(Starting Date projected to be January 6, 2024)
Salary Range: $91,738 - $106,197 DOE*
Unit Description and/or Conditions Unique to Assignment
NEA-Alaska is an association that represents more than 10,000 K-12 teachers and education support professionals across the State of Alaska. NEA-Alaska has three regional offices which are located in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks.
The successful applicant can expect substantial overnight travel by jet and small aircraft.
Required Experience/Skills:
- Broad understanding of the critical issues and problems facing the public schools and public school employees in Alaska.
- Skilled in capacity building using organizational/political relational organizing techniques.
- Skilled at engaging organizational capacity to effectively achieve organizational goals.
- Demonstrated consultation, facilitation, and organizational skills necessary to successfully complete complex group projects and activities.
- Demonstrated leadership ability in working with professional groups and/or labor organizations.
- Experience working in labor organizations and/or education-related. associations/programs and services at local, state, and national levels.
- Experience and commitment to team approaches, to program support activities, and willingness to share responsibility for local affiliate support with colleagues.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A BS/BA or higher degree.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) and learn programs necessary to support local affiliate bargaining, organizing, and communications.
- Ability to obtain a valid Alaska driver’s license.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as a consultant to NEA-Alaska and local affiliates for political organizing, organizational development, membership recruitment and retention, local affiliate programs, leadership recruitment and development, contract negotiations, and contract maintenance.
- Provide staff assistance and support to affiliate leadership and to members in negotiations, grievances, organizational development, relational organizing, and local affiliate communications.
- Serve as consultant and staff resource to the NEA-Alaska Board of Directors for issues related to Alaska public education.
- Carry out the strategic plan of NEA-Alaska.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the Executive Director.
Qualifications:
- Experience with building community coalitions
- Understanding of local, state, and federal education finance policy issues and the ability to provide fiscal policy analysis
- Development and/or implementation of database technology to enhance organizing/political campaigns
- Organizational development
- Leadership development
- Traditional and interest-based bargaining
- Grievances and case representation through arbitration
- Effective use of technology to communicate with diverse audiences
- Education/Classroom experience desired
- Individuals with a Special Education background are encouraged to apply.
Application Instructions:
Apply by email: [email protected]
Applicants must submit a completed NEA-Alaska application, a current resume, and three (3) letters of reference to Zachary Mannix [email protected]. Applications are available by clicking on this link. Deadline for submission is 5:00 p.m., December 13, 2024.
*This position is in a bargaining unit represented by NSO-Alaska. Salaries are established by a collective bargaining agreement. The NEA-Alaska/NSO-Alaska Agreement determines step placement and benefits.
NEA-Alaska is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.
