Senior Researcher

Job Opening: Senior Researcher                 Portland Oregon

About SEIU 503

SEIU 503 is Oregon’s largest labor union, representing 72,000 care providers and public services workers. We envision a just and vibrant society where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and where all people can provide for themselves and their families. We are a local affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, an organization of 2-million members in the U.S. Purpose of This Position:

SEIU Local 503 is seeking a full time Senior Researcher. SEIU Local 503 is a dynamic and growing union -- ­over the last 20 years we have tripled in size and are now the largest union in Oregon. Our union represents public employees including state, local and higher education workers and long term care workers including homecare, nursing home, and facility based workers. Our work to lift standards benefits our members and Oregonians as a whole. We are looking for someone to join our research team and provide skilled support to SEIU 503’s organizing, bargaining, and policy campaigns. The person in this position will lead critical projects under time pressure, and use experience and creativity to solve problems big and small.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead research projects
• Communicate with Local 503 members and staff about research
• Collect, clean, and organize data from a variety of data sources
• Analyze and summarize data, and create charts and graphs 
• Develop presentations of research findings
• Cost collective bargaining agreements and contracts for union members
• Read, understand, and summarize laws, administrative rules, and proposed regulations
• Complete financial analysis of public budgets and private companies
• Develop and administer surveys
• Keep good documentation 

Duties That Must Be Performed to Accomplish the Purpose of the Position:

• In-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis of contracts and public policy
• Programming spreadsheets
• Preparation of reports, memorandums, and presentations
• Collaborating with people from different programs and departments to deliver needed research products
• Political action: door-to-door canvassing, phone banks, issue campaigns, candidate campaigns, informing the membership on the issues and candidates, targeting candidates, targeting precincts for candidate races, voter registration, questionnaires and surveys on candidates and issues; get-out-the-vote drives.

Minimum Qualifications:

●     At least three years of experience with quantitative and qualitative research relevant to the labor movement.

●     Demonstrated ability to work with a variety of personalities and organizations and under pressure.

●     Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities without close supervision. 

●     Strong math skills

●     Strong written and verbal communications skills.

●     Demonstrated commitment to empowering workers through the labor movement.

●     Commitment to racial justice, including a willingness to interrupt bias and oppression, both internally and in group settings

●     Ability and stamina to work irregular and long hours and to attend weekend and evening activities. 

Desired experience:

●     External campaign / organizing background

●     Computer programming

●     Data visualization

●     Experience considering the impacts of data collection and analysis on marginalized communities, including communities of color (or experience applying an equity and racial justice lens to research and data analysis)

Hiring

SEIU Local 503 is committed to becoming an inclusive and anti-racist

organization. We believe that systems and structures that support white

supremacy hurt all of us, particularly people of color, people from working class

backgrounds, differently abled people, women, and LGBTQ people. We believe

that these communities must be centered in the work we do. We strongly

encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of

other marginalized communities.

Pay and Benefits

Comprehensive fully paid health, dental and vision benefits for employee and eligible dependents, domestic partner benefits, generous holiday and leave policies, a monthly car and cell phone allowance, and a 15% employer-paid defined contribution 401K. Compensation range is based on experience $63,132-$85,908 annually.

To Apply 

Interested parties please submit a cover letter, resume, and work sample to morrisd@seiu503.org by January 7, 2022.