Fairfax County Federation of Teachers
AFT Affiliate Local 2401

Lead Organizer

Based in Northern Virginia

 

Job Purpose
This is a management-level position to work on an organizing campaign based in Northern Virginia. FCFT’s Lead Organizer works to engage organizers and workers in FCFT actions to improve school culture/climate and the functioning of joint decision-making on teaching and learning issues. Union, community, or political organizing experience preferred.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Proven ability to hire, mentor, motivate, assess, evaluate, discipline, and coordinate all aspects of the organizing program including regular check-ins and development of organizer work plans
• Conduct field campaign briefs and debriefs with staff 
• Assess and evaluate staff performance
• Provide high levels of strategic input
• Evaluate campaign status, including but not limited to messaging, numeric assessments interpretation and campaign field needs to the Executive Director
• Oversee a variety of aspects of a campaign including building relationships with workers, developing issues-based organizing plans for assigned areas, and for recruiting and sustaining motivation of organizers, leaders, and activists
• Organize and mobilize workers
• Attend regular meetings with other supervisors to discuss progress and plan activities
• One-on-one visits, site visits, meetings, and other interaction with members and potential members
• Enter assessments and other data collected in a database on a regular basis
• Occasionally, be assigned to other parts of the state or country as required
• Take direction on activities to grow membership and accomplish goals
• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications / Expectations

• Willing to work long and irregular hours
• Dedicated to social and economic justice, and public education access
• Be in possession of an insured vehicle and valid driver’s license
• Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse population
• Must have strong communications skills
• Must be competent in basic computer/web functions, and social media platforms
• Be motivated, responsible, organized, professional and detail-oriented
• Be able to work independently while also being able to incorporate constructive feedback and direction from the Executive Director
• At least 1 year of previous labor and/or community organizing
• A background in public education issues is preferred
• Experienced in community, student, political, or labor activism is a plus

Salary and Benefits
The starting salary of this position is $72,000 including paid time off, sick leave, health benefits, dental benefits, travel, and expense reimbursements. This is a management level position with the ability to hire, discipline, and assess bargaining unit employees and thus is not part of a bargaining unit.

How to Apply
Please submit a cover letter, résumé, and 3 references to: hresources@fcft.org, with the subject line reading “Lead Organizer”.

Equal Employment Opportunity and all are encouraged to apply.