May Day Strong Campaign Coordinator (1 Year Contract)

The Campaign Coordinator will function as a full time lead project coordinator of May Day Strong. Specific responsibilities include:

• Serve as lead staff for the May Day Strong space — holding the whole, sustaining relationships with folks from all the organizations, and building community.
• Staff and support the Working and Executive committees, and partner organization engagement and ensure strong decision-making processes, timely follow-through, and accessible documentation of agreements and lessons learned.
• Help develop and implement a 12-month organizing plan, including weekly calls, in-person convenings, high-stakes decisions, etc.
• Lead the opt-in process for founding members and coordinate recruitment of new organizations.

This role drives national alignment efforts across labor and community organizations to achieve material victories for workers and communities, defending against authoritarianism and billionaire takeover while creating transformative change through militant community-labor struggle.

Essential Qualifications:

• 5 years leadership experience in mission-driven, labor, community, or advocacy organizations.
• Commitment to labor and community partnerships and May Day Strong’s mission, to uphold workers rights, racial justice, immigrant rights, economic justice, and labor solidarity.
• Experience leading organizational change with a deep understanding of equity, belonging, anti-oppression, and inclusive leadership practices; ability to operationalize values of justice and inclusion.
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and communication skills—with the ability to work across lines of difference and maintain trust with staff, members, leadership, and external partners.

Compensation: $130,000 - $150,000, depending on experience. This is a 1-year contract position with regular travel required.

May Day Strong (MDS) launched a multi-year campaign for community and worker justice responding to the rise of authoritarianism and aligning contract expirations for May 1, 2028, building a robust campaign with escalating actions to stake out bold new demands for the common good through militant community-labor struggle.