Senior Campaign Coordinator - State Power

SEIU (Service Employees International Union)

Job Title: Senior Campaign Coordinator - State Power

Grade: E1

Annual Salary: $115,244.52

Location: Minneapolis or Saint Paul, MN preferred, All USA

Organizational Overview

We are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a union of about 2 million diverse members in healthcare, the public sector, and property services. We believe in and fight for our Vision for a Just Society: where all workers are valued and all people respected—no matter where we come from or what color we are; where all families and communities can thrive; and where we leave a better and more equitable world for generations to come. We are an anti-racist union determined to check corporate power and uproot structural racism through unions—worker power and collective action—and government—legislative and political action. We fight for Unions for All and a Government that Works for All so that all of us, across race and place, can have power together in unions and participate fully in our democracy.

Purpose

To represent and assist the International Union in achieving the State Power and Organizing Department organizing goals, and integrated political goals, in Minnesota. To design and implement organizing and affiliation plans in collaboration with Local Union Organizing Directors. To plan, in conjunction with International Union and Local Union leaders, large scale comprehensive campaigns, covering large geographic areas, industries, markets, companies, or communities. To direct and manage multi-component, comprehensive campaigns. To build, manage, and maintain campaign teams of International Union staff, local union staff, or special projects staff. To anchor coordination work across Minnesota’s integrated organizing and political campaigns, finding practical ways to build collective power across the whole.

Primary Responsibilities

• Developing and executing comprehensive, multi-component campaign plans, including defining an overall campaign strategy, vision and goals; helping shape SMART campaign goals, benchmarks, and tactics for each relevant campaign component, e.g., field, digital, communications, research, legislative.
• Determining and analyzing key factors and conditions of a company, industry, market and/or community for the development of campaign strategy.
• Determining data management systems to collect, track and analyze relevant data for strategic campaign decision-making and overseeing the utilization of digital strategies and platforms.
• Directing and managing staff by establishing clear campaign structures, roles, responsibilities, standards, and expectations, including providing support in the recruiting, screening, hiring and orientation of campaign staff.
• Overseeing the development and administration of campaign budgets, including authorizing expenditures.
• Representing the International Union with local union leaders, staff, members, and outside organizations.
• Performing other duties as assigned in support of the work of the International Union Organizing Program and/or Division.
• Anchor regular communication between the international union, local unions and other key MN staff and players in ensuring a common understanding of strategies, demands, and key tactics, making space for problem solving and adjustments as conditions change.
• Ensure state political strategy is fully unified with organizing objectives.
• As needed, provide support in development and execution of statewide IE field programs, member political organizer programs, member to member and general public communications including digital, mail and earned media.

Direction and Decision-Making

This position reports to the State Power Deputy Director

Education and Experience

• Minimum of seven (7) years of campaign leadership experience, with external organizing experience most highly favored. Internal organizing and political campaign experience will also be considered.

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to develop and manage comprehensive campaigns that effectively integrate and align relevant multiple components, such as field, digital, communications, research, legislative, political, etc.
• Ability to develop and/or provide direction on development of effective narrative and communications strategies.
• Ability to develop and/or direct staff to build relationships and alliances with coalition partners or allies, and mobilize community support.
• Knowledge of digital platforms and tools and their application in organizing campaigns.
• Ability to direct, supervise and train campaign staff on basic digital tools such as Zoom, PurpleText, EveryAction, VAN Dialer system, etc.
• Ability to establish campaign structures, systems, roles and responsibilities to direct and manage staff and campaign teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; ability to make formal presentations.
• Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to utilize planning and time management tools and practices to plan, prioritize, and effectively manage resources and responsibilities.
• Ability to handle multiple “priority” projects and meet established timelines.
• Ability to develop and facilitate training of staff, workers and members.

Physical Requirements

The job requires long and irregular hours, state-based travel, and national travel to meetings, conferences, and other activities related to advancing campaign and union-wide goals.

Application Requirements

A resume and cover letter are preferred for all applications. Your cover letter should explain why you want to work for SEIU, an example(s) of how you demonstrated success in a similar position, and a description of how this position fits into your long-term career goals.

Vaccination Requirement

Candidates will be required to show proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon commencing employment. Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for either a) a certain medical condition(s); or b) on the basis of sincerely held strong religious beliefs and practices; c) as otherwise required by law.