Field Organizer for Higher Education

Location: 
Boston, MA

UE seeks a national staff union representative for a higher education assignment. The position includes bargaining, local union leadership development, internal and external organizing, and grievance handling for bargaining units in the higher education industry.

Responsibilities include:

  • Assisting with contract negotiations
  • Assisting UE locals with developing and maintaining workplace leadership structures
  • Training members, stewards, and rank -and-file local officers
  • Assisting UE locals with developing and executing escalating issue campaigns
  • Assisting UE local unions with grievances and contract enforcement 
  • Developing coalition and political action work
  • Working on new organizing campaigns
  • Other duties as needed

Qualifications:

  • Commitment to working class and rank-and-file leadership development
  • Effective interpersonal and group communication skills – listening, spoken, and written
  • Ability to organize and maintain accurate worksite and campaign activity information
  • Strong analytical skills 
  • Strong personal organization
  • Self-motivated
  • Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
  • Capacity to establish and cultivate relationships with people from diverse backgrounds
  • Experience as a union representative and/or organizer preferred.

The salary for this position is $64,097.30 per year. Irregular hours, travel, and weekend work are an essential part of the job. Benefits include excellent health care and retirement funding and a substantial car allowance (must have own car for travel). People of color and women are strongly urged to apply. 

Interested? Please email your resume and cover letter to jobs@ueunion.org.