Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$67k–$84k/yr
Senior Political Coordinator UFCW Legislative and Political Action Department www.ufcw.org Organization: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is North America’s neighborhood union; standing…
Skills: Political organizing, Grassroots organizing, Fundraising, Legislative advocacy, Campaign management
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$56k–$64k/yr
Human Resources Assistant UFCW Human Resources Office www.ufcw.org Organization: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is North America’s neighborhood union; standing together to improve the…
Skills: Human resources administration, Clerical support, Data entry, HRIS, ADP
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The Senior Political Coordinator builds and executes electoral, legislative, and fundraising programs in coordination with local unions. They are responsible for managing multifaceted field campaigns, training member organizers, and conducting viability assessments for political candidates.
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in Political Science or equivalent experience, along with at least 3 years of grassroots organizing experience. A minimum of four to six years of experience in labor organizations with a focus on political organizing or fundraising is required.
Organization:
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is North America’s neighborhood union; standing together to improve the lives and livelihoods of workers, families and communities. Our members work primarily in the retail food, meatpacking, poultry, food processing and manufacturing and retail store industries.
Location:
Washington, DC, Little Falls, NJ and Media, PA
Position Description:
The Senior Political Coordinator in coordination with local unions, is responsible for building out electoral, legislative, fundraising and activist programs under the direction of the Director.
The Senior Political Coordinator also assesses candidate viability, priority races, and meets with potential
candidates to ensure they understand UFCW’s issues in collaboration with local unions. This position is also assigned to work with locals on building out their electoral programs and legislative priorities.
Include the following. Other duties may be assigned. This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented.
Writes thorough state electoral plans for targeted local unions and races, as well as keeps up to date on
competitive races in their assigned region to provide analysis on fundraising, polling, relevant campaign
issues and endorsements.
Works closely with local unions on priorities including low-dollar fundraising, running member-to-member electoral and legislative campaigns, engaging in federal grassroots and grasstops legislative campaigns and other priorities as assigned.
Executes the International Union’s program priorities in their assigned region. Responsible for running a
multifaceted program in multiple states that will include canvassing, worksite organizing, voter registration in collaboration with phone banking, and peer-to-peer texting and social media outreach. This encompasses building out a work management system in multiple states which allows for timely reporting and a field feedback loop.
Works with rank-and-file member organizers to run electoral programs in targeted states. Responsible for
running well-organizing onboarding, regular team meetings, trainings and conducting one-on-one coaching to ensure member organizers are reaching program goals. Acts in a timely manner and uses discretion when dealing with a member organizer consistently not reaching goals or fulfilling program duties.
Responsible for keeping up to date on Federal campaign giving laws, as well as be a resource on state and
local giving laws. Responds to fundraising requests from local unions in a time sensitive manner.
Develops, updates, and maintains state and local specific training materials that cover fundraising, electoral work and legislative work and coaches the local union political staff person to successfully run trainings, fundraising drives and regular fundraising orientations for new staff representatives from local unions.
Responsible for customizing training to meet audience needs – local union staff, stewards, member
organizers, and rank-and-file members. Responsible for making sure that legal information in presentations is accurate such as state voter registration laws and early vote laws.
Works with the Director and Legislative team to execute an endorsement process at the federal, state and
local levels that involves viability assessments of races and candidates, candidate interviews, candidate
questionnaires and where possible member, engagement in the endorsement process.
Develops briefing materials for local union presidents on the value of political giving and what is at stake in their state.
Represents the UFCW at in-state coalition tables from time to time. Manages these relationships with
discretion and not undermine local union relationships. Responds to requests from candidate campaigns in
a timely manner and ensure that the UFCW endorsement process is being followed.
Builds relationships with the local union political and legislative contacts and ensure they are up to date on any in-state developments the International Union is tracking.
Keeps up to date on new tactics and technologies that enables the UFCW to reach members using diverse
tactics such as relational organizing, peer-to-peer texting, click to call tools, social media, worksite and door to door work and other outreach tactics. Responsible for specific technical tools in the UFCW toolbox and if they are not familiar with the tools, will undergo onboarding and will have expectations of technical tool administration.
Keeps an up-to-date sharable and assessable database of local union, political and coalition contacts.
Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time, in the UFCW’s discretion. UFCW employees function as a team and, occasionally, and on a temporary basis, employees may be required to perform tasks usually performed by others. This might occur if a team member is absent or unavailable to complete a project and the team is responsible for the deadline. Because employees are required to work as a team, you are required to step up and fill in for a team member who is absent or needs assistance from time to time.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Political Science or related field or equivalent related experience. Minimum of 3 years in grassroots organizing experience with a labor or progressive organization required. Minimum of four to six years’ experience, ideally in a labor organization with fundraising and/or political organizing experience
Computer/Software Skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite and ability to use all functions in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Ability to put together comprehensive reports in Excel and written reports without errors or typos. Experience using online databases like NGP-VAN for analysis, virtual phone banks canvasses and activist engagement. Must be able to review documents like mail and digital content for messaging and ensure that the content is factual. Must be comfortable resolving minor tech issues with iPhones, tablets and laptops.
Communication, Analytical and Leadership Skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
Must be able to work with discretion, handle sensitive situation and recognize when to refer to a higher level.
Must be able to work with people from different aspects of political work, Presidential candidates and staff, local union presidents and staff, as well as rank and file members.
Must demonstrate strong technical, policy, analytical and strategic abilities, and skills.
Must be able to make effective oral presentations to groups or individuals.
Must be able to take critical feedback and improve work products on a consistent basis with accuracy. Must have ability to adapt to the best way to reach out to specific local union contacts.
Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required
Must have strong written and oral skills. Must be able to write documents without typos and keep in mind audience needs.
Must be able to present information to union audiences in a clear, concise way that connects on the issues
UFCW members care about.
Must have an understanding of FEC laws and regulations concerning PAC and their interactions with state election and financial disclosure laws. Must be able to quickly learn their interaction with labor organizations.
Must have an understanding of Federal Campaign Finance and experience researching state and local
campaign finance laws.
Must have the ability to work independently. Must have initiative.
Must have the ability to canvass and run a canvass.
Demonstrated understanding of the labor movement and culture.
Multilingual speaking ability is a plus.
Personal Characteristics
Commitment and dedication to the UFCW’s mission to fighting for our members.
Job Demands
Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines. Must be able to handle multiple priorities and work projects for completion in a timely manner. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Must be able to respond to emails, texts and phone calls in a timely manner. Work requires long and irregular hours, including nights and weekends. Extensive travel required across the U.S. in both planes and cars. Ability to perform long-term assignments for weeks or months at a time.
Working Conditions
The work is performed in a normal office environment or may be performed at various designated work
locations throughout the United States. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Attendance at meetings or events off-site and after normal working hours is often required. The work
atmosphere is fast-paced and deadline-oriented.
Physical Demands
The position involves, but is not limited to, written and oral communications skills, use of computer
keyboard, close vision, sitting for long periods, stooping, bending and reaching. Covering extensive
geographic areas on foot for canvassing.
This is an exempt position under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Reasonable accommodations will be provided pursuant to state and federal laws.
Salary Range: $66,931 – $84,445.
The UFCW provides a very generous benefits package, including:
We believe our success rests on recruiting and retaining a diverse staff. UFCW is an equal opportunity employer.
Woman and people of color are encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodations will be provided pursuant to the state and federal laws.
We are the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union - Building a better life for hard-working people.
The 1.3 million members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union in the U.S. and Canada work in a wide range of industries from meat packing plants, grocery stores, retail stores and a number of other industries. Together, we're fighting for a better future for all workers. Mission: To provide a voice for workers on the job. To fight injustice and exploitation by employers. To secure living wages and good benefits for workers and their families. To create jobs that can be a career and put workers on the path to reaching the American dream.
Offices: 1775 K St NW, Washington, D.C. 20006, US
View all jobs at UFCWWe are the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union - Building a better life for hard-working people.
The 1.3 million members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union in the U.S. and Canada work in a wide range of industries from meat packing plants, grocery stores, retail stores and a number of other industries. Together, we're fighting for a better future for all workers. Mission: To provide a voice for workers on the job. To fight injustice and exploitation by employers. To secure living wages and good benefits for workers and their families. To create jobs that can be a career and put workers on the path to reaching the American dream.
Offices: 1775 K St NW, Washington, D.C. 20006, US
View all jobs at UFCW