Labor Relations Representative - Tulare

California School Employees Association•Tulare, CA

6d•Remote

About The Position

The California School Employees Association (CSEA) is seeking a Labor Relations Representative to represent its members in the Tulare, CA area. This is a home-office position that requires travel and frequent nights and weekend hours. The role involves recruiting, training, and developing members, leading and organizing members for political action, and serving as their advocate. The Labor Relations Representative also assists with representational matters. CSEA, founded in 1927, is the largest classified school employee union in the AFL-CIO, representing over 250,000 school employees across California in various roles such as para-educators, administrators, food service, bus drivers, nurses, and skilled trades. The organization is dedicated to expanding the rights of classified school employees by securing benefits, pensions, protections, and funding, with a mission to champion the rights, dignity, and welfare of working people and advocating for affordable healthcare and security for working families.

Requirements

A strong desire to recruit and mobilize volunteers around important issues
Bachelor’s degree in a subject that still excites you
Work experience relevant to organizing and recruiting new members
Experience with negotiations, advocacy or dispute resolution is a strong plus
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
Weekend and evening work will be required, as well as occasional overnight travel
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Have a California driver’s license, insurance and car
A combination of education, experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities will be considered.

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