Assistant Member Program Director

The position is responsible for supporting internal teams in and out of campaigns, supporting the union’s strategic plan and helping to coordinate the collective bargaining priorities of the union. This position reports to an Officer. This position will serve as part of the Senior Leadership team within SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.

Primary Responsibilities :

Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.

This position requires someone with bargaining, campaign development and experience leading bargaining teams and organizers.

• Oversees and directs the work of staff for some internal teams.
• Assist in directing bargaining campaigns to build organizational leadership and advance the union’s bargaining priorities, helps to track and support the standardization of best practices in contracts across the union.
• Using leadership identification, recruitment, development, and training the Assistant Member Program Director supervises staff in developing and maintaining active leadership committees including bargaining teams.
• Develops uniform standards for review and evaluation of campaigns.
• Provides direction, staff development and disciplinary action (if needed) to staff on some internal teams.
• Supports the collective bargaining work of the union by assisting lead negotiators with standard language proposals.
• Contributes to and leads staff trainings.
• Works in partnership with Officers to develop campaign plans and goals.
• Partners with different departments across the union, including Communications, New Organizing, Political Action, and Legal to build power for SEIU Healthcare 1199NW members and healthcare workers.
• Build effective teams to advance the mission of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW including building a militant union to win racial justice and end poverty wage work.

Qualifications :

Black, Indigenous, People of Color, immigrant, women, LGBTQ and people with multilingual skills are strongly encouraged to apply. SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is an equal opportunity employer.

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