What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional UniServ Staff-RRC position at California Teachers Association?
General Description
This assignment services members from both the Hesperia Regional Resource Center and the Lancaster Regional Resource Center. Office space and support will be provided in either the Hesperia RRC or Lancaster RRC.
The Hesperia and Lancaster RRC offices house five primary contact staff and two associate staff. The RRCs provides services to more than nine thousand PreK-12 educators, County Office of Education, charter schools and educational support professionals with chapters ranging in size from two to over a thousand members. This assignment services small and medium size chapters in Kern, Inyo, Mono and San Bernadino counties. Due to the driving distances in this assignment (33,000 square miles with the furthest chapter 355 miles from the office) strong organizational skills and training skills are imperative.
To meet the needs of the individual chapters, it is important to have excellent organizing and advocacy skills, experience in negotiations, grievance processing / contract maintenance, and be able to use technology as a tool to deliver CTA programs and services. Strong interpersonal skills as well as excellent oral and written communication skills are critical in order to be successful in this position. Additionally, strong political action skills and experience working with community coalitions and organizations are important components of this position.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Primary responsibility is to serve as an organizer that develops strong leaders who advocate for themselves, their students and public education.
- Responsibility to assist recruiting and supporting members to lead the union and profession through strategic campaigns that promote the mission of CTA and local affiliates.
- Responsibility to support leaders in developing and implementing strategic organizing plans and to train members and leaders on all aspects of organizing, including the relationship between organizing and power and the importance and effectiveness of relational organizing based one-on-one and small group meetings.
- Responsibility to support and organize local leaders in membership recruitment, retention and engagement campaigns.
- Responsibility to foster coalitions between local chapters, community organizations, other labor unions and organizations.
- Serve as staff resource to local leaders on local programs, including negotiations, contract maintenance, political campaigns and influencing elected officials, organizational capacity building and communication systems, including electronic systems.
- Responsibility to promote and secure the implementation of CTA policies and programs.
- Represent the local chapter's position and policies to lay and professional groups.
- Performs other appropriate duties as assigned.
Qualifications - Minimum Required
CTA values a diverse workplace and encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and members of ethnic minorities to apply.
CTA is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state and federal laws.
Salary : $116,250 - $181,010