Department of Organizing and Services--Senior Program Officer--D.C. Office.
The AAUP Department of Organizing and Services is pleased to announce a one-year temporary professional position in organizing, a position which will be filled as soon as possible. In response to the increasing number of faculty organizing campaigns around the country, including organizing for collective bargaining, we seek to supplement AAUP staff and member-activists who are participating in these campaigns. This work is integral to AAUP’s central mission of defending and advancing academic freedom, shared governance, and due process and peer review rights of faculty.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Advancing the Association’s collective bargaining program by conducting organizing drives, and by advising and assisting local union leaders on such activities as contract negotiations, grievance processing and arbitration. Extensive travel required.
2. Fostering organizational development and membership growth in concert with chapter and state conference leaders.
3. Staffing of Association committees and other bodies addressing a broad range of issues relevant to American higher education.
4. Representing the Association before other faculty organizations, college and university bodies, and other organizations.
5. Coordinating with Association leaders and staff on particular projects and long-range planning.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Experience and demonstrated skill in organizing (collective bargaining, political action, grassroots initiatives, etc.), membership development, and/or experience with higher education collective bargaining or faculty governance.
2. Knowledge of labor relations and professional issues relating to higher education.
3. Experience and demonstrated ability to work with professional groups and individuals.
4. Superior written and oral communication skills and computer proficiency.
5. Advanced degree; experience teaching in higher education also desirable.
Compensation
Salary range of $50 – $55,000, commensurate with experience.
Generous benefits package.
This is a one-year appointment for a position requiring a willingness and ability to travel extensively.The position is based in our Washington, D.C., office.
Position is open until filled. Applicants may send resumes by e-mail to podos@aaup.org or by regular mail to Search Committee, Department of Organizing and Services, AAUP, 1133 Nineteenth Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036. No phone calls, please. (12/23)
Department of Organizing and Services - Senior Program Officer-West Coast Office
The American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) Department of Organizing and Services is happy to announce a one-year temporary professional position in organizing, as soon as possible, in our West Coast Office, which is located in Berkeley, California. This is an exciting opportunity at a critically important, opportune time in the academy. The AAUP is organizing on a national scale. Having just hired a one-year temporary professional position for several east of the Mississippi campaigns, we also have active campaigns and percolating situations at several campuses in the Northwest and Southwest, as well as in California. We invite you to join us in our important work to defend and advance the academic freedom, shared governance, and due process and peer review rights of faculty.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Advancing the Association’s collective bargaining program by conducting organizing drives, and by advising and assisting local union leaders on such activities as contract negotiations, grievance processing and arbitration. Extensive travel required, primarily in the West.
- Fostering organizational development and membership growth in concert with chapter and state conference leaders.
- Representing the Association before other faculty organizations, college and university bodies, and other organizations.
- Coordinating with Association leaders and staff on particular projects and long-range planning.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience and demonstrated skill in organizing (collective bargaining, political action, grassroots initiatives, faculty advocacy, etc.), membership development, and/or experience with higher education collective bargaining or faculty governance.
- Knowledge of labor relations and professional issues relating to higher education.
- Experience and demonstrated ability to work with professional groups and individuals.
- Superior written and oral communication skills, computer proficiency and website maintenance skills.
- Advanced degree; experience teaching and/or research in higher education also desirable, especially in California or Oregon.
Compensation
Salary range of $50 – $55,000, commensurate with experience.
Generous benefits package.
This is a one-year appointment for a position requiring a willingness and ability to travel extensively throughout the west coast and to Washington, D.C. The position is based in the West Coast office in Berkeley, CA, working closely with our Senior Program Officer in that office.
Position is open until filled. We will begin an active review of applications December 17, 2009, and will start interviewing as soon as possible after that. Applicants may send a cover letter and resume by e-mail to podos@aaup.org or by regular mail to Search Committee, Department of Organizing and Services, AAUP, 1133 Nineteenth Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036. No phone calls, please. (12/1)