Organizer—Ohio : Ohio

Organizer
Department of Organizing

Ohio

The American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) Department of Organizing is pleased to announce an Ohio-based Organizer position, to be filled as soon as possible. This is an exciting opportunity at a critically important time in the AAUP, the academy, and the labor movement. The Organizer will play a role in building the AAUP’s membership, developing grassroots activists and leaders, and helping to move the Association’s organizing strategy forward. The Organizer will travel widely, mostly within the state, and will work under the direction of AAUP’s Director of Organizing and Services. We invite you to join us in our vital work organizing academic workers to defend and advance the academic freedom, shared governance, and economic security of the profession.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Advancing the AAUP’s collective bargaining program by staffing solo union organizing drives as well as organizing drives where the AAUP partners with other unions.
• Assisting collective bargaining chapters with internal organizing drives, including assisting our chapters with developing and implementing campus organizing plans.
• Fostering leadership development and membership growth in our chapters and state conferences, including helping to develop new advocacy chapters on campuses where faculty and/or other academic workers do not have collective bargaining rights.
• Coordinating with Association leaders and staff on particular projects, including responsibility for planning content for campus, regional, and national training events.
• Other duties as assigned.
• This position requires a valid driver’s license and the willingness and ability to travel extensively throughout Ohio, to work long, irregular hours and weekends as needed, and to accept lengthy field assignments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience as an organizer required (experience with union organizing preferred, but we will also consider candidates with political and community organizing experience).
• Experience with training and developing member volunteers required.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Superior written and oral communication skills and computer proficiency skills—including working familiarity with MS Office suite—required. Experience with organizing databases preferred.
• Knowledge of labor relations preferred.
• Knowledge of professional issues relating to higher education preferred.
• Demonstrated ability working with professional groups preferred.

Compensation

• Salary range: $56,000 for minimum qualifications; higher salary for preferred qualifications and experience.
• Generous benefits package.

Position Classification
This position is categorized as a special appointment senior program officer in the Department of Organizing and Services and is part of the staff union bargaining unit. This is a one-year renewable appointment. This is an exempt position and not eligible for overtime pay.

To Apply
To apply, email a resume with cover letter to podos@aaup.org. Please include “Ohio Organizer-YOUR NAME” in the subject line of the email. You may also mail your resume and cover letter to AAUP, 1133 Nineteenth Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036, ATTN: Ohio Organizer Search. No phone calls please. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled.

The AAUP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability, race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, personal appearance, family responsibilities, genetic information, matriculation, political affiliation, or other characteristics unrelated to professional performance.

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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