SEIU (Service Employees International Union)

Job Title: Senior Coordinator, Geographic Team

Grade: MGT E

Annual Salary: $118,125

Location: PA, MN, WI, MI, MO, IL, IN, KY, OH, IA or WV

Organization Overview: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a union of more than 2 million diverse members in healthcare, the public sector, and property services. SEIU envisions a Just Society: where all workers are valued and all people respected—no matter where they come from or what color they are; where all families and communities can thrive; and where the Union can leave a better and more equitable world for generations to come. SEIU is an anti-racist union determined to check corporate power and uproot structural racism by harnessing worker power and collective action, including legislative and political action. SEIU fights for Unions for All and a government that works for all so that everyone, across race and place, can have power together in unions and participate fully in the country’s democracy.

Purpose: Reporting to the Geographic Team Director, the Senior Coordinator plays a critical role in advancing integrated cross-local campaigns and strengthening organizational alignment. This position provides strategic operational, logistical, and coordination support, ensuring unified state planning processes are effectively executed, stakeholder engagement is structured and impactful, and accountability systems are maintained to drive results.

Primary Responsibilities: Any one position may not include all of the specific duties and responsibilities listed. Examples provide a general summary of the work required and should not be treated as a total and complete list of expected duties to be performed by employees in the classification.

● Planning Support: Oversee the logistics, timelines, and processes required to develop, implement, and update state plans, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and execution across area.

● Coordination: Convene weekly or bi-weekly workgroup(s) in state(s); coordinate cross-local/campaign planning and execution of IU driven mobilizations; support cross-departmental meetings and workflows to ensure IU Hubs and departments are aligned.

● Leader Support: Provide support for leader meetings, including preparation, documentation, and ensuring timely execution of follow-up actions.

● LU Leadership Engagement Support: Coordinate opportunities for Local Union leaders’ input into planning processes and track follow-up on their feedback.

● Project Management: Oversee deadlines, deliverables, and documentation for state plans, maintaining comprehensive records of progress, adjustments, and outcomes to ensure accountability and effective execution.

● Reporting: Prepare reports, track metrics, and manage feedback loops to ensure accountability to state plan goals. Prepare updates for Officers and leadership.

● Learning & Best Practices: Capture lessons learned to support continuous improvement, and facilitate knowledge sharing across states and geographic teams.

● Execution Support: Lead or add support to priority campaigns, activities, or mobilizations.

Contacts: Geographic Director (direct supervisor), Geographic Team Managing Director, Program Managers, Hub staff, Program Support staff, Local union leaders, and staff engaged in planning, other Senior Coordinators across Geographic Teams to ensure consistency, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Qualifications & Professional Experience: A minimum of (5) five years of experience in campaign strategy or collective action responsibility in a union, political, nonprofit, or mission-drive and must demonstrate:

• Project & Program Management: Strong organizational skills to manage planning processes and track progress.
• Facilitation & Convening Support: Strong facilitation and strategic planning skills. Ability to run smooth logistics for convenings and ensure productive participation.
• Political & Organizing Acumen: Ability to engage at a high level with IU and local leaders to advance the work. Deep understanding of SEIU system, culture, and campaigns with a perspective on both politics and organizing.
• Communication & Documentation: Skilled in synthesizing information into clear updates and reports.
• LU Leadership Engagement: Comfortable coordinating with local leaders in planning processes.
• Collaboration: Ability to work across teams and ensure consistent alignment with state-first strategy.
• Adaptability: Capacity to adjust to emerging needs and gaps in state plan execution.

Physical Requirements: Work is performed in a range of environments that support campaign objectives, including office settings, work-site visits, rallies, strikes, and other union activities. The role requires driving, frequent travel, and the ability to work irregular and extended hours.

Compensation & Benefits: SEIU offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our values as a labor organization and our commitment to the well-being and long-term security of our staff. Benefits include:

• A comprehensive, employer-sponsored health benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A defined benefit pension plan
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Additional benefits consistent with a mission-driven workplace

SEIU believes that workers deserve dignity, stability, and the ability to plan for their futures, and our benefits are designed to support that belief.