Regional UniServ Staff-Option 1

California Teachers Association; Irwindale (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Twin Lakes UniServ Unit of the California Teachers Association seeks an organizer to develop strong leaders who advocate for students and public education across Baldwin Park Education Association, El Monte Elementary Teachers Association, and El Monte Union Education Association.

The successful candidate will drive strategic campaigns, recruit and train members, and build coalitions while coordinating with local leaders on policy and contract issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.
• Experience with labor organizations and education-related associations/programs at local, state and national levels.
• Demonstrated organizing, negotiating and coordinating skills to recruit members and complete complex group projects.
• Ability to work with members, leaders, professional groups and staff.
• Deep understanding of issues facing public schools and the education profession.
• Commitment to racial, social, and economic justice; workers’ rights; and funding for public education.
• Adaptable and flexible in changing campaign environments.
• Valid California driver’s license and willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong leaders who advocate for students and public education.
• Recruit and support members to lead through strategic campaigns.
• Train members and leaders on organizing, including relational organizing and small group meetings.
• Support membership recruitment, retention and engagement campaigns.
• Foster coalitions between local chapters, community organizations, and other unions.
• Serve as staff resource on negotiations, campaigns, and political action; influence officials and strengthen communications systems.
• Promote and implement CTA policies and programs.
• Represent the local chapter’s position to lay and professional groups.
• Perform other appropriate duties as assigned.

Skills

Organizing campaigns

Strategic campaigning

Negotiation

Coalition building

Public education advocacy

Communication skills

Travel flexibility

Driver’s license

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

CTA software

Job description

General Description

The Twin Lakes UniServ Unit consists of three local union chapters: Baldwin Park Education Association, El Monte Elementary Teachers Association, and El Monte Union Education Association. The districts serve residential communities along the San Gabriel mountain range to the north and east of the Los Angeles basin. The UniServ Unit employs one full-time associate staff.

The successful candidate must demonstrate strong organizing and strategic campaign skills and a commitment to the labor movement and public education.

The UniServ Unit requires excellent organizing, advocacy, and -strategic campaign skills, experience in -collective bargaining, school finance, union-representation, and contract enforcement - and the ability to use technology as a tool to deliver CTA programs and campaigns. Strong interpersonal skills and excellent oral and written communication skills are also critical in order to be successful in this assignment. Additionally, experience in political action and the ability to work effectively with coalitions and organizations serving diverse communities is important.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility is to serve as an organizer that develops strong leaders who advocate for themselves, their students and public education.
• Responsibility to assist recruiting and supporting members to lead the union and profession through strategic campaigns that promote the mission of CTA and local affiliates.
• Responsibility to support leaders in developing and implementing strategic organizing plans and to train members and leaders on all aspects of organizing, including the relationship between organizing and power and the importance and effectiveness of relational organizing based one-on-one and small group meetings.
• Responsibility to support and organize local leaders in membership recruitment, retention and engagement campaigns.
• Responsibility to foster coalitions between local chapters, community organizations, other labor unions and organizations.
• Serve as staff resource to local leaders on local programs, including negotiations, contract maintenance, political campaigns and influencing elected officials, organizational capacity building and communication systems, including electronic systems.
• Responsibility to promote and secure the implementation of CTA policies and programs.
• Represent the local chapter's position and policies to lay and professional groups.
• Performs other appropriate duties as assigned.

Qualifications - Minimum Required

• Bachelor's or higher degree preferred.
• Experience with and broad understanding of labor organizations and/or education-related associations/programs and services at local, state and national levels.
• Demonstrated organizing, negotiating and coordinating skills necessary to recruit members and potential members and successfully complete complex group projects and activities.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with members, leaders, professional groups and/or labor organizations, and staff colleagues.
• Deep understanding of the issues facing the public schools and the education profession.
• Demonstrated support for racial, social, and economic justice; worker's rights; and a well-funded public education system.
• Adaptable and flexible. Able to adjust seamlessly and effectively to changing factors and conditions that impact CTA campaigns, projects and other union programs.
• Experience in fast-paced campaigns situations, including contract campaigns, strikes and political campaigns.
• Experience in organizing and campaigning, with relentless drive to proactively surpass campaign/program goals under pressure and with the tenacity to tackle challenges head-on in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment.
• Computer proficiency and the ability to learn and use the Association's software programs.
• Ability to communicate clearly, verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work and travel regularly, including evenings and weekends.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid California driver’s license.

* This position is in a bargaining unit represented by CSO. Salaries are established by a collective bargaining agreement. Step placement is also determined by the CTA/CSO Agreement.