About this role
Education Director based in Hartford, CT will design and implement member education in a fighting union with 30,000 members across Connecticut and Rhode Island. The role works in conjunction with the President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Team Leaders to advance education programs that support organizing and member development.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, coordinate logistics, and in many cases personally run training programs for worksite leaders and union staff
- Write curricula on a variety of topics including members organizing, representation, political action, and train-the-trainer internal organizing, delegate/leader development, chapter building, political and economic issues regarding labor, running strikes, issue campaigns, arbitration training and more
- Develop outreach materials and recruitment plans
- Complete needs assessments, maintain accurate training records, and write project reports
- May be assigned to mentor new organizers or organizers on new assignments
- May be assigned as a lead organizer on time-limited assignments
- Support other union priorities in organizing, bargaining, politics, and coalition work as directed by the President, Secretary-Treasurer, or Officers
What We're Looking For
- Minimum 3 years of relevant union experience as a staff or member leader
- Excellent program development skills
- Demonstrated ability to write curricula and conduct training designed for adult learners of varied educational backgrounds
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including public speaking
- Strong commitment to the labor movement and work for racial and economic justice
- Strong knowledge of Unions
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with members and staff from diverse cultural backgrounds
- Ability to inspire and motivate others
- Ability to take initiative, a strong orientation to teamwork
- Ability to work