MI State Council Executive Director, SEIU MICHIGAN

EMPLOYER: SEIU MICHIGAN

LOCATION: Detroit or Lansing, MI

State Council Executive Director – SEIU MICHIGAN

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the nation's largest and fastest growing
union. The Michigan State Council is made up of SEIU Local 526M/Michigan State Corrections
Organization, SEIU Local 517M, SEIU Local 1 and SEIU HCMI/Healthcare Michigan
representing working people across the healthcare, public, property services and corrections
industries.

The Michigan State Council brings together local and International Union stakeholders to
advance a shared vision for building power for all workers across Michigan. The local unions are
dedicated to working together to improve the lives of workers and their families and creating a
more just and humane society. SEIU’s strategy is centered on building a multi-racial, worker-led
movement to drive bold demands on corporations and government to rewrite the rules for
Unions for All workers, regardless of race, immigration status, where or how they work.

SEIU is seeking an innovative leader to serve as the Michigan State Council Executive Director.

Position Overview

The State Council Executive Director will guide and direct the council to develop and execute
strategic plans that reflect the goals of the SEIU Michigan.

Principal Duties

● Develop and implement comprehensive state plans that integrate political, organizing,
and member work to win key elections, drive the Unions for All demand, build a leader-
rich SEIU, advance justice fights, and build long-term state power.
● Drive the demand for Unions for All, racial, and economic justice by mobilizing SEIU
members and not-yet-union workers to challenge corporate power and demand
government action to ensure that all workers have the ability to form strong, industry-
wide or sectoral unions.
● Advance union organizing campaigns led by SEIU divisions, programs and local unions
to build the organizing capacity of SEIU and organize new workers into the Union.
● Strengthen the political capacity of local unions and members to win and hold power at
the national, state and local level, including supporting recruitment and development of
worker leaders and activists, building the internal political fundraising program, and
enhancing the skills of staff and members.
● Build independent political power for SEIU and partners in a wider movement through
developing sustainable civic engagement programs and political organization,
particularly in communities of color.

● Drive SEIU’s program to elect champions for working families and shift the political
debate to focus on an agenda that improves the lives of workers and their families and
communities.
● Support campaigns to win economic, racial, immigrant and environmental justice and to
make unions and worker organizations central to the debate at the federal, state and
local level, and hold elected officials accountable to those issues.

Key Responsibilities

● Facilitate and manage collaborative planning processes by partnering with SEIU
Michigan Locals, the International Union, and stakeholders to design plans to meet
statewide political and organizing objectives and goals.
● Execute an integrated statewide program across SEIU Michigan Locals and priority
campaigns to expand working people’s power in Michigan.
● Supervise and manage the work and development of all State Council staff.
● Create and execute a member leadership development and education program that
focuses on politics and organizing.
● Develop and implement a reporting structure that tracks program metrics and outcomes
on the state council’s strategic goals.
● Represent SEIU to elected officials, partners and coalitions.
● Organizational operations and development, including budget management, financial
and other reporting requirements, research, writing, public speaking, preparation of
reports and staffing the Council Executive Board.
● Lead or provide strategic guidance on lobbying programs and support legislative field
strategy for priority campaigns at the state and federal level.
● Support the development of SEIU Michigan’s yearly legislative agenda.
● Support a collaborative candidate endorsement process driven by members and not-yet-
union workers.
● Anchor the coordination of SEIU Michigan’s electoral planning and IE programs.
● Foster and expand strategic partnerships and coalitions to build support and momentum
for SEIU priorities.

Key Qualifications

● Demonstrated commitment to workers, union power and member leadership anchored in
a strong bel