Senior Travel-Based Physician Organizer Lead

Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) AFSCME Local 206; California City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Travel expenses covered

Job summary

The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD/AFSCME Local 206) seeks an Experienced Organizer for a travel-based campaign across California. You will sustain deployment to UC medical centers and physician worksites, supporting the UC physician organizing effort.

The role requires 2–5+ years of external organizing experience, preferably in healthcare or academia. You will engage physicians one-on-one, map workplaces, develop leaders, and drive results in a fast-paced, metrics-driven

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of successful external organizing experience.
• Healthcare, professional-worker, higher-education, or UC experience preferred; demonstrated organizing ability matters more than sector background.
• Comfort working with highly educated professional workers and in a metrics-driven campaign environment.

Responsibilities

• Own an assigned physician universe: build relationships across departments, specialties, clinics, and hospitals.
• Conduct a high volume of substantive one-on-one organizing conversations and record honest assessments the same day.
• Identify workplace issues and institutional pressures; develop physician leaders.
• Recruit and develop physician organizing committees and move physicians through assessment, leadership, participation, and commitment.
• Create and maintain detailed workplace maps and use data to set priorities and plan moves.
• Prepare physician leaders to have organizing conversations and take ownership of the campaign.
• Meet weekly and campaign-wide organizing goals and participate in debriefs and accountability processes.

Skills

One-on-one organizing

Relationship building

Independent work

Metrics-driven environment

Job description

The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD/AFSCME Local 206) seeks an Experienced Organizer for a travel-based campaign across California. You will sustain deployment to UC medical centers and physician worksites, supporting the UC physician organizing effort.

The role requires 2–5+ years of external organizing experience, preferably in healthcare or academia. You will engage physicians one-on-one, map workplaces, develop leaders, and drive results in a fast-paced, metrics-driven