Organizing Lead - UC Physician Campaign

Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) AFSCME Local 206; California City (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Equipment provided

Mileage reimbursement and travel exp.

Job summary

Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) AFSCME Local 206 is seeking an Organizing Lead for a travel-based campaign across California. The role focuses on one-on-one organizing, workplace mapping, leadership development, and sustained deployment to UC medical centers and physician worksites.

The position requires 5–8+ years of external campaign experience, with a track record of leading teams and delivering results. Travel is statewide and schedule varies with campaign needs.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of external campaign experience, including leadership on a large campaign.
• Experience managing organizers: assignments, coaching, and performance.
• Fluency in campaign data and mapping, assessments, follow-through.
• Ability to build and defend a campaign plan and guide staff toward majority.
• Healthcare, physician, higher-education, or professional-worker organizing preferred; UC experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own campaign execution across your assigned region and medical centers: targets, turf design, and weekly results.
• Manage and coach a team of Experienced Organizers and Organizer Associates; run weekly accountability with real metrics.
• Troubleshoot weak turf personally — diagnose from the data, deploy to the field, and fix it.
• Maintain assessment quality and data discipline across the team; the tracker is the campaign's source of truth.
• Supervise relationship handoffs from existing staff and protect institutional knowledge during staffing transition.
• Report weekly to the Director of Organizing against the campaign scorecard; flag risk early and honestly.
• Develop physician leaders and committees capable of carrying the campaign without staff driving every move.

Job description

Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD)
AFSCME Local 206

Organizing Lead

UC Physician Campaign Travel-based role with sustained deployment to UC medical centers and physician worksites across California

(periodic statewide travel)

Salary: $125,000 – $145,000 annually, depending on experience
Hiring priority: Critical — this position is hired first.

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.

Who we're looking for:

5–8+ years of external campaign experience, including campaign leadership: you have managed people, numbers, turf, and accountability on a large campaign — and won.

Position Details

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 campaign execution across your assigned region and medical centers: targets, turf design, and weekly results.
• Manage and coach a team of Experienced Organizers and Organizer Associates; run weekly accountability with real metrics.
• Troubleshoot weak turf personally — diagnose from the data, deploy to the field, and fix it.
• Maintain assessment quality and data discipline across the team; the tracker is the campaign's source of truth.
• Supervise relationship handoffs from existing staff and protect institutional knowledge during the staffing transition.
• Report weekly to the Director of Organizing against the campaign scorecard; flag risk early and honestly.
• Develop physician leaders and committees capable of carrying the campaign without staff driving every move.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrated leadership of external organizing campaigns at scale, with measurable results you can walk through in detail.
• Experience managing organizers: assignments, coaching, performance correction, and retention.
• Fluency in campaign data — you make decisions from maps, assessments, and follow-through rates, and you can teach others to.
• Ability to build and defend a campaign plan, coach staff lives, and explain the path to majority.
• Healthcare, physician, higher-education, or professional-worker organizing strongly preferred; UC experience a plus.

What Success Looks Like

Within 90 days: your organizers own defined turfs with current assessments; every weak spot has a named repair plan; handoffs from existing staff are documented; and you can answer, for your whole region — who have we talked to, where do they stand, who influences whom, and what must happen this week to move toward majority.

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.