Job Opening: Strategic Partnerships Organizer

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The Minnesota AFL-CIO is seeking a fulltime Strategic Partnerships Organizer to build and enhance strategic, enduring, and meaningful relationships between labor and community allies throughout the state; facilitate (or lead) the development of issue campaigns that will result in joint action to advance our shared social and economic justice goals; and mobilize affiliates, other labor organizations, community partners and allies to execute the campaigns/actions needed to achieve our mission.

 

POSITION TITLE:                          Strategic Partnerships Organizer 

SUPERVISORS:                               Political Director & Chief of Staff

The Minnesota AFL-CIO is a federation of more than 1,000 affiliated union locals collectively representing 300,000 working men and women in Minnesota.  Our mission is to improve the lives of working families and bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state and nation. 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Build and enhance strategic and enduring relationships between labor and community allies throughout the state. Mobilize labor and community partners around organizing, legislative action, and/or political campaigns that highlight working family issues and advance a shared agenda.

  • Map existing and potential strategic relationships with community, faith, and non-profit organizations, youth and student organizations, and other progressive organizations.
  • Establish new, strategic, and mutually beneficial relationships between labor and community allies that strengthen labor’s ability to advance organizing and pro-working family policies.
  • Coordinate/facilitate long-term planning to build strategic alliances.
  • Participate in local structures (coalitions, alliances) that maximize the effectiveness and engagement of local allied groups.
  • Engage allied organization leaders and staff, identify areas of concern, and where appropriate, take action.
  • Expand communication opportunities between labor organizations and community partners.
  • Work with affiliates, other labor organizations, and community organization leaders to identify and train members in advocacy and how to take action (recruitment and training for activists).
  • Organize and coordinate program and logistics for town hall meetings, rallies, protests, and other grassroots events.
  • Enhance rapid response capabilities.
  • Perform a limited amount of administrative work, such as creating and maintaining a database of community allies and contact information, meeting dates, times, locations, etc. and data entry 

Other duties as defined by the Executive Officers of the Minnesota AFL-CIO. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

  • Four years of post-secondary education preferred.

Experience

  • Minimum two years of experience in community, faith, non-profit, union, political or organizing work.
  • Demonstrated relationships with community, faith and/or non-profit organizations.
  • Broad knowledge of and experience in building unity among diverse groups and in recruiting and mobilizing others to take action.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and drive effective and creative programs, convene and facilitate meetings, and balance the interests of various stakeholders.

Skills

  • Possession of excellent listening, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
  • Possession of sharp problem-solving skills.
  • Flexible, creative and highly motivated.
  • Ability to motivate and activate others.
  • Ability to work in a cooperative manner with other staff and fellow directors.
  • Ability to manage time and work independently within the context of a plan.
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to occasionally work long and irregular hours, including some nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • Ability to travel, possession of a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
  • Bilingual speaker a plus.

Women and people of color are encouraged to apply. Interested persons should submit a resume and letter of interest to Shar Knutson, President, by 4:30 p.m. on October 11, 2013 by email to bhitzeman@mnaflcio.org or by mail to:

Minnesota AFL-CIO

Attn: Shar Knutson, President

175 Aurora Avenue

Saint Paul, Minnesota 55103