SEIU Healthcare Michigan
 

Organizer-In Training, Healthcare

Based in Detroit, MI

 

We are seeking energetic and passionate individuals interested in starting social justice careers in labor organizing.

For over 100 years, SEIU has been helping workers stand up for their rights, fighting for dignity, respect and better conditions in workplaces and communities. With a membership 2.1 million strong, SEIU is the fastest-growing union in the United States and our diverse leaders and staff support workers as they speak out for good jobs and better lives for themselves and their families.

SEIU Healthcare Michigan is the largest healthcare worker union in the state, representing over 16,000 workers across the industry. We work to build a strong, vibrant, multi-racial, multi-generational labor movement that centers worker power as the vehicle to create good union jobs and healthy communities for all who call Michigan home

The SEIU Healthcare MI Organizer-in-Training (OIT) Program is a 12-month training program. As an Organizer-in-Training with the SEIU Healthcare MI, you will be assigned to organizing campaigns, trained on the fundamentals of union organizing, and will have the opportunity to learn the skills needed to help workers build power in the workplace.

The OIT program trains labor organizers to assist and empower non-union workers to join unions and is different from other training programs that focus on developing political, electoral or community organizing skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting broad and intensive outreach efforts to non-union workers.
• Identifying, recruiting and developing worker leaders
• Conducting individual and group meetings with workers to move organizing campaigns forward.
• Engaging, motivating and mobilizing workers.
• Planning and carrying out actions and events to support worker organizing efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated commitment to social and economic justice
• Ability and willingness to work long and irregular hours, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to spend the majority of the work week out of the office doing work site visits, home visits, canvassing on foot, attending worker strikes and meetings, rallies and other union activities.
• Excellent listening, oral and written communication skills.
• Basic computer literacy and ability to learn the organization's technology tools.
• Ability to work independently as well as with a team.
• Willingness to conduct work site and home visits.
• Strong planning, time-management and problem-solving skills.
• Possession of a valid U.S. driver’s license, proof of auto insurance (such that OIT can legally carry and transport members when necessary or otherwise appropriate. Insurance plan must contain both accidental death coverage and residual bodily injury liability), and an automobile for business use.
• Ability and willingness to travel, as needed. 
• If offered an Organizer-in-Training position, you will be required to be located in metro Detroit, Michigan if you currently do not reside in metro Detroit. Relocation costs are not covered by SEIU Healthcare MI
• Women and people of color are highly encouraged to apply.

Compensation:
Salary is $50,000/annually for one 12 month period and benefits include fully employer-paid health benefits package, $650/month car allowance, $75/month cell phone allowance, and other benefits. This is a full-time, salaried, over-time exempt position. This position will last 12 months only. 

Application Requirements:
A résumé and cover letter are required for all applications. Your cover letter should explain your reason for wanting to work for SEIU Healthcare MI, an example of how you demonstrated success in your own life, and a description of how this position fits into your long-term career plan.

Send résumés to: info@seiuhealthcaremi.org

SEIU HCMI is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination, harassment, and harmful behavior of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics as outlined in federal, state, or local laws. All qualified applicants, including minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training