Chief Administrative Officer

Working America Associa•Washington, DC

1d•$161,116

About The Position

With 5 million members, Working America mobilizes working people who don’t have the benefit of an union at work to fight for good jobs and a fair economy. As the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, we unite working people in urban, suburban, and rural communities around a shared economic agenda. The Chief Administrative Officer has principal responsibility of Working America’s day-to-day administrative operations including but not limited to human resources, accounting, payroll, labor-management relations, and legal and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

10+ years’ related advanced work experience in human resources, accounting, labor-management relations, and / or legal and regulatory compliance.
Demonstrated ability to conduct complex analysis of data; ability to forecast and assess impact of proposed projects; proactive leadership to identify and recommend solutions.
Strong focus on details and time management.
Skills in negotiating cost-effective contracts for goods and services.
Ability to translate complex organizational data into clear and simple messages for a wide range of audiences.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to exercise a high level of discretion.
Ability to work long and irregular hours as necessary.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with managing staff in a collectively-bargained environment preferred.
Familiarity with lobbying and campaign finance disclosure and compliance required.

Responsibilities

Oversees Working America’s daily administrative functions, ensuring efficiency and smooth workflow throughout the organization. Contributes to strategic planning, direction, and goal-setting of the organization in collaboration with senior management.
Assumes principle oversight of the operation of Working America’s headquarters and field offices, including but not limited office upkeep, mail services, communication, secretarial work, custodial operations, or other support services.
Manages the Human Resources operations of the organization, including hiring and supervising staff and consultants.
Manages the accounting and bookkeeping functions of the organization, including hiring and supervising staff and consultants.
Works with accountants to develops departmental budgets, approves purchases or other expenditures, maintains financial records, and ensures fiscal success of operations.
Develops and implements organizational policies.
Oversees compliance of all personnel and benefit related provisions of Working America’s collective bargaining agreements; ensure consistency with personnel policies and procedures.
Serve as representative for interactions with collective bargaining units. Negotiate and implement labor contracts.
Oversees charitable registration, lobbying, campaign finance, and other federal, state, and local government disclosure and compliance.
Oversees the negotiation of contracts with vendors and procurement of assets. Oversees the management of all leases and business contracts.
Other duties as assigned.