About this role
About the Role UPTE-CWA Local 9119 seeks a Strategic Campaigns Director (Strategic Research) to lead public-facing strategic campaigns, conduct strategic research, coalition organizing, and support bargaining and organizing across California.
What You'll Do
- Develop and drive public-facing strategic campaigns on union priorities, including strategic research, community and coalition organizing, and other comprehensive campaign elements in support of key Union campaigns.
- Work with the Executive Director and Union leadership to help develop strategic plans for supporting major union priorities including contract campaigns, new organizing, or legislative goals.
- Support bargaining and organizing through market, strategic, and institutional research, and play a flexible role in those campaigns as a strategic campaigner.
- Drive strategic campaign elements including identifying key leverage points on employers, means of targeting decision makers, and crafting escalating campaigns.
- Lead or develop Labor and Community coalitions around key issues or strategic initiatives.
- Design and drive public pressure campaigns as assigned.
- Work with staff and members to integrate comprehensive campaign elements into planning for contract and organizing campaigns.
- Support bargaining, working with UPTE bargaining team and article committees, and play an active role in all stages of bargaining and bargaining preparation.
- Ability to work long and erratic hours, perform in high pressure environments and under short deadlines.
- Travel as necessary.
- Supervise staff as assigned.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum of three years political strategic campaigning, or labor research, with state or local agency or association.
Nice to Have
Compensation & Benefits
- Starting Salary: Dependent on Experience You are trained on data up to October 2023.