Lead Organizer

About the Role The Lead Organizer will train and develop member leaders, coordinate campaigns, and drive organizing activities across the East San Francisco Bay Area for UPTE. The role focuses on building strong chapters, mobilizing members, and collaborating with senior staff to achieve campaign goals.

What You'll Do

• Train members to plan, lead and conduct organizing, representational, political and issue-oriented campaigns.
• Develop member leaders to run strong chapters addressing member needs.
• Recruit new members and maintain regular one-on-one contact with members.
• Build and maintain effective worksite leadership structures through recruitment, training, and support of stewards and other union leaders.
• Drive issue campaigns and help facilitate wins for members.
• Collaborate with Senior Staff, local officers, and others to develop innovative campaign ideas.
• Develop and deliver education programs to train stewards and worksite leaders.
• Demonstrate proficiency in organizing through leadership development and mentoring, rather than relying solely on one person.
• Lead, train, and assist other staff organizers; convene and coordinate a regional team of organizers.
• Take lead on special projects and campaigns, including driving non-Union organizing projects.

What We're Looking For

• 2-5 years of prior labor or non-profit organizing experience, particularly in member development.
• Demonstrated success in member-based field organizing and mobilization.
• Ability to conduct one-on-one visits, site visits, in-person meetings, phone calls, video meetings, and other interactions with members and potential members.
• Experience working with groups of activists on dedicated outcomes and benchmarks.
• Experience leading teams and training staff or organizers is desirable.
• Post-secondary education and/or work experience demonstrating strong strategic and analytical abilities; self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to build relationships, connect with, push and hold accountable members, staff, and others.
• Moderate computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet, database and email applications.
• Valid California driver's license; travel, temporary assignments and extended work hours are occasionally required.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading teams and training staff or organizers is desirable.

Compensation & Benefits

• Starting salary dependent on experience.