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SEIU: Home Care Organizer

About SEIU Healthcare Michigan

SEIU Healthcare Michigan is Michigan's largest and fastest growing health care workers union. We represent over 55,000 home care, nursing home, and hospital workers across the State of Michigan. In these tough economic times, there has been no stronger advocate on behalf of workers than SEIU Healthcare Michigan. We fight not only for good wages and benefits, but also to ensure quality care for our residents. Being an organizer for SEIU Healthcare Michigan requires a passion for improving all aspects of the lives of working people, their families and their communities. All positions require a car, and travel.

Required Skills, Abilitiies, and Experience

• Personal commitment to the mission and goals of SEIU and to the specific program of SEIU Healthcare Michigan
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgement.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Basic computer literacy on Windows-based computer programs in order to perform necessary campaign data management and administrative work.
• Willingness and ability to work long, irregular hours, including evenings and weekends.
• Strong personal planning and time management skills.
• The ability to work with people from various cultures and backgrounds.
• Having a valid drivers’ license, use of car for all working hours, and automobile insurance are mandatory conditions of employment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assess, identify, recruit, and develop home care members into activists and leaders via house visits, meetings, phone calls and other communications.
• Assist in developing leaders through conducting meetings and trainings providing tools and support to help members achieve goals regarding execution of the Local’s program.
• Engage in strategic thinking to assess issues, evaluate a campaign and its components, achieve goals of the union in the field and provide reports to local leadership.
• Help develop and implement plans to mobilize and lead members in key union activities including organizing, grassroots lobbying, issue campaigns and other activities.
• Assist in building coalitions with community allies and partners.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.

Salary & Benefits

SEIU Healthcare Michigan offers an excellent benefit package and competitive salary.

How to Apply

Forward a copy of a cover letter explaining your interest in home care organizing and résumé to: jobs2@seiuhealthcaremi.org.

SEIU Healthcare Michigan encourages applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or disability.