Organizing Coordinator

American Association of University Professors; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Association of University Professors is seeking an Organizing Coordinator to advance campaigns nationwide, support organizers, and help move the organization toward greater member engagement.

This role involves extensive travel across the United States, mentoring staff, developing campaign goals, and ensuring compliance with labor laws while building strong relationships with faculty and workers.

Qualifications

• 12 or more years of union organizing experience, including at least five (5) years leading successful organizing campaigns.
• Experience leading organizing campaigns involving bargaining units of 500 or more workers.
• Demonstrated experience supervising, mentoring, and developing organizers and campaign staff.
• Strong leadership, communication, facilitation, and meeting management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, identify, and develop workplace leaders.
• Experience using campaign data and metrics to evaluate progress and inform organizing strategy.
• Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Ability to perform with frequent interruptions and/or distractions.
• Ability to pivot and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Oversee NLRB elections, state employee elections, and develop campaign strategies.
• Mentor and develop organizers by providing coaching, performance feedback, and professional development to strengthen organizing skills and leadership capacity.
• Build and develop effective organizing teams by identifying, recruiting, and cultivating workplace leaders.
• Partner with organizers to establish campaign goals, metrics, and data-driven strategies that assess progress and inform organizing priorities.
• Utilize membership databases and standard office software to support campaign planning, tracking, and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal and state labor laws related to higher education organizing.
• Build strong relationships with faculty, workers, and other stakeholders to advance organizing campaigns in higher education.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Union organizing experience

Leading campaigns

Mentoring staff

Leadership

Communication

Facilitation

Meeting management

Recruiting leaders

Data analytics

Independent work

Job description

American Association of University Professors

Department of Organizing and Services

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is pleased to announce a position for an Organizing Coordinator, to be filled as soon as possible. AAUP is a fast-growing union of higher education workers. We are mobilizing the higher ed sector against increasing partisan attacks that undermine academic freedom and attacks on important gains of the civil rights movement. Our goal is to defend the higher ed sector while also leading the fight for fair wages, job security, academic freedom, an end to student debt, and expanded collective bargaining rights for higher education workers. AAUP is looking for an individual who will help transform the Association into an organized, fighting union.

The organizing coordinator will join our growing organizing department. They will support organizers across different external campaigns, with the primary goal of helping to develop staff and move the campaign forward. This position requires extensive travel throughout the United States and will report to the Director of Organizing and Services. The organizing coordinator will work with the director to develop short- and long-term goals that move the organization toward membership growth and growing sectoral power.

The AAUP is committed to a diverse workforce and strives to achieve a workplace environment respectful of the many cultures of our own employees and the higher education workers we represent, including a significant number of African-American, Asian-American/Pacific Islander, and Latinx employees, as well as LGBTQl-identified employees, and those who have immigrated from various countries. The AAUP values the benefits that diversity brings to the faculty profession and the labor movement. We seek applicants whose experience and perspective will contribute to strong representation of our diverse members.

Duties and Responsibilities

The position will include the following responsibilities:

• Oversee NLRB elections, state employee elections, and develop campaign strategies.
• Mentor and develop organizers by providing coaching, performance feedback, and professional development to strengthen organizing skills and leadership capacity.
• Build and develop effective organizing teams by identifying, recruiting, and cultivating workplace leaders.
• Partner with organizers to establish campaign goals, metrics, and data-driven strategies that assess progress and inform organizing priorities.
• Utilize membership databases and standard office software to support campaign planning, tracking, and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal and state labor laws related to higher education organizing.
• Build strong relationships with faculty, workers, and other stakeholders to advance organizing campaigns in higher education.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 12 or more years of union organizing experience, including at least five (5) years leading successful organizing campaigns.
• Experience leading organizing campaigns involving bargaining units of 500 or more workers.
• Demonstrated experience supervising, mentoring, and developing organizers and campaign staff.
• Strong leadership, communication, facilitation, and meeting management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, identify, and develop workplace leaders.
• Experience using campaign data and metrics to evaluate progress and inform organizing strategy.
• Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Ability to perform with frequent interruptions and/or distractions.
• Ability to pivot and work independently.