Join the next wave in the movement for economic justice in America. Across the country, workers in growing sectors like retail, restaurants and healthcare struggle with unpredictable schedules with fluctuating part-time hours that wreak havoc on their lives and cause economic insecurity. These “just-in-time-scheduling” trends erode earning potential and bargaining power to achieve equal pay, higher wages and advancement – especially for women and workers of color. Restoring a fair workweek is a rising demand in the movement for equity and fairness in the workplace and in our communities.

The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) is seeking a Fair Workweek Campaign Coordinator to lead national support and coordination for multiple city and state fair workweek organizing and legislative campaigns. The Fair Workweek Initiative is an effort to achieve equitable hours and schedules through worker-driven campaigns that change employer practices and win new policy protections.

About CPD

CPD builds organizing power to transform the local, state, and the national policy landscape through deep, long-term partnerships with leading community organizing groups and progressive labor unions nationwide.

We seek an experienced and energetic professional who can overcome obstacles and work in a fast paced environment. A strong candidate need not bring immediate expertise on part-time work and scheduling issues, but must have strong management skills, effective leadership qualities, and experience driving local policy campaigns, scaled worker organizing campaigns and/or coordination of national issue campaigns.

The Fair Workweek Campaign Coordinator reports directly to CPD’s Fair Workweek Initiative Director and will be responsible for working closely with partner organizations to develop and execute field campaign plans. The Campaign Coordinator will also lead worker-driven corporate accountability campaigns to achieve industry-wide work hours standards. In addition to providing technical assistance and supporting others who are driving local campaigns, the Campaign Coordinator will work closely with communications, research and digital staff, as well as, national policy advocacy organizations to implement a comprehensive strategy to win a fair workweek.

Position Location:

New York City preferred, but other locations would be considered.

Primary Responsibilities:

The candidate will report to CPD’s Fair Workweek Initiative Director and will:

• Oversee and provide leadership for the development of multiple local fair workweek campaigns that include innovations in worker organizing, engagement and mobilization; diverse coalitions (including faith, small businesses, labor, and community); public education and issue elevation within a women’s economic and racial justice framework; and cutting-edge use of technology and digital strategies.
• Assist partner organizations in the development and implementation of state and local campaigns. Especially seeking candidates with innovative and rigorous approaches to campaigning, and the management expertise and relational nuance to work with state and local organizations in building out such campaigns;
• Directly engage and develop the leadership of workers connected through digital strategies to drive corporate accountability campaigns;
• Support partners to build strong, diverse coalitions, including community groups, labor, faith, small businesses, women’s organizations, and others with clear decision-making structures (including executive committees that meet regularly) and systems of communication with coalition members of campaign progress and key decision moments.
• Help plan and execute national days of action, rallies, marches, and other high-visibility activities.
• Engage and coordinate with national advocacy organizations and elected officials to ensure campaigns share strategy and information, deploy the most effective tactics, and generate national momentum and attention to the issue.
• Support national integration and collaboration through all-campaign meetings, regular sub-group calls (communications, field, research, etc.),
• Build campaigns with an approach that increases the knowledge, expertise, experience and capacity of our state and local partners;
• Participate in regular meetings of CPD the Staff Team;

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years organizing experience (labor or community, or non-candidate electoral);
• Experience leading winning worker organizing campaigns and or/policy campaigns with national significance or impact;
• Understanding of issues facing communities of color, women and low-and moderate-income families;
• Experience building and working with broad-based issue coalitions;
• Comfort with the implementation of a range of campaign strategies and tactics, ranging from legislative campaigns to corporate campaigns, from electoral work to digital organizing;
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Self-motivated and dedicated- proven ability to work independently and overcome obstacles;
• Ability to work well with diverse organizations and communities.
• Generous salary and benefits package, depending on experience.

How to Apply

Please send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to fwwcampaign<at>populardemocracy<dot>org.

CPD is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and actively recruits people of color, women, individuals with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ community.