Senior Learning Program Specialist, Racial Justice Center

SEIU • Washington, DC

76d • Remote

About The Position

SEIU is seeking a racial-justice educator and program practitioner to make complex research, history, theory, and race-class analysis understandable and useful to staff, members, leaders, departments, campaigns, and local unions. The Senior Learning Program Specialist will develop accessible learning materials and experiences that help varied audiences understand and apply Racial Justice Center research to their work, organizing, programs, and strategic decisions. The role will combine curriculum development, facilitation, focused background research, and coordination of learning projects.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in racial-justice education, popular education, adult learning, labor education, curriculum development, facilitation, training, social justice programming, or a related field.
• Experience translating complex historical, research, policy, political, or theoretical information into accessible learning for nonacademic audiences.
• Demonstrated knowledge of racial and economic justice theory and practice and the ability to teach sensitive or complex material accurately and respectfully.
• Experience developing curriculum, explainers, presentations, facilitator guides, discussion materials, workshops, or comparable learning products.
• Experience facilitating learning or discussion with participants who bring different levels of knowledge, language access, cultural context, authority, or comfort with racial-justice topics.
• Ability to adapt content for different audiences without diluting essential historical context, analytical meaning, or strategic implications.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and program-coordination skills, including the ability to manage contributors, reviews, materials, and deadlines.
• Ability to conduct focused background research, assess sources, and work with researchers and subject-matter experts to produce accurate educational materials.
• Working knowledge of labor, unions, worker organizations, community organizing, or social justice movements.

Nice To Haves

• Direct union or worker-organization experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex racial-justice research, theory, history, and race-class analysis into clear and engaging learning for audiences with different levels of familiarity, language access, cultural context, and educational background.
• Assist in developing explainers, curriculum, presentations, discussion guides, facilitator materials, learning tools, and other resources that preserve the substance of the underlying research while making it accessible and practical for nonacademic audiences.
• Use popular education, adult learning, teaching, and facilitation approaches to help participants engage with sensitive or complex racial- and economic-justice topics.
• Plan and facilitate workshops, discussions, presentations, and other learning experiences in collaboration with the Director, RJC colleagues, departments, campaigns, and local unions.
• Work with internal partners to identify audience needs, define learning objectives, and help staff, members, leaders, and campaign teams apply RJC research to programs, organizing, and organizational priorities.
• Develop learning opportunities connected to racial history, significant places, current events, campaigns, or emerging issues, including appropriate background materials and discussion resources.
• Conduct limited, focused background research needed to develop accurate and timely educational products, in coordination with the senior research role and other RJC staff.
• Coordinate learning projects, contributors, reviews, materials, timelines, delivery, and follow-up across the RJC and participating departments or local unions.
• Gather feedback on learning materials and sessions and revise approaches to improve clarity, relevance, cultural responsiveness, and practical usefulness.

Benefits

• A comprehensive, employer-sponsored health benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A defined benefit pension plan
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed