Labor Relations Representative - San Diego
About The Position
The California School Employees Association (CSEA) is seeking a Labor Relations Representative for its Field Office in San Diego, CA. This role is crucial during a significant time for unions, members, and communities. CSEA, established in 1927, represents over 250,000 school employees across 750 school districts in California, providing support services in various roles such as para-educators, administrators, food service, bus drivers, nurses, and skilled maintenance staff. As the largest classified school employee union in the AFL-CIO, CSEA is dedicated to improving lives, education, and communities by expanding the rights of classified school employees through securing benefits, pensions, protections, and funding. The organization's mission is to champion the rights, dignity, and welfare of working people, with values including advocating for affordable healthcare and security for working families. This position is ideal for individuals passionate about this mission.
Requirements
- A strong desire to recruit and mobilize volunteers around important issues
- Bachelors degree in a subject that still excites you
- Work experience relevant to organizing and recruiting new members
- Excellent communications skills
- Ability to Gain trust and confidence of members
- Be a leader who is clear and convincing
- Be strategic
- Work with diverse groups
- Show initiative, creativity and exercise sound judgment
- Be organized, excellent at managing your resources, data and time
- Keep sensitive information confidential
- Be a trusted advisor
- Be cool under pressure
- Balance your life at work with your life outside of work
- Quickly develop an understanding of CSEA culture
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Have a California drivers license, insurance and car
- A combination of education, experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities will be considered.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with negotiations, advocacy or dispute resolution is a strong plus
Responsibilities
- Recruits and trains members
- Negotiates contracts
- Provides leadership to rank-and-file negotiators and committees in collective bargaining
- Represents members in hearings
- Identifies and develops member leaders, chapter officers and stewards
- Influences members and staff
- Develops members who are committed as advocates for the union
Benefits
- 19 paid holidays
- 3 weeks vacation to start and 5 weeks after 7 years
- medical benefits for you and your family
- life insurance coverage
- a pension plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
