Campaign Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Position : Campaign Coordinator

Department : 32BJ Health Fund, Policy Team & Labor Industry Cooperation Fund

Reports To : Campaign Manager

FLSA Status : Exempt, Non-Management

Overview of the Health Fund :

The 32BJ Health Fund is a multiemployer labor-management fund that provides health benefits to members of SEIU Local 32BJ and their dependents. The Fund has approximately 190,000 covered lives across 11 states. The Fund is self-insured and is responsible for efficiently managing its resources. The Fund offers comprehensive coverage that includes benefits for medical, hospital, prescription drug, vision, dental, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance. To ensure that the Health Fund can deliver cost-effective high-quality care, it has embraced innovative purchasing strategies that encourage plan participants to use high-quality and cost-effective benefits and providers. The Fund also invests in innovative policy solutions that will lower healthcare costs for the Fund and its plan participants. In coordination with this effort, 32BJ SEIU partnered with the employers to establish the Labor Industry Cooperation Trust Fund and launch the Campaign for Affordable Hospitals in 2021. The Campaign for Affordable Hospitals plays a critical role in protecting quality healthcare benefits for 32BJ SEIU members by fighting for fair hospital pricing. Read more about the campaign at coalitionforaffordablehospitals.org. The 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Trust Fund was created by the Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ, and the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, Inc.

to contain healthcare costs, including healthcare pricing, for the benefit of 32BJ union members and employers in New York City and the surrounding areas.

Overview of the Role :

The Fund is seeking a Campaign Coordinator to join the Health Fund Policy Team. This position reports to the Campaign Manager. The Health Fund Policy team was created to address the changing regulatory landscape, evaluate health policy, and elevate the 32BJ Health Fund in public discussions on healthcare costs, hospital prices, and payment innovation. The Campaign Coordinator will help execute the Campaign for Affordable Hospitals in New York and New Jersey, supported by the experience and resources of the 32BJ Health Fund, 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Fund, and 32BJ SEIU. The campaign Coordinator will help manage multistakeholder coalitions comprised of labor unions, health care providers, community organizations, religious institutions, social justice advocates, and government entities – all fighting to bring awareness to and rein in hospital prices. In addition to coalition coordination, you will manage the campaign’s member health committees comprised of 32BJ SEIU members in New York and New Jersey—working with them to develop and harness persuasive personal stories on the impact that affordable healthcare has had on their life. Furthermore, you will work with the Campaign Manager and a team of consultants to draft compelling social media copy, testimony, talking points and other supporting messaging materials as needed.. The ideal candidate has campaign communications and organizing experience, including working with diverse teams of field, communications, policy, research, and legislative staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

As the team is evolving, so is the role of the Campaign Coordinator. The essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to, the following.

• Implement Campaign plans with allies including other unions, community and policy organizations, and employers.
• Plan and execute campaign events, including but not limited to rallies, press conferences, and public hearings.
• Connecting work to union members and Fund participants to carry out campaign plans.
• Articulating and presenting a positive vision of the project and of the Union and Fund.
• With the Campaign Manager, assist in creating and adapting the overall plan to move the campaign forward.
• Help monitor the healthcare political and legislative landscape, working with consultants and partners, to identify opportunities for the Campaign.
• Help introduce, pass, and implement new legislative efforts that meet the goals of the Campaign and Coalition.
• Amplify the work of the Coalition and Campaign for Affordable Hospitals by disseminating data-driven analyses, recommendations, and policy perspectives to Coalition partners across multiple markets.
• Manage designated relationships with current Coalition members in multiple markets.
• Manage worker / member healthcare committees—coaching worker spokespeople on how to have effective and persuasive conversations with legislators.
• Attend meetings with legislators and their staff, and track meeting follow up.
• Help synthesize data and policy analyses produced by the 32BJ Health Fund policy team about healthcare costs and hospital pricing, to assist in the creation of public materials for dissemination through traditional means or social media.
• Assist in content development and ensure political attendance and engagement for an annual conference on hospital prices.

Qualifications :

The ideal candidate is someone with at least three (3) years of campaign experience, with a focus on executing organizing plans and developing supporting campaign materials. This candidate should have a strong aptitude for relationship and vendor management, as well as event coordination and presentation skills. Qualifications for the role include :