Deputy Political Director

Deputy Political Director

Based Statewide in California

SEIU Local 2015 Job Description

 SEIU Local 2015 is the largest union in California, representing more than half a million long-term care workers (home care, skilled nursing facility, and assisted living center workers) throughout the state. We are also the largest long-term care union in the U.S. and the largest local union in SEIU. Our members are as diverse as the state’s population and united in their commitment to caring for California’s older adults and those with disabilities.

SEIU Local 2015’s mission is to unleash the collective power of long-term care workers, their families, and their communities, harness the power of technology, and build a broad movement to disrupt the unjust status quo in order to bring lasting transformational change towards a more just society for all. For more information please visit, http://seiu2015.org.

About the role: The Deputy Political Director is responsible for the internal strategic planning development, staff oversight and development, strategic partner oversight, Caregiver Action Fund (CAF- formerly COPE) program  implementation, and developing internal plans for  issue and electoral campaigns  on behalf of the union that empower our members to be strong forces in their work, in the legislative process and at the ballot box. 

Duties & Responsibilities: A wide range of responsibilities including but not limited to:

• All areas of staff development, hiring, training, development, supervision, managing, evaluation and accountability
• Develop  successful programs to create effective  relationships between  staff/membership and elected officials, community partners and other stakeholders;
• Lead department on training development for  recruiting members for political fundraising, electoral campaigns, and legislative meetings and other community based activities;
• Track and and assess the strategic partnership work of the union and work with staff and other departments to align with the organization’s goals 
• Coordinate political field activities, lobby visits, phone banking and events for our policy, legislative and electoral participation campaigns at the city, state and federal level;
• Mobilize and train new member leaders and activists for legislative and electoral activity;
• Support contract and organizing campaigns, including rallies, press events and targeted employer activity;
• Oversees implementation of a robust Caregivers Action Fund (CAF) program that resources Local 2015 members’ political and legislative objectives through close working relationship with key directors in organization
• Independently develops, implements and is responsible for outcomes of campaigns that align with and produce results towards the program of the Local and International Union.
• Train and assist staff in identifying, recruiting and developing leaders to successfully implement the mission, goals and work of the union
• Coordinate teams of staff in developing and implementing programs and campaigns
• Coordinates with Internal Directors on campaign work and staff development progress
• Creates systems within the department to