SEIU Local 503
In It Together

Senior Researcher

Based in Portland, OR

 

SEIU 503 is an organization of more than 72,000 Oregonians who, by joining together, are achieving what we cannot accomplish alone. By standing together, we have a voice in our contracts and our daily work lives. SEIU 503 members do more than 500 different jobs on the state, local government, and non-profit level. The services we provide include helping blind people get access to education, assisting nursing home patients, testing new drivers, collecting tax revenue, providing childcare, helping veterans, assisting at-risk youth, staffing our state universities, repairing bridges, maintaining Oregon’s parks, and caring for seniors and people with disabilities.

General Description:
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.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Lead research projects
• Communicate with Local 503 members and staff about research
• Collect, clean, and organize information 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
• In-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis of contracts and public policy
• Programming spreadsheets
• Preparation of reports, memoranda, 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.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of three-years of experience with quantitative and qualitative research relevant to the labor movement.
• Demonstrated expertise and proficiency in the complete suite of union research products and services, showcasing a comprehensive understanding of their functions and applications.
• Ability to oversee high-impact research initiatives, leading the union's most extensive and complex research projects.
• 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.
• 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)
• Languages for which we are most often recruiting include; Spanish, Russian, Cantonese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

Working Environment:

☐ Group 1 - Requires performing instant or sustained arduous physical activity
☐ Group 2 - Requires occasional lifting and exertion for short periods
☒ Group 3 - Very Limited Physical Exertion

Office and field work involving travel to all areas of the state - sometimes with overnight stays - in a variety of environmental conditions. The workweek is Monday through Friday plus weekend work when specifically assigned. The workday may begin before and extend beyond normal office hours depending on the demands of the assignment.

Technology and Equipment:

• Operation of a motor vehicle, (and current insurance coverage)
• Telephone
• Copier
• Computer Software: (Word, Excel, etc.)

Pay and Benefits: 
Senior Researcher positions provide comprehensive fully paid health, dental and vision benefits for employee and eligible dependents, domestic partner benefits, generous holiday and vacation policies, a monthly car and cell phone allowance, and a 15% employer-paid defined contribution 401K. Compensation range is based on experience $79,312 – $106,224 annually.

To Apply:
Send cover letter and résumé to Arturo Rodriguez Flores, Recruitment Strategist, rodriguezfloresa@seiu503.org.