Communications Specialist, SEIU 775, Seattle, WA

Communications Specialist

Posted on: November 8, 2014
Posted by: SEIU 775

SUMMARY

SEIU 775 is the long-term care workers union, representing 43,000 home care and nursing home workers. We are a leader in the progressive community and take bold and aggressive approaches to politics and organizing. Our daily work is designed to unite workers, and especially long-term care workers, and to hold politicians accountable for quality care and quality jobs.

We are seeking a talented and creative person to help with the continued development and implementation of communications strategies to support growth.Our growth department works on campaigns that build power among non-union, low-wage workers in long-term care and other industries. Much of work is done under the banner of the Fight for $15 campaign. The successful candidate will help develop and maintain online outreach to workers, help create campaign messaging, and integrate traditional communications platforms, including print and video, with emerging new media. Candidates may also be asked to do some press work. The work would be done as part of an organization-wide communications team.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Use innovative online outreach strategies to reach home care, nursing homes, and other low-wage workers across Washington and Montana and to gather organizing leads.
• Research and make recommendations on existing and emerging communications technologies that may assist organizers, communicators, and other SEIU 775 staff and leaders.
• Develop messaging for organizing and legislative campaigns.
• Prep workers for speaking roles, take pictures and videos of rallies and other events, and produce videos, presentations, or other materials for leadership.
• Write creative and accurate copy for a wide variety of communications platforms including, but not limited to, email, web, video, brochure and newsletter formats.
• Provide creative and accurate editing of copy produced by other staff or SEIU 775 leaders.
• Occasional work on press releases, press outreach, and speaking to the press

REQUIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience and mastery in online communications, marketing and/or campaign communications
• Willingness to work long, irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, plus overnight travel

PREFERRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in a communications-related field
• Graphic design ability

Women and persons of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

COMPENSATION

Competitive pay, great benefits, exciting work. Salary and benefits are set by collective bargaining agreement, and range from $47,728 to $55,978 a year depending on experience. Benefits include fully employer-paid family health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, a generous leave package, an ORCA Transit Card, fully employer-paid pension (defined benefit plan), an optional 401(K) plan (no employer match), and other benefits outlined in the policies of SEIU 775 and the staff union contract.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a résumé and cover letter, along with samples of your work to SEIU 775 Human Resources Email: jobs@seiu775.org, making sure to reference "GRO Communications Specialist" in the subject line.

Student / Farmworker Alliance National Co-Coordinator, Campaign for Fair Food, Immokalee, FL

Student / Farmworker Alliance National Co-Coordinator

Posted on: August 25, 2014
Application deadline: September 14, 2014
Posted by: Campaign for Fair Food

AREAS OF WORK

MOBILIZATIONS, TOURS AND NATIONAL ORGANIZING

• Educate and organize with students and other communities regionally and nationally to plan mobilizations and tours (often involves travel);
• Plan logistical elements and coordination of events and actions;
• Develop and carry out press strategy;
• Produce internal media (written, photo, video, social media).

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

• Co-present and facilitate workshops with CIW members during Immokalee visits and at conferences and gatherings;
• Raise consciousness and engage base though targeted outreach, online actions, institutional endorsements and sign-on letters;
• Oral interpretation and written translation between Spanish and English for campaign literature;
• Develop and disseminate materials and newsletters;
• Maintain listservs, website, and social media presence, and supporter database.

STUDENT/YOUTH ORGANIZING

• Co-coordinate a youth leadership development program, including campaign strategy gatherings, skills trainings, and regular communication with SFA's Steering Committee;
• Build and maintain relationships with SFA members and allies around the country, including local SFA chapters, national and local student organizations, individual students and youth, and professors/teachers/university staff;
• Help design and carry out student-led organizing campaigns to further the goals of the Campaign for Fair Food.

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Joint fundraising and grant-writing;
• Administrative work and book/record keeping;
• Organizational development of Student/Farmworker Alliance and the Alliance for Fair Food.

SUPPORT FOR CIW AND FARMWORKER COMMUNITY

• Assistance with with interpretation, rides, wage-theft cases, low-power FM radio station, technology and more.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep commitment to social and economic justice
• Prior organizing experience, including student organizing
• Bilingual in Spanish-English
• Skill working with a broad range of peoples
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Computer proficiency (web and design skills a plus)
• Willingness to work long hours when necessary
• Ability to take initiative and responsibility for projects
• Ability to work well in teams
• Experience living or working in low-income, immigrant, or multi-cultural communities
• Commitment to anti-oppression, collective liberation and building diverse movement leadership
• Minimum two year commitment

HOW TO APPLY

To request an application, contact organize@sfalliance.org or call Claudia at 239-503-0605. In addition to the application, we will request a cover letter in English and Spanish, resume, and two letters of recommendation.

Given our commitment to developing a diverse leadership, we strongly encourage people of color, women, working-class, LGBTQ, gender non-conforming, and differently-abled people to apply.

Labor Union Staff Recruiter, National Nurses United, Oakland, CA

Labor Union Staff Recruiter

Posted on: April 19, 2013
Posted by: National Nurses United

DESCRIPTION

The California Nurses Association (CNA) / National Nurses United (NNU) AFL-CIO seek an experienced Labor Union Staff Recruiter with an intense commitment to social justice and professional experience in recruiting veteran union organizers, lead organizers, seasoned labor representatives and knowledgeable union support staff nationwide. 

NNU is the nation's largest union and professional association of registered nurses, and at the forefront of national efforts to transform the market-driven healthcare industry in the U.S. to a single-payer style healthcare system, along with rekindling the movement for progressive social change.

CNA/NNU are also well known for negotiating premiere collective bargaining contracts for registered nurses, for sponsoring the nation's foremost safe staffing law, for organizing campaigns that have made it one of the fastest-growing unions in the U.S., and for innovative, award-winning political campaigns. NNU has 170,000 members in all 50 states.

The ideal candidate has developed a personal national network of experienced union staff professionals. We seek a Recruiter with a proven track record at generating numerous applications from skilled and qualified veteran candidates in regions around the country. 

The ideal candidate has worked closely with AFL-CIO constituency groups including the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and Pride At Work.

The Recruiter must be thoroughly familiar with the job requirements of experienced labor representatives, organizers and lead organizers. The Recruiter has successfully screened veteran union staff, verifying their skills, accomplishments, priorities and references. 

Other necessary qualifications include some travel and the ability to contact working candidates during evenings and weekends. Position requires exceptional interviewing skills, strong Internet search skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal and organizational skills. Candidates should be self starters, who enjoy working closely with others. 

HOW TO APPLY

For immediate consideration, please submit your cover letter, resume, and a writing sample, along with salary requirements using the link below. Please be sure to fill out the attached online form.

http://www.pcrecruiter.net/pcrbin/direct.asp?db=NwDmeQQXrrgVchdV6tViz0HBZYuE7Yjo5ACztVCIqJ8b&id=171307538678456&src=cl

For more information about NNU, please check out our award-winning website www.nationalnursesunited.org.

CNA/NNU are committed to Equal Opportunity, and considering applicants of all ages, races, sexual orientations, national origins, ethnicities, and religions. We urge people of color and women, experienced union staff recruiters of all backgrounds, to apply.