Oregon AFSCME
A Democratically Run Union and Proud of it!

External Organizer - Healthcare

Based in Portland, OR

 

External Organizer - Healthcare
Full-time Regular
Professional
Location: Portland, OR, US
Salary Range: $73,056.00 To $86,580.00 Annually

An External Organizer is responsible for a variety of aspects of an external organizing campaign including building relationships with workers and home/worksite visits.

This position will be responsible for organizing healthcare workers in the Portland area.   

Specific duties include but not limited to:

• Ability to build relationships with workers through 1:1s, home, and worksite visits and experience working directly with people specifically from diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds
• Ability to flex communication style to multiple cultural environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to present to diverse audiences, specifically racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse communities
• Developing campaign plans - strong project management skills (drafting and implementing)
• Multi-tasking and balancing multiple assignments/campaigns
• Understanding of basic labor law principles (PECBA, NLRB) including knowledge of anti-union tactics
• Ability to speak in front of large groups, facilitation of meetings and trainings as well as curriculum development
• Ability to build and maintain positive work relationships and exercise good judgment

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Willing to work long and irregular hours
• Dedicated to social and economic justice
• Able to work with diverse individuals.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to use a computer, email, and databases
• Leadership and motivational skills. Identify, recruit, and develop leaders
• Proven ability to develop broad, representative organizing committees of worksite leaders and train them
• Experience conducting one-on-one visits, site visits, meetings, and other interaction with members and potential members
• Enter assessments and other data collected in a database
• Develops volunteer organizers and/or lost timers from within the AFSCME membership
• Attend weekly meetings with supervisors to discuss progress and plan activities.
• Accepts and applies feedback and constructive criticism from the supervisor
• Performs related work as required
• In possession of an insured vehicle and valid driver’s license
• Data driven skills and ability to track and report work

Apply HERE!