EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

POSITION TITLE: Education & Development Coordinator
ASSIGNMENT: Education & Development Department - Maryland/DC
REPORTS TO: Director, Education & Development Department
CLASSIFICATION: Permanent - Unlimited

Qualifications: Experience and/or training in designing a range of participatory or popular education based curriculum for workers and/or social justice activists; Experience and knowledge of applying popular education or other forms of participatory education facilitation skills; Experience training and/or mentoring others to develop as facilitators; Interest and commitment to advancing participatory, anti-oppressive, worker-based education; Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills; Good self-organizing and time-management skills; Knowledge of 1199 SEIU and/or US labor movement; Ability to travel; Valid drivers license; Strong ability to use computer programs (MS Word, MS Excel) Intranet/Internet, Email and other related programs; A combination of work and educational experiences is required.

Job Summary: The primary responsibilities for this position are to coordinate member, Delegate, Staff and Leadership trainings, and to assist in meeting the training and development needs stemming from Maryland/DCs area overall work plan. In order to help build the educational capacity of our union, this position is also responsible to:

• Facilitate workshops, courses, meetings and other educational sessions;
  
• Train staff and members as facilitators;
  
• Develop curriculum for workshops, courses, campaigns, and conferences;
  
• Administer assessments of programs and participants;
  
• Submit monthly reports to the Director, Education & Development Department;
  
• Participate in monthly department meetings and bi-weekly Coordinator's conference call;
  
• Attend and service the Education Committee meetings;
  
• Meet with the Maryland/DC leadership team to set education and development calendar that meets the Division's needs;
  
• Work with support staff in both the Education & Development Department and throughout the Division to set logistics and communication for trainings;
  
• Work in collaboration with other Education & Development Coordinators to design and facilitate union-wide trainings;
  
• Work with all staff in the Education Department to advance the union-wide education and development work plan.
  
• Good project management skills.

General Information: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this title. They do not include all job duties performed by employees in the title and every position does not necessarily require the same duties.

All interested persons meeting the minimum qualifications are encouraged to submit a cover letter and résumé, to:

Cynthia Boston
United Healthcare Workers East
310 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

or via email to cynthiab@1199.org, in the subject line please include the position title.

1199/SEIU is an equal opportunity employer.