Employment Opportunities
Staff Organizer (Half-Time)
UIC United Faculty seeks a half-time Staff Organizer. Starting date is negotiable, but no later than January 7, 2019.
University of Illinois at Chicago United Faculty (AFT/IFT/AAUP Local 6456) represents approximately 1100 full-time tenure-track (TT) and non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty members across 11 colleges and 60+ departments at the University of Illinois at Chicago. We’re eager to collaborate with a hard-working, imaginative organizer to help build our union.
Duties
- build membership (office visits, one-on-one conversations)
- identify and recruit activists and leaders
- mobilize members for job actions
Required Experience
- superior oral communication skills
Preferred Experience
- experience working as an organizer
- experience as a higher education instructor and/or union member
- experience in higher education organizing
Salary commensurate with experience; includes benefits.
Consideration of applications will begin November 5, and continue until a hire is made.
To Apply
Please send résumé to uicunitedfaculty@gmail.com.
Use the Subject Line “Staff Organizer”
UIC United Faculty is an Equal Opportunity Employer.