Field Organizer

• Support higher education workers through NLRB elections and state public elections.
• Collaborate with organizing staff, incorporate coaching and feedback, and adapt organizing approaches to meet campaign needs.
• Identify, recruit, and develop workplace leaders.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with faculty and use campaign data to inform organizing strategy.

This role directly strengthens the collective power of higher education workers, defending academic freedom and advancing fair wages, job security, and expanded bargaining rights, thereby contributing to a more equitable and just academic sector.

• Minimum of three years of union organizing experience, including organizing units of 500 or more workers.
• Demonstrated experience as part of a successful organizing team resulting in a union election victory.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills, with a commitment to a worker-led organizing model.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and union membership database systems; bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Salary range: $90,356.70 to $110,144.31. Generous benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance; paid sick days; paid vacation days; and 401(K). Remote position with extensive travel.

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is a fast-growing union of higher education workers, mobilizing against partisan attacks and fighting for fair wages, job security, academic freedom, and expanded collective bargaining rights.