Organizer Coordinator SEIU 221

Title: Organizing Coordinator

Location: San Diego CA

The Organizing Coordinator is a staff leadership position responsible for the daytoday operations of the Organizing Department while providing leadership direction and development to staff and members. The position is responsible for internal organizing bargaining coordinating members training coaching planning campaigns to execution and data tracking. The position reports directly to the Staff Director. As part of the leadership team the Organizing Coordinator collaborates implementation of SEIU 221 Mission Vision Values and Organizational Priorities.

Required Competencies:

• Lead with vision and purpose to inspire staff and members to engage in and lead on key union priorities including strength leadership development and political strength.
• Foster equityand inclusion including cultural competenceto work with diverse staff and communities and commitment to building an antiracist organization.
• Ignite motivation to achieve results including coach and model practice active listening and selfreflection give and receive authentic feedback and hold oneself and ones team accountable to commitments and outcomes.
• Build and lead great teams including managing goals roles processes and data relationship building and working collaboratively across departments.
• Develop self and others using collective ownership and consistent evaluation selfreflection and accountability to outcomes.
• Organize their own work and the work of their team including clear roles and responsibilities clear communication organize their time and support of staff to do the same and demonstrate selfmotivation.
• Highly effective oral written and digital communication skills.
• Computer and digital literacy relevant to the position.
• Minimum of 5 years of managing a staff of five or more people.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage internal organizing campaigns including membership and COPE drives issue campaigns and contract fights that support the overall vision and priorities of the Local.
• Serve as Lead Negotiator and campaign strategist for multiple contracts and meet and confer processes while training assigned staff to bargain and lead contract campaigns.
• Plan lead and support actions of all types and sizes including leafletting unity breaks worksite rallies informational pickets and strikes at multiple worksites simultaneously while reporting numbers to the Staff Director.
• Supervise the work of all staff within the Organizing department to carry out programs reach benchmarks and achieve goals
• Conduct consistent Organizing Team meetings trainings and ononone meetings with staff to review and plan their work assignments in order to achieve the organizations 3 initiatives.
• Provide support when requested by the Staff Director in recruiting and hiring staff conducting annual performance evaluations and developing individualized professional development plans for assigned staff.
• Issue nondisciplinary Corrective Action when necessary to improve staff performance as well as Disciplinary Action when Corrective Action is not successful or appropriate with the Staff Directors approval.
  Recommend higher levels of Disciplinary Action to the Staff Director and assist with the disciplinary process up to and including the termination of staff when necessary.
• Manage programs to recruit and develop job stewards new member leaders union leave Stewards Council Worksite Committees and Contract Action Teams.
• Ensure all staff are involving rankandfile members job stewards and workplace leaders in development of organizing strategies and tactics always ensuring understanding commitment and participation in campaigns.
• Develop strategies and tactics that promote classconsciousness and advance antiracist antisexist and other antioppressive struggles of working people.
• Maintain strong working relationships with community organizations political allies and other unions and work collaboratively to identify common good bargaining demands.
• Represent SEIU Local 221 professionally in meetings with SEIU International SEIU State Council community organizations elected officials and elsewhere as deemed necessary by the Staff Director.
• Represent and train staff to work collectively and individually including formal communications with employerrepresentatives filing charges grievances and otherenforcement actions as needed.
• Competently perform all organizing and representational duties necessary to work a route cover for staff absences and troubleshoot challenges plus train staff to do the same.