EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT

Job Posting

Position: Executive Director, Assistant to the President
Employer: United American Nurses (UAN), AFL-CIO
Location: UAN Headquarters (Silver Spring, MD)

Duties:

• Senior staff director of national union of registered nurses, overseeing a professional and clerical staff and providing guidance to national union officers
  
• As an advisor to the Executive Council of the union, s/he will be instrumental in helping design, develop and implement the union's short and long term priorities
  
• As an advisor to the president of the union, s/he will carry out such functions and duties as directed by the president
  
• S/he will perform such administrative and operational duties as are necessary to implement the union's objectives and policies
  
• S/he will prepare and oversee the implementation of the union's budget
  
• S/he will initiate and maintain communications with the union's Affiliates and members, as well as other labor organizations, in accordance with the direction of the president and Executive Council

Qualifications:

• Significant and proven management experience in the labor movement (required)
  
• Experience in working with boards of directors/governing bodies
  
• Strong managerial and organizational skills, including the hiring and supervision of staff
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a collaborative environment
  
• Ability to travel and participate in evening and weekend meetings
  
• Experience working in a fast-paced and evolving environment
  
• Experience in preparing and overseeing a budget
  
• Health care experience (desirable)

Salary: 100k plus, commensurate with experience

Contact: Send résumé/cv to Crystle.hackney@uannurse.org

Deadline: Résumé/cv must be submitted by April 24, 2008