Human Rights Campaign Lead Job Description

The Human Rights Campaign Lead must have a fundamental commitment to building a diverse and equitable social justice movement within the CWA structure to educate and motivate members, committees and coalition partners to activist driven mobilization.

A Campaign Lead will be employed in support of a CWA-led movement building project which also supports the Human Rights Department weekly radio show, via programming and on-air reporting. Radio programming and on-air radio experience is a plus. The Human Rights Campaign Lead must be able to effectively support elements of the Human Rights, Education and Health & Safety mission and execute them. The position would report to the Director of Education, Human Rights and Health & Safety.

Job Qualifications:

• Willing and able to take regular direction and learn from experienced campaign staff
• Willing to commit, energy, heart and long, irregular hours
• Ability to learn and implement the campaign basics
• Be able to take notes, listen and get information/report back to DOC or other campaign leadership to evaluate campaigns
• Ability to assess workers' support of the campaign, identify potential committee members, move workers to make concrete commitments and take action, recruit people to a committee, facilitate committee meetings, work with groups.
• Ability to follow up on leads in a timely manner
• Understand and discuss issues in a way that contribute to the momentum of an organizing campaign.
• Have a fundamental commitment to building a diverse and democratic labor movement and ability to organize workers from diverse backgrounds and demographics.
• Willing to attend an Organizing Institute
• Basic communications skills, able to do basic flyers and other written material
• Motivated self-starter able to learn and troubleshoot without heavy supervision
• Driver’s license and reliable car, must be able to travel to work locations away from home/office location.
• Two years minimum of prior relevant, applicable campaign experience. For worker organizing campaigns, relevant campaign experience means experience winning or otherwise effectively waging NLRB elections or other applicable forms of union recognition or certification. For political or legislative campaigns, relevant campaign experience means applicable experience conducting political mobilization, or staffing candidate or issue campaigns, or engaging in legislative advocacy. For other types of campaigns, relevant, applicable campaign experience may vary.
• Strong social, written and verbal communication skills
• Patient in pressure situations and savvy with conflict management
• Bilingual, a plus

Responsibilities when employed in an Organizing campaign:

• Ability to assess support of the union or campaign, identify potential committee members, move workers to make concrete commitments and take action, recruit people to a committee, facilitate committee meetings, work with groups
• Understand and discuss issues in a way that contribute to the momentum of a campaign
• Utilize numerous organizing tactics including home-visiting, cold phone calling, hand billing, etc.
• Have a fundamental commitment to building a diverse and democratic movement and ability to organize workers and citizens from diverse backgrounds and demographics
• Along with campaign leadership, be able to work effectively with committee members
  o assist with moving campaigns to stage 3
  o keep the organizing committee on track
  o motivate them to move through roadblocks and be public when it is time
  o give them a realistic assessment of progress and inoculate them
• Work with the local to help identify and encourage others in local to participate in organizing campaigns and build support for organizing
• Along with the DOC, be able to help develop and implement a local organizing plan
• Submit reports as required, but at least monthly
• Must be able to work on projects to build the local, but also be able to assist in national and district organizing projects.
• Be heavily involved in major National and District Organizing Priority campaigns
• Capable of running campaigns with minimal assistance, motivate and dig out committee members, ability to take initiative to implement organizing goals, work in a team with other organizers involved in the campaign
• Be able to communicate effectively in writing, in speaking, and via electronic media. Be able to work with data bases, able to do basic flyers and other written material
• Able to function as a trainer at an Organizer Institute and train organizing committee members
• Work with locals on National and District priority campaigns and help local organizers
• Travel to work locations away from home and work location by car and plane to locations as needed
• Computer skills that allow at least intermediate-level data management and communication

Job Specifications:

1. Wages: $75,457.51 - $95,748.41
2. Reports to the CWA Organizing Director or appropriate administrative staff
3. Other terms and conditions as per the Memorandum of Agreement.
4. This position will not be used to replace regular full time CWA Staff Representatives or District Organizing Coordinators, or in lieu of hiring regular full-time staff for permanent positions/vacancies.

CWA is an equal opportunity employer, and, as such, does not discriminate an employee or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, disability, or any other classification protected from discrimination under applicable law.