Nursing Homes Division Coordinator

SEIU Healthcare IL IN MO KS is a dynamic, action-oriented union of over 95,000 healthcare and nursing home workers throughout Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas. We believe in a society defined by freedom and justice, where we can all have quality education, health care and jobs, and where we all can live a full and plentiful life of our choosing. SEIU HCIIMK’s mission is to organize together to build power and demand and win social and economic justice for our communities.

Purpose

The Division Coordinator is responsible for leading and developing teams of organizers and workers to achieve HCIIMK’s strategic goals for a division of the local. The Division Coordinator performs a wide range of duties that include strategic campaign planning, staff management, leadership development and organizing workers through building organizations and committees of workers that can fight for a voice on the job and in their communities through collective action.

Location: Illinois, Nursing Homes Division

Duties And Responsibilities

Division Coordinator performs a wide range of duties, which may vary according to the needs of the overall program or a specific campaign. Examples of those duties and responsibilities are listed below:

• Accountable for plan and implementation to achieve union’s strategic goals in a region or an industry.
• Challenge and move workers to action.
• Develop workers to ensure they have the chance to grow, learn and lead.
• Lead, inspire, and motivate others, setting high standards of commitment and approach to the work.
• Train, develop and mentor organizers and worker-leaders.
• Develop and execute a field program with a team to reach strategic, industry or regional goals.
• Build our state or industry leadership structures.
• Help shape the work of other teams as it relates to program goals.
• Articulate and operationalize priorities of industry, area, or state.
• Accountable for membership density, growth, activity, COPE and leadership development for an industry, area, or state.
• Coordinate multiple projects at the same time.
• Build a vision for and drive union priorities at outside tables (community, political, etc).
• Plan and coordinate public campaigns with partner organizations.
• Co-own relationships with strategic partner organizations.
• Assess and recommend capacity-building needs of partner organizers.
• Assess and recommend opportunities and experiences for staff to be able to develop and to lead to their fullest in the organization.
• Staff supervision including creation of staff development plans, and corrective action.
• Effectively communicate the Union’s vision and mission.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Scope And Nature Of Supervision

The Division Coordinator must be able to organize their time and develop and carry out plans with minimal supervision. They must also be able to receive direction from and interact with their immediate supervisor and other coordinators/directors as needed.

Criteria For Evaluation

The Division Coordinator will be evaluated on their ability and skill to develop and implement a plan to reach the union’s strategic goals, including mobilizing and developing worker leaders, and representing workers successfully. The Division Coordinator will also be evaluated on their ability to develop and lead teams of staff and worker-leaders.

Working Conditions

Division Coordinator may be required to work long and irregular hours and to work on weekends and holidays when necessary. Travel may be required, and the Division Coordinator may work on remote campaigns for extended periods.

Other Expectations

Division Coordinator is expected to lead by example. The Division Coordinator must be able to work with racially and ethnically diverse staff and workers in both cities and in rural areas. They must be able to respect, learn from, and lead women, people of color and low-wage workers and others. All staff are expected to respect the processes of the organization and to work within the framework of the organization to resolve internal disputes and issues.

Key Qualification Criteria

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in managing teams of staff and worker-leaders to reach organizational goals
• A strong commitment to social justice and alignment to values of our union
• A belief in workers’ ability to organize and collectively bargain and achieve desired goals together
• Proven ability to effectively lead, inspire, train and develop experienced organizing staff and worker-leaders to plan key union organizing activities even in the face of employer and political opposition and intimidation (i.e. building organizing committees, member to member organizing, actions, etc.)
• Must be flexible and able to handle multiple priority projects simultaneously and meet established deadlines and remain accountable to leaders, senior staff, and organizational goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write reports, facilitate meetings, and conduct trainings
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to build teams with people from diverse backgrounds
• Proficiency in Word and PowerPoint, as well as working knowledge of spreadsheets and database software. Must be proficient in organizing databases (i.e. VAN)
• Strong knowledge and experience in organizing practices and principles, including campaign strategies and developing and implementing organizing and/or contract campaigns
• Experience in the legal, political, economic, and industry forces that impact worker organizing, including knowledge of labor laws relating to our industries
• Ability to demonstrate self-motivation, initiative, critical thinking skills, responsibility and productivity
• Valid driver's license, working automobile and valid auto insurance
• Bilingual (English/Spanish or English and another language of the membership) is a plus.
  
  

Salary And Benefits

• Salary and Exempt position is competitive and commensurate with experience; target compensation is $85,404 - $87,807.
• Company-paid benefits are included.