NYSUT
New York State United Teachers
 

Organizer
Membership Growth and Organizing

Based in New York

 

Title: Organizer
Department: Membership Growth and Organizing
Category: D
Salary: $92,999
Date: April 14, 2025

Overview:
NYSUT seeks an experienced Organizer whose pivotal role is strengthening our union and empowering our members. This position will focus on leadership identification and development; will cultivate leaders into powerful activists and organizers. You will drive recruitment initiatives, expanding membership through strategic planning and member-led campaigns. Successful candidates will utilize both traditional and digital tools to engage and mobilize our members. This role demands a dynamic individual with a commitment to empowering workers and driving meaningful change.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead worker mobilizations for internal and external organizing efforts.
• Identify worker leaders and transform them into activists.
• Build worksite structures for engagement and mobilization.
• Engage in worksite activities, home visits, and other organizing meetings.
• Assist with developing strategies and plans to recruit and retain members.
• Train and support cadres of member organizers to recruit new members.
• Maintain regular communication with leaders, members, and others through union meetings, job site visits, one-on-one meetings, and house visits.
• Help create and implement digital and other forms of outreach to individual workers and groups of workers.
• Design, write and manage campaigns, including digital engagement forms and online actions.
• Create and manage a social media content calendar.
• Create campaign literature and tools used in organizing campaigns.
• Promote strength building and growth to current and potential members and leaders and guide their activity on behalf of the union.
• Assist other staff and members with strategies for negotiations, campaigns, organizing, and other union programs.
• Help organize and run large actions such as picket lines, strikes, and marches.
• Identify and builds effective organizing committees.
• Develop and implement successful tactics to win union organizing elections.
• Maintain complete records in all phases of an organizing campaign and oversee the assessment of every unit member involved in a campaign.
• Build community support for campaigns.
• Run effective meetings.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Must have 3 to 5 years of relevant organizing/servicing/educational experience.
• Knowledge of labor unions and labor relations at a professional level.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and coordinate organizing activities and worker mobilizations.
• Timely record keeping and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain productive work relationships with workers, members, and colleagues.
• Strong research skills and experience gathering information for organizing campaigns.
• Effective communication skills, orally and in writing.
• Strong planning and time management skills.
• Commitment to professional development.
• Proficiency in relevant technological tools such as Google Suite, WhatsApp, Slack, Hustle, Action Builder, VAN, etc.
• Willingness and ability to be in the field for work assignments.
• Willingness and ability to work irregular hours, including evenings and occasional weekends, as needed.
• Experience utilizing digital organizing tactics preferred.

NYSUT- Who are we?
NYSUT is a statewide labor organization affiliated with more than 1,200 local unions, each representing its own members. NYSUT is affiliated with two national unions, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA). NYSUT represents nearly 700,000 people who work in, or are retired from, New York's schools, colleges, and healthcare facilities, including teachers, teacher aides and assistants, college and university faculty and professional staff, school bus drivers, custodians, secretaries, cafeteria workers, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. 

NYSUT’s policy is to ensure an equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by the law.

NYSUT is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. NYSUT is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people are encouraged to apply.

At NYSUT, we believe in creating a work environment free of barriers and bias, where individual outlooks and talents are respected and valued.

Why Should You Apply?

• Competitive salary and excellent benefits, including comprehensive medical and dental insurance plans, life and long-term disability plans, and retirement plans.
• Generous PTO plan.
• Work-life balance.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals.
• Opportunity to work in a highly respected organization, make a meaningful difference in the lives of working people, and be a proud part of the labor movement at the local, state, and national levels.

How to Apply:
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and résumé to hr@nysut.org by April 30, 2025.

www.nysut.org