Senior Organizing Capacity Coordinator

Senior Organizing Capacity Coordinator

Job Category: Non-Bargaining Salary

Requisition Number: SENIO003296

Posted: August 5, 2025

Full Time

Washington, DC 20036, USA

Job Title: Senior Organizing Capacity Training Coordinator

Grade: MGT E1

Annual Pay : $118,125

Location: ALL USA / Hybrid

Organizational Overview: We are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a union of about 2 million diverse members in healthcare, the public sector, and property services. We believe in and fight for our vision for a just society: where all workers are valued and all people respected—no matter where we come from or what color we are; where all families and communities can thrive; and where we leave a better and more equitable world for generations to come. We are an anti-racist union determined to check corporate power and uproot structural racism through unions-worker power and collective action—and government—legislative and political action. We fight for Unions for All and a government that works for all so that all of us, across race and place, can have power together in unions and participate fully in our democracy.

The candidate would be a member of the SEIU’s Organizing Capacity Center team. The SEIU Organizing Capacity Center is a group of programs striving to create collaborative learning spaces across our union that build a capable and skillful organizing community. The programs develop organizers and campaigners to build power for all working people by engaging in campaigns that center racial justice and focus on the most important social and economic issues facing workers, their families and their communities.

Purpose: The Organizing Capacity Coordinator is responsible for the development, execution and coordination of trainings, training programs, and other learning opportunities designed to enhance organizing, campaigner and leadership skills of union organizers within the SEIU International Union and our affiliated local unions.

The candidate must have significant experience regularly designing, coordinating and facilitating in-person and virtual trainings for organizers and campaigners with varied levels of experience.

The candidate must have significant years of relevant experience in organizing, campaign planning and campaign team management and be able to assess the skills and practices needed for the development of beginner to coordinator-level organizers.

Primary Responsibilities: The Organizing Capacity Coordinator will be responsible for:

• Developing & facilitating trainings and learning spaces for varying levels of union organizers that enhance organizing, campaigner and leadership skills - in line with with new organizing campaign goals and strategies and SEIU's overall goals;
• Creating and writing relevant and effective training materials, including curricula, hand-outs, interactive exercises and presentations.
• Learning and utilizing creative training techniques that can be adapted to teach concepts, skills, and best practices of union organizing and staff development to different audiences;
• Facilitating and providing feedback in large and small group training discussions, exercises and practice labs to support trainees’ development and enhance their understanding of and ability to utilize training information and materials in the classroom and field;
• Work in collaboration with others to apply diversity, equity and inclusion principles and best practices particularly applying a racial justice lens to the work;
• Work in coordination with SEIU managers and/or Local Union leadership to evaluate specific staff development needs and provide support through training and other identified components.
• Providing leadership in upholding SEIU’s overall staff development and organizing standards;
• Conducting new hire trainings and orientations to acquaint new organizing staff to the SEIU and its policies and procedures
• Assisting in the recruitment, screening and assessment of organizer candidates; conducting phone and in-person interviews; facilitating group candidate screenings; and assisting with hiring recommendations to SEIU locals and IU Divisions;
• Assisting in oversight of SEIU Organizers-in-Training (OITs) and coordinating with appropriate field/campaign managers to ensure each OIT is receiving appropriate training and feedback, and reviews are completed in accordance with relevant SEIU CBA;
• Working closely with the Capacity operations team to ensure training logistical requirements and needs are successfully executed and met;
• Additional responsibilities, as may be required, including but not limited to: Maintaining and updating training materials in training database; maintaining and monitoring a training budget; researching conferences and external training events that would benefit individuals or group staff development.

Direction and Decision Making: The Senior Organizing Capacity Coordinator is a member of the staff development team of the SEIU Organizing Capacity Center (within the SEIU National Organizing Dept) and reports directly to the Organizing Capacity Center Director.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Three (3) years of experience in developing curriculum and training and demonstrated experience with adult education or training.
• Minimum seven (7) years of new (external) labor organizing experience; or a combination of a minimum of five (5) years external labor organizing and two (2) years of internal (member) organizing or relevant issue-based community organizing;
• Minimum of three (3) years of campaign planning and management experience, including developing and managing multi-component campaigns; working with interdisciplinary campaign teams;
• Bilingual fluency in English/Spanish is preferred.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills Needed

• Proven experience with effective curriculum development, including designing and adapting curriculum, handouts, and other materials that are learner-centered, participatory, and incorporates popular education approaches;
• Extensive firsthand knowledge of the practices, skills, and pedagogy related to organizing including developing and executing union recognition campaigns , union contract and/or community organizing issue campaigns
• Advanced facilitation skills: being able to navigate group discussions and guide productive discussions among audiences of diverse backgrounds, worldviews, political inclinations, and opinions. Ability to foster respectful listening spaces and draw out learning experiences from all learners' contributions.
• Proven ability to develop and manage effective organizing teams, and to incorporate effective staff development best practices, tools and techniques in their work managing teams;
• Demonstrated commitment to progressive social, economic and racial justice
• Demonstrated experience with applying best practices and principles related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and applying a racial justice lens to the work;
• Demonstrated experience and ability to exercise good judgment, working independently in complex political situations;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as excellent listening skills;
• Proven leadership skills and ability to work with a diversity of people;
• Ability to understand and analyze organizational, campaign training and staff development needs to effectively align with training curricula, materials and practice exercises;
• Ability to effectively utilize Microsoft Word, Power Point, Canva, Zoom, and/or other computer software in order to produce effective training materials;
• Ability to handle multiple projects and meet established timelines;
• A self-starter with proven ability to work independently with support to conceptualize, design, execute, assess and refine capacity-building programs and learning spaces;
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment;
• Has a valid Driver’s license and the ability and willingness to travel by airplane;
• Ability and willingness to travel and work long and extended hours. The job involves regular travel, away from home, for days at a time.

Physical Requirements: Work is generally performed in an office or training/conference room setting, but may be required to work in other settings conducive to performing the tasks required to complete assignments. May include work-site visits, rallies, strikes or other union activity. Long and extended hours are sometimes required as well as regular travel.

Application Requirements: A resume is required for all applications and a cover letter is highly suggested. Your cover letter should explain your reason for wanting to work for SEIU, an example of how you demonstrated success in a similar position and a description of how this position fits into your long-term career plan.

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