Do you want to be a member mobilizer in the most important round of bargaining for OPS Unified?
Apply to be a mobilizer!
Applications closed Friday, January 24.
Principal Duties
- Engage, inspire, and organize members widely across OPS Unified
- Comfortable and able to make phone calls for hours at a time
- Comfortable having in-person conversations Mobilizers will be selected to work primarily in one region, but the work is not limited to that region
- Travel across regions may be required in order to directly meet with members
- Work with Local Executives to build and update comprehensive member lists
- Sign up members to OPSEU/SEFPO membership portal
- Update member portal information
- Ensure Locals have emails lists and are updating them
- Recruit and support leaders amongst the membership and keep them engaged and connected throughout the course of the campaign
- Track and record campaign participation in digital databases
- Building new relationships and deepening existing relationships with members and allies towards the strategic goals of the campaign
- Share campaign messaging and materials
- Adherence to the OPSEU/SEFPO Statement of Respect in all duties performed
- Promote union events
- Encourage participation in strategic member actions during the campaign
- Monitor Unifier (leader) engagement and impact as well as emerging leaders (potential unifiers) who may want to be more involved
Qualifications
- Successful candidates must be members in good standing
- Successful candidates must be firmly committed to the campaign to make OPS Unified bargaining a success
- Successful candidates must be self-directed and take initiative to undertake work
- Successful candidates will be flexible and dynamic with changing priorities to meet strategic needs
- Successful candidates will not be afraid to talk to members and engage them, even on complicated issues, by phone, in person, or digitally
- Successful candidates are able to manage competing interests while focusing on the strategic objectives of the campaign
- Successful candidates will work in a team environment
- Successful candidates must be comfortable reporting their progress both in a group setting and individually with staff
Successful candidates will engage adeptly with members, non-members, and the public on campaign initiatives
Technological Tools and Competencies
- Microsoft Office (Basic competency required)
- Social media (Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook, TikTok, SnapChat, etc.) (Experience with one or several of these is required)
- Digital Meetings – Zoom, Microsoft Teams
- Action Builder (Training to be provided; required campaign software)
- Other digital tools (Training to be provided)
Skills Learning Opportunities
- Digital Campaigning
- Including databases, social media, and messaging
- Organizing for Power (O4P)
- Elements of the O4P model developed by Jane McAlevey
- Building Skills for Change
- Elements of the modules for organizing developed by the Institute for Change Leaders, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Campaigns Organizing and Communications
- Learning how the Political Action and Education Department (PAED) engages in deep internal member organizing work while providing engagement for wider public participation
Duration
- Union Leaves will begin on or as close to March 3. 2025 as possible*
- Union Leaves will be for a period of 3 months with potential for (at least one) extension renewal
- Union Leaves will be for complete weeks of work wherever possible
- Union Leaves will only be taken for work done on this campaign (Exclusions: local work like steward meetings, local executive work, Divisional Executive, bargaining duties etc.)
*Start date subject to change if campaign timeline needs to be adjusted.
Campaign Compensation
- More detailed information will be provided to successful candidates.
- All regular earnings will be covered by OPSEU/SEFPO subject to your collective agreement provisions and employer
- Expenses will be covered for successful candidates in the following categories subject to approval by Political Action and Education Department (PAED):
- Transportation
- Meals
- Overnight accommodation