSNA’s commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility in staff leadership, campaign strategy, and member engagement.

Skills

Campaign planning

Project management

Communication

Facilitation

Relationship building

Staff coaching

Political awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

CRM systems

Organizing databases

Job description

Build nurse power. Strengthen workplaces. Advance patient care.

The Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA) is seeking a strategic, experienced, and values-driven Manager of Organizing to help nurses build collective power and improve the conditions that shape their work and the care patients receive. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for an accomplished organizer who is energized by building worker leadership, developing staff, winning campaigns, and helping nurses turn shared concerns into lasting workplace change.

The opportunity

Reporting to the Director of Organizing, the Manager of Organizing leads assigned external organizing and first-contract transition campaigns while partnering with Labor Representatives, member leaders, and cross-functional staff on internal organizing, contract, issue, political, and membership-engagement campaigns.

You will supervise and develop organizing staff, build strong worker-led committees, use campaign data to guide strategy, and help shape organizing systems that expand WSNA’s reach and impact. You will work alongside nurses and colleagues committed to strengthening bargaining units, advancing employment standards, and supporting quality patient care throughout Washington.

Why WSNA

At WSNA, you will join a mission-driven organization that believes nurses’ collective voice is essential to safe staffing, professional respect, strong workplace standards, and quality patient care. This role offers the opportunity to lead meaningful work with skilled colleagues and nurse leaders across Washington State. WSNA is committed to building a workplace and labor movement that is welcoming, equitable, inclusive, and accessible. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds and identities to apply.

What you will do

• Lead the planning, execution, and assessment of external organizing and first-contract transition campaigns.
• Recruit, supervise, coach, develop, and evaluate organizing staff.
• Build and sustain worker-leader networks, workplace organizing committees, and member volunteer structures.
• Partner with Labor Representatives and member leaders on internal organizing, contract, issue, and membership campaigns.
• Develop campaign goals, timelines, staffing plans, communication strategies, escalation tactics, and performance measures.
• Monitor campaign progress and use organizing data to identify opportunities, assess risks, and make strategic recommendations.
• Support interventions that help prevent or reverse bargaining-unit destabilization or decertification efforts.
• Coordinate with colleagues across labor relations, communications, political, membership, research, and information technology functions.
• Build productive relationships with unions, coalitions, community organizations, and other organizing partners.
• Advance WSNA’s commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility in staff leadership, campaign strategy, and member engagement.

What you bring

• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in labor organizing, union representation, worker advocacy, political or issue-based campaigning, community organizing, or a related field.
• At least three (3) years of direct supervisory or management experience, including staff coaching, development, performance management, workload planning, and accountability.
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and progressively responsible related experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading external organizing campaigns, including worker-leader identification, committee development, campaign planning, recognition or election activity, and transition to bargaining or first-contract work.
• A record of building meaningful worker leadership, organizing committees, volunteer networks, and sustained member engagement.
• Strong campaign-planning, project-management, communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
• Sound judgment, discretion, political awareness, and the ability to manage multiple complex and time-sensitive priorities.
• A demonstrated commitment to nurses, workers, the labor movement, and improving employment and patient-care standards.
• Ability to travel periodically and work occasional evenings and weekends as campaign and organizational needs require.

Especially valuable experience

• Healthcare, public-sector, nonprofit, or other highly regulated-industry organizing.
• First-contract, contract, membership, workplace issue, or anti-decertification campaigns.
• Power mapping, workplace assessment, campaign research, leader identification, and data-informed campaign analysis.
• Organizing databases, CRM systems, digital organizing platforms, peer-to-peer texting, and secure communications tools.
• Managing staff in a unionized or collective-bargaining environment.
• Coalition work with labor federations, unions, community organizations, advocacy organizations, or political partners.
• Training and leadership development for staff, members, volunteers, or workplace leaders.

Work environment

This exempt position is based in Washington State and reports to the Director of Organizing. Hybrid schedules may be available when consistent with job responsibilities and supervisor approval. The role requires periodic travel, along with occasional evening and weekend work.

WSNA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment process.