SEIU (Local 925)

Seiu 49; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health, dental, vision

Pension

Life insurance

Car allowance

Generous leave

Job summary

SEIU Local 925 seeks strategic Organizers to build power with working families across Washington. Positions are based in Seattle with irregular long hours and travel as campaigns demand. Starting pay varies by experience, ranging from $80,200 to $111,870 per year, with comprehensive union benefits.

Applicants should be committed to diverse, inclusive organizing, and able to engage communities of color, immigrants, and refugees. A valid driver’s license and car insurance are required.

Qualifications

• Preferred union organizing experience.
• Ability to work independently.
• Creativity and willingness to take risks in a supportive environment.
• Commitment to developing leaders and organizing to win issue campaigns.
• Experience working alongside communities of color and/or immigrant and refugee communities strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities at once and prioritize appropriately.
• Possess technology skills.
• Ability to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, and travel both regionally and nationally as necessary.
• Language requirement: fluent in Spanish, Somali, or Amharic.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop member leaders.
• Organize and teach workers to engage and lead their fellow union members.
• Develop workplans to engage diverse membership.
• Develop workplace organizing campaigns at all stages of a campaign.
• Conduct programs related to organizing (GOTV, literature) for large campaigns.
• Participate in legislative and political work.
• Lead relationships with community allies and labor coalitions.

Skills

Independent work

Creativity

Leader development

Diversity engagement

Prioritization

Tech skills

Evenings/weekends travel

Job description

SEIU 925 is looking for both Internal and Growth Organizers who are excited to build power with and for working families of all backgrounds, races, and genders.

About us:

The Service Employees International Union Local 925 (SEIU 925) is nearly 20,000 working people united to improve our jobs and our communities. We are education workers and public sector workers across Washington state. We are childcare providers, K-12 classified staff, higher education workers, public defenders, and county employees.

Applicants should have a passion for building power with workers, organizing, and the mission of SEIU Local 925. These positions will be based in our Seattle office. A driver’s license, vehicle insurance, and a car are required.

About the position:

SEIU Local 925 is looking for strategic and collaborative Organizers who will engage workers to build power, including through collective actions and bargaining campaigns. Our country has been in a period of sustained attack on working families. We are looking for organizers who are creative, dedicated to organizing, and unafraid to take risks and try new tactics and organizing styles. Organizer positions will be based out of the Seattle office. Please note that this is a salaried position, with irregular and long hours that vary according to campaign needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop member leaders
• Organize and teach workers to engage and lead their fellow union members.
• Seek out campaigns and issues that engage the full diversity of our membership, and develop workplans that specifically engage members who are people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, young adults, and/or from marginalized communities.
• Develop workplace organizing campaigns at all stages of a campaign, including probing and assessment, identification and development of organizing committees, and GOTV.
• Develop and conduct programs related to organizing, for example, GOTV or literature for large Campaigns, or statewide multi‑unit projects.
• Participate in legislative and political work and engage members to do so
• Lead and maintain relationships with community allies, partner organizations and labor coalitions on issue campaigns.

Qualifications:

• Preferred union organizing experience.
• Ability to work independently
• Creativity and willingness to take risks in a supportive environment
• Commitment to developing leaders and organizing to win issue campaigns
• Experience working alongside communities of color and/or immigrant and refugee communities strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities at once and prioritize appropriately.
• Possess technology skills.
• Ability to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, and travel both regionally and nationally as necessary.

Language Requirement for Internal Organizer:

To effectively serve our diverse member base, applicants for the Internal position must be fluent in at least one of the following languages: Spanish, Somali, or Amharic. This is a required qualification, as the position involves regular communication with community members who primarily speak these languages.

Compensation:

Salary and benefits are set by collective bargaining agreement.

Starting pay depends on experience, with a range of $80,200 – $111,870/year.

Benefits include fully employer‑paid family health, dental and vision insurance, a pension, life insurance, a generous leave package, car allowance, and other benefits outlined in the policies of the SEIU Local 925/PNWSU union contract.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

SEIU 925 is an affirmative action employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates without regard for race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, creed, gender, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, the presence of sensory, mental or physical disability, or any other discrimination prohibited by law. SEIU 925 works to ensure fair treatment of applicants and employees and actively enforces policies against discrimination and sexual harassment.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, creed, gender, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, the presence of sensory, mental or physical disability, or any other discrimination prohibited by law. In addition to federal law requirements, we comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the union has facilities.