Communications Workers of America
District 1
 

Campaign Lead
District 1

Based out of Trenton, NJ
(New York Metropolitan Area)

 

Job Title/Position: Campaign Lead – District 1
Job Location preference: New York Metropolitan Area
Salary: $73,617.08 – $93,413.08/year

Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 1 is hiring a Campaign Lead.

CWA District 1 is a progressive union representing 140,000 workers in telecommunications, the public sector, healthcare, media, and manufacturing in New York, New Jersey, and New England.

CWA District 1 moves and implements ambitious legislative and political programs and campaigns to win big for CWA members through work with locals all across the district. The Campaign Lead will work under the direction of the New Jersey Legislative & Political Director. They are responsible for working with CWA local unions to mobilize rank-and-file members to participate in legislative and electoral campaigns. The Campaign Lead will facilitate the logistics of actions, including Labor Walks, Phone Banks, Text Banks, and letter writing. They will work with other members of the District 1 LP Department to develop member-to-member communications that support these actions, including M2M mail, emails and text messages. They will also work closely with local unions to develop PAF campaigns, communicating with local PAF Captains regularly on PAF Campaign progress and to provide assistance as necessary. The Campaign Lead will also work closely with the New Jersey Legislative & Political Director to support legislative activities, including working with locals to organize Legislative Lobby Days and related training.

Applicants must have at least 2 years of experience in legislative and/or political organizing and advocacy in a leadership role within a union or other grassroots membership organization. This position involves a substantial amount of travel.

Job Qualifications:

• Willing and able to take regular direction and learn from experienced campaign staff
• Willing to commit, energy, heart and long, irregular hours
• Ability to learn and implement the campaign basics
• Be able to take notes, listen and get information/report back to DOC or other campaign leadership to evaluate campaigns
• Ability to assess workers' support of the campaign, identify potential committee members, move workers to make concrete commitments and take action, recruit people to a committee, facilitate committee meetings, work with groups.
• Ability to follow up on leads in a timely manner
• Understand and discuss issues in a way that contribute to the momentum of an organizing campaign.
• Have a fundamental commitment to building a diverse and democratic labor movement and ability to organize workers from diverse backgrounds and demographics.
• Willing to attend an Organizing Institute
• Basic communications skills, able to do basic flyers and other written material
• Motivated self-starter able to learn and troubleshoot without heavy supervision
• Driver’s license and reliable car, must be able to travel to work locations away from home/office location.
• Two years minimum of prior relevant, applicable campaign experience. For worker organizing campaigns, relevant campaign experience means experience winning or otherwise effectively waging NLRB elections or other applicable forms of union recognition or certification. For political or legislative campaigns, relevant campaign experience means applicable experience conducting political mobilization, or staffing candidate or issue campaigns, or engaging in legislative advocacy. For other types of campaigns, relevant, applicable campaign experience may vary.
• Strong social, written and verbal communication skills
• Patient in pressure situations and savvy with conflict management
• Bilingual, a plus

Responsibilities when employed in an Organizing campaign:

• Ability to assess support of the union or campaign, identify potential committee members, move workers to make concrete commitments and take action, recruit people to a committee, facilitate committee meetings, work with groups
• Understand and discuss issues in a way that contribute to the momentum of a campaign
• Utilize numerous organizing tactics including home-visiting, cold phone calling, hand billing, etc.
• Have a fundamental commitment to building a diverse and democratic movement and ability to organize workers and citizens from diverse backgrounds and demographics
• Along with campaign leadership, be able to work effectively with committee members
  • assist with moving campaigns to stage 3
  • keep the organizing committee on track
  • motivate them to move through roadblocks and be public when it is time
  • give them a realistic assessment of progress and inoculate them
• Work with the local to help identify and encourage others in local to participate in organizing campaigns and build support for organizing
• Along with the DOC, be able to help develop and implement a local organizing plan
• Submit reports as required, but at least monthly
• Must be able to work on projects to build the local, but also be able to assist in national and district organizing projects.
• Be heavily involved in major National and District Organizing Priority campaigns
• Capable of running campaigns with minimal assistance, motivate and dig out committee members, ability to take initiative to implement organizing goals, work in a team with other organizers involved in the campaign
• Be able to communicate effectively in writing, in speaking, and via electronic media. Be able to work with data bases, able to do basic flyers and other written material
• Able to function as a trainer at an Organizer Institute and train organizing committee members
• Work with locals on National and District priority campaigns and help local organizers
• Travel to work locations away from home and work location by car and plane to locations as needed
• Computer skills that allow at least intermediate-level data management and communication

Job Specifications:

1. Wages: $73,617.08 – $93,413.08 Salary/Year
2. Reports to the CWA Organizing Director or appropriate administrative staff
3. Other terms and conditions as per the Memorandum of Agreement.
4. This position will not be used to replace regular full time CWA Staff Representatives or District Organizing Coordinators, or in lieu of hiring regular full time staff for permanent positions/vacancies.

To Apply:
Submit a résumé, a cover letter that speaks to how your experience and skill-set meet the qualifications for this role, plus a writing sample on CWA Careers. We are looking for an immediate hire so applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. No phone calls please.

CWA is an equal opportunity employer, and, as such, does not discriminate an employee or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, disability, or any other classification protected from discrimination under applicable law.