Union Organizer

Job Description: • Organize issue campaigns in eastern Kentucky (40%) • Recruit people to join issue campaigns. • Develop the leadership of people who become actively involved in issue campaigns. • Train and coach members on key issue campaign skills and concepts, including power analysis, power mapping, escalation, direct action, meetings with decision-makers, and coalition building. • Facilitate members to develop strategy for issue campaigns. • Coach members to execute issue campaign strategies. • Consistently communicate a clear plan to win issue campaigns to members. • Offer members clear ways to take action on issue campaigns. • Ensure that members take on large roles in issue campaigns and take primary ownership and leadership of the campaign. • Identify, recruit, and train member leaders (30%) • Train and coach members on key organizing skills and concepts Topics to include power, self interest, one-on-one organizing conversations, outreach, recruitment, building a team, leading a team, goal setting, holding each other accountable, and meeting facilitation. • Provide training and coach both through facilitating trainings and 1-on-1 coaching. • Assign members tasks and roles designed to increase their leadership abilities and responsibilities. • Provide ongoing, clear feedback that helps members grow their capacity to carry out tasks and step into leadership. • Recruit new leaders through one-on-one organizing conversations, canvassing, door knocking, and attending community events. • Complete one-on-one organizing conversations (30%) • Schedule regular one-on-one conversations with active campaign members to build stronger relationships, understand their motivations and self-interests, and support their growth through coaching, agitation, and development. • Develop a reliable base of people you can mobilize into action through ongoing, face-to-face one-on-one conversations that build new organizing relationships. • Identify new individuals for one-on-one organizing conversations, including potential members, community leaders, allies, and others who can support relationship-building and strengthen your power analysis. • Reflect on what you learn in one-on-ones and integrate it into campaign strategy and organizational planning. Requirements: • Minimum of 2 years experience in grassroots organizing or 2 years of equivalent experience in related areas, for example, community leadership, policy advocacy, direct service, or communications • SURJ policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodation under federal, state, and local law • This job will require driving for work, please consult our driving policy to ensure you meet all minimum qualifications for this role Benefits: • Health, dental and vision insurance including available employer contribution toward spouse, children and family coverage • 401K retirement plan with up to 6% employer match • Twenty (20) days paid time off per year (prorated) • Twenty (20) days of health and wellness leave per year (prorated) • Thirteen (13) paid holidays per year • Three additional paid weeks off for organization-wide shutdown summer & winter breaks • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance • Employer paid life insurance • All staff works remote from home • Monthly $150 technology support stipend (internet, phone) • Professional development resources each year • Paid parental leave • Paid sabbatical after 5 years Apply tot his job Apply To this Job