Public Affairs Director
Salary: District 1199 offers competitive salaries and a full range of benefits.
Education: No requirement
Location: Columbus, Ohio, 43215, United States
Posted by: SEIU/District 1199 WV/KY/OH
Job Category: Activism & Organizing, Communications, Public relations
Language(s): English
Job posted on: January 9, 2009
Area of Focus: Community Building and Renewal, Media and Journalism, Network of Nonprofit Organizations, Politics, Voting, Democracy, and Civic Engagement
Type: Full time
Last day to apply: March 10, 2009
Last updated: January 9, 2009
Description:
Summary
Director of Public Affairs needed with SEIU District 1199, the Union of health care and social service workers in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
The role of Public Affairs with SEIU District 1199 is about driving engagement in government affairs and the public at large to achieve the goals of the Union. The PA Director will analyze politics, develop strategies and lead campaigns that move government and community leaders to help the working class.
Description
The Public Affairs Director of SEIU District 1199 is responsible for:
• Directing legislative and government affairs representation
• Providing professional public affairs advice to the District President
• Leading Union members and staff in political campaigns
• Directing community outreach and alliance building
• Overseeing media and public relations work
• Conducting political liaison with government, political, community and media leaders
• Interacting as political liaison with International Union and sister local colleagues
• Directing a team of staff with diverse roles and skill sets
• Developing Union members and staff in government affairs, political, community and media roles
Who is SEIU District 1199?
We're nurses, caregivers, service workers and professionals. We work in hospitals, nursing homes, mental health and MR/DD care facilities, social service agencies, Head Start programs, libraries, schools, and other health and human service centers.
We're 35,000 people united by our belief in the dignity and worth of workers. We organize to improve the lives of working people and their families and lead the way to a more just and humane society.
We're part of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), America's largest and fastest growing Union. We're the Union of health care and social service workers in Ohio, West Virginia and eastern Kentucky - SEIU District 1199.
If you want to put your mind and heart to work in the cause of a better world, there's a role for you in SEIU District 1199.
Additional Qualifications:
• High level knowledge of political strategy, campaign organizing practices, legislative process and public relations management
• High level of facilitation and leadership skills in collaborative work
• Experience in earned and paid media, including media relations, political and issue ads and the use of the internet as an organizing tool
• Excellent communication skills, personal discipline and organization, good judgment, and the ability to learn from and lead people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Experience in Ohio politics and public affairs a major plus
• The ability to work long and irregular hours as well as the ability to travel frequently
• A strong commitment to trade union principles, including organizing and empowering workers
• Women and people of color are urged to apply
How to Apply:
E-mail a résumé, a letter explaining why you want to do this work and names and contact information of three references to Sara Frank, jobs@seiu1199.org. Please type Public Affairs Director in the subject line of your email.
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